WEAVERVILLE TREE BOARD
The Tree Board’s mission statement is
to plant trees, maintain trees, and promote a love of trees
in the tradition of J. Sterling Morton.
The Tree Board consists of six members
who are appointed by the mayor to serve three-year terms
without compensation. The Tree Board is responsible for
studying, investigating, counseling, and developing a
written plan for the care, preservation, pruning, planting,
replanting, removal, or disposition of trees and shrubs in
parks, along streets, and in other public areas. The plan
is presented annually to the Town council and upon its
acceptance constitutes the official comprehensive town tree
plan. When requested, the Tree Board may investigate, make
findings, report upon, and recommend any special matter
coming within the scope of its work. The Tree Board also
serves as an advisory board to the Town Council facilitating
the planting, growth, and protection of trees within the
town, fostering communication among town citizens,
conducting a street tree survey, investigating available
grants, developing an official street tree species list, and
establishing guidelines for the spacing of town trees.
Each year since its creation in 1990
the Tree Board has undertaken special projects to earn the
Tree City USA Award and a Tree City USA Growth Award for the
Town. The Tree Board plans the town’s annual Arbor Day
Ceremony, provides educational workshops, creates
educational information that is distributed to the public,
obtains grant money, gives awards, and plans and implements
tree planting projects with schools, scouts, and others.
Members: Mary “Bett” Stroud, Chair,
Wilma Penland, Claire Rector, Jim Rogers, Steve Supreme and
Dale White.
Meetings: The Tree Board meets on the
fourth Monday of each month at 7:30 p.m. in the Town Hall at
30 South Main Street, Weaverville, NC.