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NEWS RELEASES
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FOR IMMEDIATE
RELEASE:
Contact: Heather Allebaugh 407.246.3423
Cassandra Lafser 407.246.2182
 City
of Orlando Planting Final Seven Trees of 10,000 Trees Initiative
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WHAT: |
Mayor Buddy Dyer and City Commissioners will be
raising awareness about Orlando’s urban tree canopy by
planting the seven final trees during a week long
celebration of the 10,000 Trees Initiative, a project to
restore the forestry damage incurred by the hurricanes
of 2004. The commemoration will begin with the 9,994th
tree planting on Friday, December 11 and culminate in
the 10,000th tree planting by Mayor Dyer on Thursday,
December 17 at 3:30 p.m. at Wadeview park. The project
will successfully meet its goal of replacing the 10,000
trees lost in Hurricanes Charley, Frances and Jean by
2010. 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 & WHERE: |
Friday, December 11th
- District 4 City Commissioner Patty
Sheehan
10 a.m. at Festival Park at 2106 E. Robinson Street
Tuesday, December 15th
- District 1 City Commissioner Phil Diamond
9:30
a.m. at Delaney Park at 1055 Delaney Avenue
District 6 City Commissioner Samuel B. Ings
11 a.m. at Clear Lake Park at 2301 29th Street
Wednesday, December 16th
- District 3 City Commissioner Robert F.
Stuart
9 a.m. at Signal Hill Park at 3877
Watch Hill Road
- District 2 City Commissioner Tony Ortiz
10 a.m. at Demetree Park at 650
Santiago Avenue
- District 5 City Commissioner Daisy W.
Lynum
1:30 p.m. at Parramore Heritage Park
at the corner of Church Street
and Lee Avenue
Thursday, December 17th
- 10,000th Tree by Orlando Mayor Buddy
Dyer
3:30 p.m. at Wadeview Park at
2177 S. Summerlin Avenue
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| For more information
on the 10,000 Tree Initiative, please visit
www.cityoforlando.net. |
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