It's Arbor Day / Week / Month
Last year I joined in the festivities by having a week full of tree-related posts. It was fun. (Look up April 2015 in menu bar for the series.)
This year I decided to to play Scrooge to this made-up holiday and show how far Lake Oswego's love affair, religious adoration, with trees has come. I will compare LO to neighboring cities to demonstrate how out-of-control the city has become with advancing special causes and spending your money. All cities below have Tree City USA designations.
USC NOTE: I love trees too. If people love to hug trees in a communal way, more power to them. But like a lot of other activities in the city that are bloating our government, these should be sponsored by a citizen group, independent of the city.
Lake Oswego:
Proclamation by Mayor
Heritage Tree Bike Ride: Staff time
Hello LO City Newsletter: Full page, 2-sided, full color insert in Hello LO sent to all LO households, printing, staff time, professional graphic design services
Arbor Week Festival: live music, kids'crafts, refreshments, prizes, staff time, materials
Heritage Tree Celebration: Staff time, refreshments (Full-color Heritage Tree Maps?)
Barnyard Tales and Heritage Tree Walk: Storyteller, staff
Make Your Own Paper: teacher, staff time, library use, materials
Preschool Walk in Springbrook Park: Staff time, educator (volunteer or paid?), craft materials
Tree and Native Planting Event: Staff time, materials, refreshments
City Publications: full-color glossy brochures - Heritage Tree Guide; Right Tree, Right Place; Invasive Plants; Professional graphic design services, staff time
Poetry Contest: Staff time, prize packs, library use, printed copies of poems,
Free the Trees: Volunteer Labor, staff coordination
Workshops onTree Pruning; Native and Invasive Tree Identification: Staff Time, school use, refreshments
Tigard
Events are planned all month long. Highlights include:
Mayor Proclamation
Library - Book Display and Reading List: Staff time
Library - Toddler Time (Ages 24 to 36 months): Staff time
Library - Family Story Time (Ages 0 to 6 years): Staff time
Arbor Month Update and Tree City USA Award
Tualatin
Mayor Proclamation
5th Grade Poster Contest: Staff time
"Tualatin Trees" Photo Contest: Staff time
Lecture on Redwood Ecology: building use
Library -Tree-themed Crafts: Building use, staff or volunteer time, materials
Tree-Planting Events: Staff time, materials
Oregon City
Mayor Proclamation
Help plant trees at Hillendale Park: Staff time, materials
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