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THE DAVEY BULLETIN
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March/April 2019
OWNER'S BOX
"
Ownership is an
attractive part of
a job or a career. It
kind of gives some
emphasis to a long-
term commitment
to the company and
really being part of
that entity. You're not
only giving to that
company, but you're
getting some return
as well. I think it's
the buy-in for the
company. Really it's
a way that you can
express that you are
part of the values and
the culture that the
company represents.
"
LEADERSHIP
TEXA
ALLEN, TEXAS ARBOR DAY
David Madden, sales and service
coordinator, Waylon McMaster,
foreman, and Sean Hoes, trimmer,
Dallas R/C office, represented
Davey at the Allen, Texas, annual
Arbor Day event.
No Arbor Day event is complete
without a tree planting. The trees
donated to the city for this planting
came from developers working to
mitigate the removal of trees for
development projects, Madden said.
"We have certain native species that
we would like to keep intact," Madden
said. "Arbor Day is a good day to put
those mitigation trees back into the city."
Davey donated the official Arbor
Day tree to the city for the planting.
Madden, McMaster and Hoes talked
to attendees about proper planting,
watering and transplant care for
saplings handed out by the city.
"Every year there are more people
showing up and more involvement
from the community," Madden said.
"People in northern Texas are becoming
more aware of our urban forest and I
think that's pretty awesome."
GIVING BACK TO AUSTIN'S
NATURE SCENE
The Austin Nature and Science
Center is a lot safer thanks to some
volunteer work done by the South
Austin R/C office.
District manager Mark Mann volunteered
to remove three trees at the center as
part of a volunteer work day organized
by a local real estate group, the Real
Estate Council of Austin (RECA).
Mann said a crew removed a 20-inch
diameter declining cedar elm tree that
posed a hazard near a children's outdoor
classroom. They also removed a dead,
25-inch diameter hackberry tree. A third
tree, another hackberry, was removed
from a fox habitat at the center so the
animal's enclosure could be renovated.
They also pruned the deadwood from
a red oak near a walkway and mulched
the base of a 20-inch diameter cedar
elm tree.
"We joined RECA last year," Mann
said. "We figured a dollar donation to
the center was not as eye-catching as
three crew members working in a big
bucket truck. We saw an opportunity
and saw we could help out."
MEGAN NYLAND
project manager
Davey Resource Group
Pictured left to right: David Madden, Sean Hoes and Waylon McMaster. Madden
said northern Texas is catching up with other parts of the country when it comes to
understanding the importance of the urban canopy. His goal is to educate the public
about the proper maintenance of trees.
