Sturbridge:

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Sturbridge

• 20 Years Tree City USA

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Tree Warden Tom ChamberlandFirst Elected 1984,
appointed from 1987

• Past President, Worcester County Tree Wardens
  Association, working to restart this group
• Past President Massachusetts Tree Wardens and
  Forresters Association, current Advisor
• ISA Certified Arborist
• 2008 Recipient of the MTWFA George E Stone
  Founders Award
• Full Time Job Park Ranger USACE

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Sturbridge 20 years T C USA

• 1987-2007 Arbor day celebrated at Burgess Elem
  school, annually hand out 1000 seedlings

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Sturbridge 20 years T C USA

• First Tree City USA
  Award in 1988
• 30 species of trees
  planted around
  school yard

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Sturbridge 20 years T C USA

• Over 19,000 in grants
• 6000 in Heritage tree grants

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Sturbridge 20 years T C USA

• 4500 in Education and Planning grants

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Sturbridge 20 years T C USA

• 8500 in tree planting grants

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Sturbridge 20 years T C USA

• 12 Growth Awards
• Monthly articles in local
  print media
• Town Web site

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Sturbridge 20 years T C USA

• First tree inventory completed in 1997
• Planning grant to hire
  intern using Arbor
  Day
  Tree Keeper Jr. Program
• Updated in 2001 to
  Davey tree software
• Currently updating in
  I-Tree suite software

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Sturbridge 20 years T C USA

• 1999 Rt. 20
• Landscape
  Design Theme
• A 20th century
  intrusion
  into an 18th
  
  century village

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Sturbridge 20 years T C USA

• Special
  Commerative
  tree plantings

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Sturbridge 20 years T C USA

• Rotary Park dedicated in 2007

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Sturbridge 20 years T C USA

• Open Space land purchase responsibilities
• Over 1500
  acres Town
  
  owned

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Sturbridge 20 years T C USA

• Town By Laws
• Non Hazard Tree removal adopted in 1998, amended
  in 2000 to include protected root zones
• Drive way (curb cut) bylaw amended 2001, added
  tree protection provision
• Scenic Road Bylaw adopted in 2004
• Sub division Bylaw revised in 1995 and again in
  2004, updated tree planting requirements
• Site Plan Review complete rewrite of landscaping
  section 2008

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Sturbridge 20 years T C USA

• Tree Warden
  Advisory
  Committee
  formed in 2008
• A result of the
  tree 25
  controversy

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Sturbridge 20 years T C USA

• Advisory Committees
  First
  Project, Fall of 2008

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Sturbridge 20 years T C USA

• 2008 20 years 2000 Trees Project
• Achieved 1528 trees/seedlings planted

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Sturbridge 20 years T C USA

• Volunteers and Partnerships Made it Happen!
• Northern Tree Service
• Mass Electric/National Grid
• Old Sturbridge Village
• Sturbridge Rotary Club
• Reba Tree/ Ganesh Tree Care
• Burgess Elem. School PTO, Teachers Staff
• Veola, Water Sewer Plant operators
• Montigny Landscape Co.
• Sturbridge Lions Club

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Sturbridge 20 years T C USA

• A Special Thanks to the Selectmen, Town
  Administrator, the Guys at the DPW, State Senator
  Steve Brewer, and most importantly the Residents
  of Sturbridge for their support!
• Thank You!