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MyDavey Bulletin - July/August 2015

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T o celebrate and remember local tree lover David Tate, 10 tree companies and other volunteers attended the third annual David Tate Urban Forestry Service Day that took place at Libby Hill Park in Richmond, Virginia. Bennett and approximately 200 arborists, community members, city officials and friends gathered to perform tree and landscape maintenance at the park in preparation for this September's Union Cycliste International (UCI) Road World Bike Championships in Richmond. "Part of this huge bike race will go right through Libby Park," says Mark Bennett, Davey's Richmond R/C district manager. The bike championship will bring more than 45,000 spectators to Richmond during the nine-day event, while millions of TV viewers will tune into the scene. Bennett, along with Foreman David Duenas and Trimmer David Hoff, provided a bucket truck to prune and mulch at the park to prepare for the race. Davey helped sponsor the annual day of service. "It was a great way for the different tree companies to come together for a good cause," Bennett says. Tree Lovers Unite For a Good Cause Idea submitted by: Mark Bennett, district manager, Richmond R/C Davey arborists David Duenas and David Hoff work hard to prune trees in Richmond, Virginia, for an annual day of service. July/August 2015 | 17 Preserving Respect Karen Wise, manager of natural resource consulting for Davey Resource Group (DRG) demonstrates the proper way to prune young trees during a volunteer event at the Flight 93 National Memorial in Shanksville, Pennsylvania, in early May. She joined five other Davey volunteers, as well as other Friends of Flight 93 National Memorial volunteers to help prune more than 1,500 trees within 40 Memorial Groves on site that are dedicated to the 40 passengers and crew of United Flight 93. The volunteer effort improves the trees' appearance and increases their survival rate. "Our collective effort gives these young trees a chance to be healthy, and it leaves a permanent, positive mark on this special place," Wise says.

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