Getting the word out

Residents must be directly engaged in urban forest initiatives. Without their collaboration, local expertise, vision and goals, plans can fail and trust in city governance can erode.

Below are three public outreach examples from Balitmore, MD, Philadelphia, PA, and Washington, DC. Click the photos to visit the organizations that led these campaigns.  

Three example event flyers from the Tree Up --Tree Baltimore campaign. The one on the left states in write writing with a light blue background "Make a Playdate With The Trees," with graphic representations of a jump role, picnic and paddle board, it notes the date, time, and sponsors. The middle flyers notes in bold yellow and green colored font "Skateboard. Plant a Tree. Eat Ice Cream. Roosevelt Park," with silhouettes of people skateboarding, date, time, and sponsors. The final flyer in the top far right shows the pants and shoes of three people about to plant a tree with one holding a shovel and a tree in a container in the background. The final flyer in the bottom far right shows a Black father holding a football and being tackled by his toddler son on a grassy field with the event date.
The City of Arborly Love logo and hashtag. The background is white. It is a pun from the City of Philadelphia's nickname "The City of Brotherly Love." The City of Arborly love is written in a font that looks like tree branches and leaves. The words "The City of" is in bright green and the words "Arborly Love" is in brown with leaves on either side of the words. At the bottom is the hashtag TreePhilly, all one word, in regular, grey font.
A woman is in the center of the photo dressed for winter weather in a red coat, black gloves, black pants, brown boots, a white beanie with white pom, and a small brown backpack. She is leaning in to kiss a tree with smooth, grey bark in a park. There is snow on the ground. The tree has a white sign shaped like a word bubble that says "I'm nuts about you!" in bold red letters, hanging on a branch above the woman's head. At the bottom of the sign in smaller grey letters is "#TreePhilly".
A woman is in the center left of the photo dressed for winter weather in a blue coat, white and grey gloves, jeans, light brown boots, a grey beanie. n the background, there is snow on the ground and she is in a park. Her mouth is open and she is holding a white sign shaped like a word bubble in her right hand that says "You make my branches tingle" in gold red letters. At the bottom of the sign in smaller grey letters is "#TreePhilly". With her left hand, she holds another sign to her torso where the words are not visible, To the right of the photo are two men dressed for cold weather. One is holding the bottom of a silver ladder, the other is on top of the ladder holding string to attach the sign to the bottom branch of a tree about 10 feet from the ground.
The headline for the 17th Annual Casey Trees Report Card for Washington, DC. The Casey Trees logo is at the top. The entire headline background is white. This logo includes a outline in dark green of a shade tree. At the top is the light green outline of the Washington and Lincoln monuments and Capital Building in Washington, DC. In the middle of the page is black lettering with the words" The 17th Annual Tree Report Card". At the bottom is the words in green font and all capital letters "The State of DC's Trees."
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