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July/August 2018
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THE DAVEY BULLETIN
A FIRST ARBOR DAY
Copley Township, Ohio, took its first
step toward becoming a Tree City
USA by celebrating its first Arbor Day.
Joe Gregory, regional operations
manager, Davey Resource Group, is a
member of the township's architectural
review board. He has been navigating
the township through the National
Arbor Day Foundation's process for
becoming a Tree City USA.
Gregory helped facilitate a partnership
between Copley-Fairlawn City Schools
and the township to officially celebrate
Arbor Day. To do so, the township
trustees wrote a proclamation and
purchased a London planetree to
plant at Arrowhead Primary School's
"Nature Zone," which is an outdoor
learning venue.
The township also sponsored a poster
contest, with its theme being "A New
Tree for Copley." The winners of the
poster contest each received a white
pine seedling.
Joe Gregory's daughter Katy is a
kindergartener at Arrowhead Primary School.
Gregory remembers celebrating Arbor Day in
elementary school and wanted his daughter
to have the same opportunity. He decided to
connect Copley Township with Copley-Fairlawn
City Schools to host and celebrate Arbor Day.
GIVING BACK TREE BENEFITS TO PHILLY NEIGHBORHOOD
Davey Resource Group's (DRG) Brice
Dorwart, contract utility forester, and
Beth Pellechia, contract utility forester,
for the PECO/Exelon account, planted
street trees during a community tree
planting hosted by the Philly Tree
People (PTP).
The community planting was held
on Earth Day in an underserved
neighborhood of Philadelphia called
Kensington. PTP is planting trees in
Brice Dorwart encourages fellow arborists
and other Davey employees to seek out
volunteer opportunities on Earth Day or Arbor
Day because local organizations are always
looking for volunteers.
Gregory said the township is positioned
to continue with their first Tree City
USA application, and he will continue
to walk them through the steps.
the neighborhood to improve
aesthetics, provide shade and create
more wildlife habitat, Dorwart said.
Dorwart's favorite part of the day was
teaching people how to plant trees
the right way.
"Hopefully, they will take that
knowledge with them for a future
planting," he said.
Pellechia's highlight from the planting
was speaking to homeowners who
requested trees be planted in front
of their homes.
"They reached out to Philly Tree
People, wanted it to happen and they
got to see it come to fruition," he said.
"They were really grateful."
"The event was a great success,"
Gregory said. "Hopefully, it will be a
lasting Copley tradition to celebrate
Arbor Day."
Copley Township sponsored a poster contest,
with a theme of "A New Tree for Copley,"
and 105 white pine tree seedlings were
given away to the students that participated
in the contest.
