Contact: Mary Sertell
Phone:  (336) 373-4769

Westerwood Residents Help Environment by Planting Trees
Third Annual NeighborWoods Event to Be Held at Lake Daniel Park

GREENSBORO, NC -- (October 30, 2006) – The City of Greensboro, in collaboration with Greensboro Beautiful, American Express, Cooperative Extension of Guilford County, the North Carolina Forest Service and the Westerwood Neighborhood Association will hold its 3rd Annual NeighborWoods tree-planting event at Lake Daniel Park on Mimosa Drive, Saturday, November 4 at 9 am. More than 150 volunteers, including Boy and Girl Scout troops, UNCG and Grimsley High School students, and church groups, will be present to plant trees in the Westerwood neighborhood to help restore trees lost during storms and development. The purpose of the initiative is to educate the community on the importance of trees and the role they play in the quality of our air and water.

“Our trees help to define Greensboro and increase the quality of life throughout our community,” says City of Greensboro Urban Designer Mary Sertell.  “Since 1984, Greensboro has lost 18 percent of its tree cover.” says Emilie Sandin, Co-chair, Urban Forestry Committee for Greensboro Beautiful.  “The NeighborWoods program is crucial to the environmental health of our City because it helps replenish tree cover in Greensboro.” 

American Express generously provided the NeighborWoods program with a $10,000 grant and the program also secured a $2,600 grant from the North Carolina Forest Service.  For more information on the NeighborWoods program, contact Mary Sertell at 373-4769.

The City works with the community to improve the quality of life for residents through inclusion, diversity, and trust.  As the seventh largest employer in Greensboro, the City has a professional staff of 2,800 employees who maintain the values of honesty, integrity, stewardship, and respect.  The City is governed by a council-manager form of government with a mayor and eight council members. For more information on the City, visit www.greensboro-nc.gov or call 373-CITY (2489).

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