01/22/2014 - Urban Forestry Project Receives National Planning Award M
City of Tigard
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13125 SW Hall Boulevard Tigard,Oregon 97223 www.tigard-or.gov
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE I January 22, 2014
Contact:
Marissa Grass
Associate Planner
City of Tigard
503-718-2428
marissa@tigard-or.gov
Urban Forestry Project Receives National Planning Award
Tigard's Urban Forestry Code Revisions Project (UFCRP) will receive the 2014 National Planning
Excellence Award for a Best Practice from the American Planning Association (APA) for its
innovative, flexible, and incentive-based approach to urban forestry.
APA's national awards program is the profession's highest honor, and recognizes outstanding
projects for leadership on planning issues.
Tigard staff is quick to thank the community for this truly collaborative effort.
"For me personally, the success of this project is measured in the relationships that were built, the
high quality of the work, and the innovative nature of the results," said Tom McGuire,Assistant
Community Development Director. "We are grateful for the citizens who spent countless hours
helping us to come up with something that was better than what we could have done on our own."
The Urban Forestry Code Revisions Project will receive the 2014 National Planning Excellence
Award for a Best Practice at APA's National Planning Conference in Atlanta during a special
luncheon on Tuesday,April 29, 2014. The project will also be featured in an upcoming issue of
Planning magazine,APR's flagship publication.
For more information on the award,visit www.planning.org/awards/2014. For more information
on the Urban Forestry Code Revisions Project,visit www.tigard-or.gov/trees.
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