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THE DAVEY BULLETIN
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January/February 2019
ADDING TO ABILENE'S COMMUNITY CANOPY
The canopy of Abilene, Texas, grew
by 20 trees thanks to a partnership
between Davey and client American
Electric Power Texas.
Each fall the city hosts an Arbor
Day tree planting and giveaway for
residents. Nelson Medina, supervisor,
AEP account, said AEP is a partner
and asked Davey to take part.
"We've been working with AEP for
many years but have been specifically
working in Abilene just over a year,"
Medina said. "We thought it was a
good opportunity to give something
back to the community."
The 20 trees donated by Davey
were 10-gallon sized and consisted
of mostly live oaks and cedar trees
When a local memorial tree honoring a fallen soldier from
the community needed replaced, Davey's Rochester R/C
office stepped up to help.
The tree was planted years ago at the town hall of Greece,
New York, to honor a local veteran who died while serving
in Afghanistan. Recently, a family member noticed it was
declining. The town of Greece is a Davey client, so they
called Davey to assess the tree. When Dave Stoessel,
sales arborist for the Rochester R/C office, took a look at
the tree it became apparent that it needed to be removed
and replaced.
"My contact at the town asked for a cost to replace the
tree, but my thought was that it would be a great goodwill
gesture to the family, the veterans' community and the
town of Greece in general to donate a replacement tree,"
Stoessel said.
The Rochester R/C office donated and planted a new sugar
maple tree at the town hall to replace the original memorial
tree. The tree will be monitored and receive deep root
fertilization treatments to enhance the tree's sustainability.
HONORING A FALLEN SOLDIER
Davey's Rochester R/C office donated this sugar maple to replace
the original memorial tree planted in honor of a local fallen soldier.
VISION
obtained from the Culpepper Creek
Farms nursery in Abilene. A total
50 trees were given away at the
event to local families for planting
in their yards.
Residents and new trees gathered at a
community planting event in Abilene, Texas.
