City of Columbia’s 40-year record for Tree City USA
May 24, 2019
The City of Columbia’s Public Works Department announced that the City of Columbia set a record for being named a Tree City USA city for the past 40 years. Columbia is the only city in the state of South Carolina to have a record of award designation for 40 years consecutively. The 2019 Tree City USA Award marks the 40th year. The 2019 award was presented by Mayor Pro Tem Tameika Isaac Devine and City Council on May 21.
Photo: Councilman Moe Baddourah, Caleb King, Superintendent Forestry and Beautification, Sara Hollar, Deputy Public Works Director, Councilman Howard Duvall, Councilman, Councilman Daniel Rickenmann, Councilman Edward McDowell, Jr., Mayor Pro Tem Tameika Isaac Devine
The Tree City USA program has been greening up cities and towns across America since 1976. It is a nationwide movement that provides the framework necessary for communities to manage and expand their public trees.
More than 3,400 communities have made the commitment to becoming a Tree City USA. They have achieved Tree City USA status by meeting core standards of:
1)sound urban forestry management
2)maintaining a tree board or department
3)having a community tree ordinance
4)spending at least $2 per capita on urban forestry and celebrating Arbor Day
