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Conference Promotes Trees in Public Spaces
The National Arbor Day Foundation is working with the Home Depot Foundation on a new national conference promoting the increased use of trees in public spaces.
NAHB representatives will attend the “Partners in Community Forestry” conference, which is set for Nov. 18-20 at the Sheraton Atlanta Hotel.
Included in the conference schedule is a presentation on the Building With Trees program, a joint project of NAHB and the National Arbor Day Foundation. Joining NAHB land use planner Ed Tombari will be two past Building With Trees Awards winners, Frank Steward, CEO of Northland Development in Burlington, Mass.; and Kirk Bone of Parker Development in El Dorado Hills, Calif.
The awards program recognizes builders and developers who have taken special efforts to retain existing trees and plant new ones while constructing homes and creating new subdivisions.
The session will focus on Building With Trees case studies and the home building industry’s contribution to tree preservation and development in new communities.
Registration forms and additional information is available at the conference Web site.
For more information, e-mail Calli Schmidt at NAHB, or call her at 800-368-5242 x8132.
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