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February 13, 2025 City Council Regular Meeting
Title
3. A Proclamation Declaring February 21, 2025, as the Annual Arbor Day and Tree Planting Celebration in the City of Savannah.
Strategic Priority
Good Government
Description

The City will celebrate Arbor Day with a tree planting at the Haven Elementary School on Friday, February 21, 2025 at 1:30 pm at 5111 Dillon Avenue. Members of City Council, the Park and Tree Commission, and City Urban Forestry Staff, will join with the Haven Elementary School teachers and students for an Arbor Day Celebration and Tree Planting Ceremony at Haven Elementary School on Friday, February 21st. The Arbor Day program will include a presentation of the City's Arbor Day Proclamation. The City of Savannah has been named a Tree City USA by the Arbor Day Foundation yearly since 1983 in honor of its commitment to effective urban forest management. This is in recognition of the City meeting the program's requirements, a tree board or department, a tree-care ordinance, an annual community forestry budget of a minimum of $2 per capita, and an Arbor Day observance proclamation.

Recommendation

Approval

Contact
Van R. Johnson II, Mayor, Office of the Mayor
Financial Impact
N/A
Review Comments
Attachments
Exhibit 1: 2025 Arbor Day Proclamation.docx
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