by Nancy Hughes | Apr 7, 2015 | CivicSpark Partnership, Drought, IFGU Communities, Residential, Tree Care, Urban Forestry Professionals
Guest blog by Jessie Rudd, CivicSpark AmeriCorps member. Jessie, along with her team of AmeriCorps members are partnering with California Urban Forests Council in assisting local government agencies and disadvantaged communities in the San Joaquin Valley improve...
by Nancy Hughes | Jun 18, 2013 | Business, Invest from the Ground Up in East Hollywood, Invest from the Ground Up in Los Angeles, Trees, Urban Forestry Professionals
Over the past five years, our partners at the East Hollywood Business Improvement District (EHBID), The Hollywood Chamber of Commerce, Hollywood Hotel, The Los Angeles Beautification Team (LABT), Million Trees LA and Street Tree Seminar have been hard at work...
by Nancy Hughes | Jun 12, 2013 | Invest from the Ground Up in Los Angeles, Trees, Urban Forestry Professionals
Guest post by Mary Pendleton from our fantastic partner organization Western Chapter International Society of Arboriculture. When she’s not on the ground caring for our trees, you can find her climbing in the treetops! Spring has arrived, and what better way to...
by Nancy Hughes | Jun 5, 2013 | Business, Tree Benefits, Tree Jobs, Trees
The biggest factor on the minds of Californians continues to be the economy and jobs and rightfully so. In turn, our public officials are working hard and looking at all sorts of measures to attract good-paying jobs to our communities. One place many policymakers...
by Nancy Hughes | May 29, 2013 | Business, Invest from the Ground Up in Chico, Invest from the Ground Up in East Hollywood, Invest from the Ground Up in El Cerrito, Trees
Guest blog by Kathleen L. Wolf, PhD, a research social scientist at the University of Washington, Seattle. More information about this and related studies can be found at the Human Dimensions of Urban Forestry and Urban Greening website. The USDA Forest Service has...