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NEWS RELEASES
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FOR IMMEDIATE
RELEASE:
Contact: Heather Allebaugh 407.246.3423
Cassandra Lafser 407.246.2182
 Orlando
Mayor Dyer to Plant the 10,000th Tree Since 2004 Hurricanes
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WHAT: |
Orlando Mayor Dyer will "work-along" with the City’s
Parks Division employees to plant the final tree of the
10,000 Trees Initiative, part of the effort to restore the
urban tree canopy damage incurred by the hurricanes of 2004.
The project will successfully meet its goal of replacing the
10,000 trees lost in Hurricanes Charley, Frances and Jean by
the year 2010. City Commissioners have been planting final
trees in their districts over the past week and will come
together to join the Mayor in planting the 10,000th tree in
Wadeview Park.
The City of Orlando’s Families, Parks and Recreation
Department, Green-up Orlando and Keep Orlando Beautiful,
Inc., launched the 10,000 Trees Initiative, a tree
replacement strategy to keep Orlando beautiful. The goal of
the 10,000 Trees Initiative was designed to replace the
urban canopy in the Orlando community by 2010, so that the
long-term effects of the storms in 2004 are minimized and
Orlando remains “The City Beautiful.”
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WHO: |
Orlando Mayor Buddy Dyer
City Commissioners
Families, Parks and Recreation Department
Green-Up Orlando
Keep Orlando Beautiful, Inc.
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WHEN: |
Thursday, December 17th
- 3:30 p.m. – work-along to prepare the
planting site
- 4:00 p.m. – ceremonial planting of the
10,000th tree
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WHERE: |
Wadeview Park
2177 South Summerlin Avenue |
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