Accomplishments 2023

PLANNING BOARD PROJECTS
• ACE Hardware – increased tree plantings on landscaping plan (no significant removal)
• Eastern Parkway – increased tree plantings on landscaping plan (no significant removal)
• Rivers Ledge – increased tree plantings for Recreational Building addition (no significant removal)
• GE Research Building –increased tree planting plan (no significant removal)
• Trinity Baptist Church – saved some trees from being cleared, increased tree planting plan
• ShopRite Plaza – Ash trees removed and significantly increased tree planting plan
• Empire Drive Subd – reduced limits of clearing and flagged significant trees
• 1747 Union / Razada mart – adding greenspaces and increased tree planting plan along sidewalks
• Vincenzo Subdivision –  added 12 street tree planting locations to plans (currently in escrow)
• 2239 Van Antwerp Rd – added trees to subdivision plan, reduced/changed limits of clearing to save trees

ACTIONS/ EVENTS
• Tree City Certified – 2021
• Arbor Day, April 23, 2022 (gave away 300 tree seedlings, planted 2 trees)
• Spring Photo Contest (spring)
• Great Tree Hunt (fall)
• 1st Draft of Street Tree Master Plan completed & sent to consultant


PLANTINGS / WORK WITH HIGHWAY
• Elm Trees – Aqueduct Park & Senior Center (21 trees)
• 2021 Special Trees – street ROW (9 trees)
• Via Del mar – Tupelo