For the 21st time, the Arbor Day Foundation has awarded Pasadena with a Tree City USA Growth Award for its continued improvements to the city’s Urban Forestry program.
As a Tree City USA designee, updated signage by the Arbor Day Foundation will be installed at key locations around the city.
“City trees provide many benefits — clean air, clean water, shade and beauty, to name a few — but they also require an investment to remain healthy and sustainable,” according to the foundation’s website.
“By providing support at or above the $2 per capita minimum, a community demonstrates its commitment to grow and tend these valuable public assets. Budgets and expenditures require planning and accountability, which are fundamental to the long-term health of the tree canopy and the Tree City USA program.”
For the 31st time, the foundation also named Pasadena a Tree City USA, awards that are given to communities that have implemented an active tree board or department, a tree care ordinance, an annual forestry budget of at least $2 per capita, and an Arbor Day observance and proclamation as part of their urban forestry program.
Cities that win the Tree City award two years in a row are given Tree City USA Growth Awards provided they have demonstrated enhancements to their urban forestry program in the following categories: education and public relations; forestry partnerships; forestry planning and management; and specialized tree-planting and maintenance.
For more information about the Tree City USA program, visit https://www.arborday.org/programs/treecityusa/.