Trees: Good for Jobs and the Economy
Guest blog by Kyle Anderson of Express Employment Professionals (EEP), a staffing agency with over 600 offices in the United States. Whenever companies are in need of new employees, Express takes care of recruiting, screening, and interviewing potential workers....
Trees can transform a downtown business area… here’s the proof!
Guest Blog by Dana Karcher, Market Manager for Davey Resource Group and Board President for the Western Chapter of the International Society of Arboriculture. Maybe you’ve seen some interesting price tags showing up on Bakersfield trees. Or perhaps you’ve...
East Hollywood campaign shows how Trees are Good for Business and Good for Health
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...
Trees mean business
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...
A conversation with Alfredo Hernandez and David Ambroz
We asked two of our East Hollywood partners, Alfredo Hernandez and David Ambroz, about the work they’re doing to green the East Hollywood area. They shared their views on the value of trees and why they’re an investment worth making. IFGU: When and why did the...
5 questions for Nicole Shahenian, East Hollywood campaign partner
We recently spoke with Nicole Shahenian, who works with the East Hollywood Business Improvement District and the Hollywood Chamber of Commerce, two of our fabulous local campaign partners in East Hollywood. Read what she had to say about her passion for trees and the...
Invest From the Ground Up in East Hollywood!
Great news! Starting this week, we are rolling out the Invest From the Ground campaign in the first of our five pilot communities: East Hollywood. Alongside our amazing local partners—East Hollywood Business Improvement District (EHBID), The Hollywood Chamber of...
How can LA become the Happiest AND Healthiest Place on Earth?
What comes to mind when you think of Los Angeles? It’s possible you think of Hollywood, movie stars, the beach, sunshine and Disneyland. But it’s almost equally likely that you think of pollution, traffic, highways and gangs. How can the City of Los Angeles bring more...