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mysticwill Brookhaven, PA(Zone 7a) May 25, 2005

Has anyone here ever belonged to thier township/borough Shade Tree commission? I have an oppurtunity to join ours and I would love to hear from anyone involved in one -- on thing though-- I have to decide in the next couple hours -- Brough president just emailed me and is planning on submitting my name tonight.

HELP!

Heather

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StarhillForest Illinois, IL(Zone 5b) May 26, 2005

Sorry, I saw this a little too late. Hope you decided to go for it! You can always decline to run for another term if it gets to be too much.

Guy S.

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mysticwill Brookhaven, PA(Zone 7a) May 26, 2005

Well-- I totally forgot about it in the course of the day (2 small kids) so I never sent an answer to the Borough President. I emailed him later that night

"Tom--

I would have been delighted to be appointed-- Unfortunalty I read my email after the kids go to bed so I didn't get this one in time to give you an answer. Who was chosen?"

And here is his reply.....

"You !!!!!!!

Tom"

WHA???????? LOL-- I think -- I didn't even tell him for sure that I would - before hand.... soooo I giess I'm on the shade tree commission.. now if I could just figure outh what it is..... LOL! They were not real clear on explaning WHAT is is we're supposed to do....

Heather

(I guess I should mention there was a Coucil meeting last night at 8 pm. That is where the appointments took place- I didn't email him back until after 10 pm)



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razzie Prospect Park, PA(Zone 7a) May 26, 2005

Yay, Heather!! I drive through Brookhaven from my house to my friend's in Gradyville, I'll be checking out those shade trees!! : )

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Kachinagirl Modesto, CA(Zone 8b) May 27, 2005

Congratulations!
You may want to "bone up" by perusing websites for and by city arborists (I believe they have a trade magazine or two also....lots of info there!). I ran across some pages once while searching for something else and they were chock-full of the kinds of problems and ideals you may run across. There is also a "Safe Tree" site that is helpful for trees that grow lower than power lines. Other things you may want to look into are root barriers, they sure help save sidewalks from errant roots. Another great place for street tree information is to find local (nearby) city specifications and tree ordinances for street trees in their Municipal Code. Most cities list them on their websites.
Have fun!

K

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