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THE JACKSON HERALD
WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 11, 2010
TRIP TO ILLINOIS
Jake Myler of Commerce visited Galesburg, III., along
with his parents, Amanda and Jacob Myler, and grand
parents, Tom and Mary Ann Myler. Jake visited his
father’s former hometown and school and attended a
Myler family reunion.
TAKES HERALD TO MARATHON
Bert Elder took along a copy of The Jackson Herald to
the second annual Chicago Rock ‘n’ Roll Half Marathon
on August 1.
City of Jefferson receives urban forestry grant
THE CITY of Jefferson and
the Jefferson Heritage Tree
Council kicked off an urban for
estry project - Jefferson Growing
Greener! This project is made
possible through a cost-share
grant in the amount of $13,895
awarded by the Georgia Forestry
Commission’s (GFC) Urban
& Community Forestry Grant
Program.
The purpose of the project
is to help the City of Jefferson
make the transition from the cur
rent state of its urban forest to
the desired state by building on
the strong foundation provided
by this year’s U&CF funded
Sustainable Community Forest
Project.
The new grant award will
fund the services of a team of
community forest professionals
under the direction of one of
the state’s most highly respected
urban foresters, Certified Arborist
and Registered Forester Connie
Head, who will continue to pro
vide routine urban forestry man
agement and technical assistance
to the City of Jefferson, as well
as to coordinate all grant project
activities.
“Jefferson Growing Greener!”
will enable the city to better man
age its urban forest resources
through the following compo
nents:
•One year of routine com
munity forest management
and development plan review
by Head, with assistance from
Susan Russell.
•Implementation of the
Community Forest Master Plan
(being finalized this month)
under Head’s expert direction.
•Development of tree conser
vation and planting partnerships
with residential and commer
cial/industrial property owners
to support “no net loss” of tree
canopy goals.
•Development of a voluntary
tree removal and planting track
ing system to determine changes
in tree canopy. •Conducting tree
care and planting workshops in
two different neighborhoods.
•Conducting a tree planting or
tree benefits demonstration on
one commercial site.
•Partnering with Morgan-
Taylor Design to develop a
landscape master plan for Curry
Creek Park in keeping with com
munity tree canopy goals.
•Conducting a multi-event tree
festival for the city’s 2011 Arbor
Day celebration and partnering
with New Urban Forestry to con
duct a tree climbing and arbori-
cultural techniques demonstra
tion as part of the tree festival.
•Hosting an Earth Day
Celebration and Education Event
at Curry Creek Park that includes
a park clean-up/tree work day.
•Providing on-going tree main
tenance training for city workers
and city school and green indus
try personnel.
•Forming a working group
of community stakeholders to
consider revisions to tree-relat
ed regulations of the Fand-Use
Management Code in order to
increase effectiveness of desired
outcomes.
•Development of supplemen
tal funding sources for JHTC’s
and Jefferson’s urban forestry
programs (including a 2011
Heritage Tree calendar as an edu
cational tool and fundraiser).
“We credit our giant strides
these past two years to our very
dedicated council volunteers, to
the City of Jefferson’s support
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TREE GRANT RECEIVED
The City of Jefferson received an Urban Forestry Grant in the amount of $13,895
awarded by the Georgia Forestry Commission’s Urban and Community Forestry
Grant Program. Shown above are: (seated, L-R) certified arborist Susan Russell,
Jefferson city manager John Ward, Jefferson mayor Jim Joiner, Jefferson public
works director Jeff Killip, GFC partnership coordinator Joan Scales (back row,
L-R) certified arborist Connie Head and Jefferson Heritage Tree Council vice chair
Barbara Johnson.
ive staff and in large measure
to the continued, enthusiastic
support of the Georgia Forestry
Commission. We couldn’t have
come this far without the per
fect blend of these valuable part
nerships,” Mary Dugan, Chair
of the Jefferson Heritage Tree
Council said. “What is especially
exciting about this latest grant
is that it will allow us to expand
the scope of our urban forestry
efforts beyond the public tree
resource into building tree stew
ardship partnerships with private
property owners to help ensure
that Jefferson enjoys a healthy
and diverse tree canopy for many
years to come. We all benefit
from that.”
“The city and the tree coun
cil are grateful for the contin
ued support of our past project
partners: Main Street Jefferson,
the Jackson County Chamber
of Commerce, Keep Jackson
County Beautiful and Jefferson
City Schools,” she continued.
“And this year we are pleased to
welcome the additional generous
support of two new project part
ners, Morgan-Taylor Design and
New Urban Forestry.”
“The City of Jefferson recog
nizes the countless benefits trees
bring to our community - from
clean air and cooling shade to
economic vitality,” Jefferson
city manager John Ward said.
“We are thankful for the GFC’s
efforts to provide these funds to
communities like ours across the
state, and we are pleased to share
them with our residents.”
Designated by the Farm Bill in
1990, the objective of the funding
is to enhance Georgia’s commu
nity forests and build awareness
of their importance and impact
statewide. In total, $162,000 in
funding has been awarded to 19
different projects in Georgia in
2010.
“The Georgia Forestry
Commission is pleased to pro
vide funding for capacity-build
ing programs, such as this one
that helps increase tree cover,”
GFC Director Robert Farris said.
“We are proud to kick off this
project in partnership with our
congressional and state legisla
tive leadership.”
THE GEORGIA
FORESTRY COMMISSION
A variety of forestry-related
literature is available to the public
at Georgia Forestry Commission
offices statewide. Further infor
mation about urban forestry
grants and a statewide list of
grants is available on the Georgia
Forestry Commission website at
www.gatrees.org.
THE JEFFERSON
HERITAGE TREE
COUNCIL
Formed in 2007, the Jefferson
Heritage Tree Council (JHTC)
is focused on the preservation,
planting and stewardship of trees
in the City of Jefferson. The coun
cil works to promote a healthy
community forest, to encourage
protection of mature, significant
and historic trees throughout the
area, to educate the public about
the vital benefits of trees, and to
actively engage Jefferson resi
dents in attaining these benefits
now and in the future. In serving
its community, the council sup
ports a comprehensive and sus
tainable approach to community
forestry management and local
ordinances that protect the urban
tree resource.
For more information about
these projects, the tree council
and its programs, or about how
you can become involved in pro
tecting Jefferson’s vital tree can
opy, contact Mary Dugan at 770-
378-8161 or Barbara Johnson at
706-367-9888 or Susan Russell
at 706-201-7893.
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BEACH VACATION
Kaylee Davis, daughter of Matt and April Davis, took
along a copy of The Jackson Herald on a vacation to
Panama City Beach, Fla.
ROTARY OFFICIALS VISIT LOCAL CLUB
Jefferson Rotary Club president John Ward (left)
welcomes Rotary district governor Gene Windham
(center), Blairsville, and assistant governor Rick
Boyd (right), Gainesville, to a recent meeting. The
Rotary district governor talked to the group about
the district’s fundraiser to re-install a city water
system in Haiti that was destroyed by an earth
quake.
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