Grid Tree Trimming
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Client:
City of Chicago
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Project Year:
2009
Project Description:
Chicago’s streets and parkways are lined with a forest of over half a million trees. But forests need upkeep, and some streets in Chicago are lined with trees that may not have been trimmed in a decade. This creates a potential safety hazard and unsightly neighborhood boulevards.
The Monitor Group and Civic Consulting Alliance assisted the City’s Bureau of Forestry in establishing a program to trim each city parkway tree (520,000 trees in total) on an industry-standard interval to help maintain a healthy, safe, and appealing urban forest.