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THE DAVEY BULLETIN
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September/October 2022
Direct The Davey Bulletin
comments/questions to:
The Davey Tree Expert Company
Attn.: The Davey Bulletin
1500 N. Mantua St.
P.O. Box 5193, Kent, Ohio 44240-5193
800-447-1667, Ext. 8615
E-mail: bulletin@davey.com
BRAND GROWTH
5 Clearwater Joins Davey
MISSION
7 Canada Cleans Up After Derecho
8 Machine Learning in San Diego
VISION
10 Electric Tools Reduce Risk
11 Creative Oak Preservation
11 Helping a Honeybee Hive
12 Eastern Utility Goes Digital
SAFETY
12 Tensioned Utility Lines Training
13 Human Performance Improvement
STEWARDSHIP
14 Bay Area Rich in Davey History
INTEGRITY
16 Orlando Office Aids Teammate
16 Heartfelt 'Thank You'
16 Girls on the Run Tree Planting
LEADERSHIP
17 Davey Board Visits Houston Crews
18 Climbing Competitions Recap
20 Great Lakes Arborist Trainings
20 Corporate Addition Update
21 President's Council Meets
© 2022 The Davey Tree Expert Company. All Rights Reserved.
CONTENTS Volume 112, No. 5
The Davey Bulletin is produced by Davey Corporate Communications.
Sandra Reid, vice president, corporate communications
and strategic planning
Jennifer Lennox, director, public relations
Matt Fredmonsky, The Davey Bulletin editor
Steph Donovan, The Davey Bulletin contributing writer
Jill Golden, The Davey Bulletin contributing writer
Barb Haskins, The Davey Bulletin administrative support
Whitney Randolph, The Davey Bulletin contributing writer
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21 CLS Leadership Training
EXPERTISE
22 CDL Driver Training
22 Puget Sound Canopy Assessment
23 Biological Survey Training
23 i-Tree in Amsterdam
24 DRG Gets Drone Flight Waiver
24 Tree Risk is Conference Topic
PERSEVERANCE
25 The Top of the World
DAVEY PEOPLE
26 Transitions
27 New Officers
28 Service Awards
30 In the Spotlight
31 Get to Know: The Gosdins
31 Retirements
31 Memorial
32 Retiree Corner: Mark Mercaldo
33 Hobby Feature: Luke Costilow
34 Davey Families
35 Davey Scholarship Recipients
DEPARTMENTS
4 Ask the CEO
6 Client Letters
36 Davey Around the World
On the cover: This photo of a river
birch tree was captured by Mark
"Billy" Aszman, a trimmer in the
Cincinnati Residential/Commercial
services office.
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Photo credit: Nick Nicklaus
