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TYLER \u00e2\u20ac\u201c Tyler has been named a 2023 Tree City USA for their 15th consecutive year by the Arbor Day Foundation. According to our news partner KETK, the award was given to the city for its commitment to \u00e2\u20ac\u0153urban forest management.\u00e2\u20ac\u009d To qualify for the award, the city had to meet four requirements:<\/p>\n
Have a tree board or department
\nHave a tree care ordinance
\nMaintain an annual community forestry budget of at least $2 per capita
\nHold an Arbor Day observance and proclamation
\n<\/p>\n
Tyler city officials said in a release, \u00e2\u20ac\u0153The 2023 events that made the\u00c2\u00a0City\u00c2\u00a0of Tyler eligible for these awards include our Arbor Day Celebration at Fun Forest Park, where 120\u00c2\u00a0trees were planted. In addition to Arbor Day events, the\u00c2\u00a0city\u00c2\u00a0hosted a public seedling giveaway, where over 1500 seedlings were given to families to plant on their properties. A total of 120\u00c2\u00a0trees and 475 seedlings were planted on public property. Trees provide multiple benefits to the community when properly planted and maintained. They help to improve the visual appeal of a neighborhood, increase property values, reduce home cooling costs, remove air pollutants and provide wildlife habitat, among many other benefits.\u00e2\u20ac\u009d<\/p>\n
The city also said that they were awarded a Tree City USA Growth Award for the 8th consecutive year, being just one of 12 Texas cities to earn the award.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
TYLER \u00e2\u20ac\u201c Tyler has been named a 2023 Tree City USA for their 15th consecutive year by the Arbor Day Foundation. According to our news partner KETK, the award was given to the city for its commitment to \u00e2\u20ac\u0153urban forest management.\u00e2\u20ac\u009d To qualify for the award, the city had to meet four requirements: Have a … Continue reading Tyler named Tree City USA for 15th consecutive year<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":65,"featured_media":1324354,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/ktbb.com\/post\/wp-content\/media\/2024\/05\/TREE-CITY-USA-201x200.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"Tyler named Tree City USA for 15th consecutive year","footnotes":""},"categories":[177],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1324349","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-local-news-archive-archives"],"publishpress_future_action":{"enabled":false,"date":"2026-06-12 11:37:58","action":"change-status","newStatus":"trash","terms":[],"taxonomy":"category","extraData":[]},"publishpress_future_workflow_manual_trigger":{"enabledWorkflows":[]},"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/ktbb.com\/post\/wp-content\/media\/2024\/05\/TREE-CITY-USA-201x200.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"Tyler named Tree City USA for 15th consecutive year","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/ktbb.com\/post\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1324349","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/ktbb.com\/post\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/ktbb.com\/post\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ktbb.com\/post\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/65"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ktbb.com\/post\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=1324349"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/ktbb.com\/post\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1324349\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1324355,"href":"https:\/\/ktbb.com\/post\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1324349\/revisions\/1324355"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ktbb.com\/post\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/1324354"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/ktbb.com\/post\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=1324349"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ktbb.com\/post\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=1324349"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ktbb.com\/post\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=1324349"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}