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Davey Bulletin Sept-Oct 2020

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15 September/October 2020 | THE DAVEY BULLETIN PLANTING THE HEART OF A CITY In the heart of downtown Cincinnati, Ohio, is the city's main plaza, "Fountain Square." Looking to create a green space with shade trees as a place to gather for events, the longtime Davey community partner Cincinnati City Center Development Corp (3CDC), a nonprofit tasked with revitalizing the city and rebuilding the urban tree canopy, contacted Davey's Cincinnati R/C office in early March for assistance. Some of the trees previously planted in the plaza did not fair well, so the city wanted a new tree planted that could withstand urban stressors. One challenge? Carefully traversing the polished granite and limestone courtyard and installing it in the busy area. Brian Sieber, district manager, Cincinnati office, said they settled on a 22-foot Frontier Elm, which is resistant to Dutch Elm disease and city pollution. "This kind of project sheds light on how we're working with community organizations and the city to help restore the urban canopy," Sieber said. "It takes a team working together toward a common goal to achieve long-term success." Using a small Davey crane and Kubota, the installation crew of Joe Shaw, Michael Geiger, Fred McLane, Drew Price and Philip Godwin installed the Frontier Elm carefully in its new home. SAFETY Davey Resource Group's (DRG) Jonathan Kershaw, UVM technician, responded to a vegetation management customer service request in Lansing, Illinois, and stumbled upon what appeared to be a grenade lying in a brush pile in a residential area alleyway. The brush pile was located under the ComEd distribution lines. Kershaw called the Lansing Police Department This was the device that was discovered in the brush pile. This device is a dummy or training grenade and is non-explosive. GRENADE PROMPTS SAFETY RESPONSE and alerted ComEd supervision. Upon investigation, it turns out it was a dummy, or training grenade, and was non-explosive. The device was removed and recovered by the Lansing Police Department. Thankfully, there was no threat to the distribution lines or indications of sabotage. Kershaw was commended by ComEd for his attention to detail and identifying this potential risk.

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