City Of Douglasville’s Tree Board Hosting Arbor Day Celebration

Press release from the City of Douglasville:

Jan. 30, 2023

The City of Douglasville’s Tree Board, will be hosting an Arbor Day Celebration on Friday, February 17th. The program will be held at Hunter Park (8830 Gurley Road Douglasville, GA 30134) near the ball fields at 2:00 pm.

The Arbor Day Celebration will dedicate trees that have been planted around the ball fields at Hunter Park to provide shade for fans, teams, and other visitors.

The Tree Board is planting trees as part of its commitment to being part of Tree City USA.

The Tree City USA program provides communities with a four-step framework to maintain and grow tree cover. It also presents an avenue to celebrate their work, showing residents, visitors, and the entire country that they’re committed to the mission of environmental change.

Citizens are encouraged to attend the celebration to see the newly planted trees. Attendees will also receive tree seedlings provided by the Georgia Forestry Commission.

For more information related to this event, please visit: www.douglasvillega.gov/events.

This press release was produced by the City of Douglasville. The views expressed here are the author's own.