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September/October 2020
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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.
