[ACT] ACT Brown Bag Lunch Series

[Jared Liu]

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	July 17, 2008	 	
		
  	

Session

Topics

First Segment

Second Segment

Network Exchange

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ABOUT US
  	Alliance for Community
Trees is dedicated to improving the environment where 80% of Americans  
live: our cities, towns, and villages. Together, ACT's national  
network of members have planted and cared for 7.8 million trees with  
help from 450,000 volunteers.	

ABOUT WEBCASTS
The Brown Bag Lunch Series is a monthly webcast held at the lunch  
hour. The goal is to create informal trainings for local urban and  
community forestry organizations. The trainings leverage local  
successes by amplifying to a larger audience the model organizations'  
methods, materials, and approaches.

NATIONAL SPONSOR



CONTRIBUTOR
	
  	

Trees and Transportation
July 17, 2008
1:00- 2:00pm EDT

Trees and landscape features that are located within the public right- 
of-way and adjacent to roadways in urban environments are often  
perceived by transportation officials as a safety risk. Tree plantings  
may be limited or prohibited by public works or transportation  
professionals due to concerns. But there are many community benefits  
that result from having roadside landscapes. Armed with that  
information, advocates of urban forestry are encouraging roadside  
plantings that balance transportation mobility, accessibility needs,  
public welfare, and community livability.

  	
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SESSION TOPICS
Brown Bag attendees will learn:
* Creating a design and selecting plants at highway projects.
* Involving volunteers and educating the community.
* Seeking funding and writing grants.
* Participation of city and state DOT officials.
* Interacting with business representatives.
* Management and maintenance of a planting site.

  	
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IOWA'S LIVING ROADWAYS
Pamela Helfer, Field Director, Trees Forever (Marion, IA)

Since 1996, Trees Forever has helped small communities in Iowa  
envision and design community-wide landscape improvements that enhance  
transportation corridors. The program called, Iowa's Living Roadways,  
and it provides resources and assistance with planning, landscape  
design, and funding opportunities for planting native grasses,  
wildflowers, shrubs, and trees.

  	

  	

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SCENIC BYWAYS AND TREE-LINED HIGHWAYS
Dorothy McDaniel, Executive Director, Trees Columbus (Columbus, GA)

Trees Columbus, in partnership with Columbus Consolidated Government,  
received three $1 million grants from the Georgia Department of  
Transportation to create a tree-lined entryway to the city along  
Veterans Parkway between 13th Street and the Civic Center. They also  
worked with local partners to have I-185 declared a Scenic Byway and  
to seek further protection for public right-of-way trees through  
advocacy and litigation.

  	



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NEIGHBORWOODS NETWORK EXCHANGE
Extended Learning- On the Ground

There is so much more that can be learned in a week than in an hour,  
and on the ground as opposed to on a webcast. So here is your chance!  
Join the webcast to learn more about the NeighborWoods Network  
Exchange and how you can spend a week shadowing another ACT member.

  	



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REGISTER FOR THE WEBCAST:

http://actrees.org/site/stories/trees_and_transportation_1.php

  	
  	
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