100 Trees for Talent

Diana Morley from Talent tells us:

Most residents want their city to look lovely, be ecologically sustainable and promote strong neighborhoods. When Talent’s centennial this year coincided with the work of local activists already promoting community building, we were in luck.

With the city's permission and help from Public Works and community volunteers, Sharon Anderson and Cynthia Care created the 100 Trees for Talent’s Centennial program. With the city’s Steve Olsen they planted 23 trees donated by Dan Bish at Plant Oregon, in the Chuck Roberts Park (more to be planted this fall) and invited the public to plant trees in their own yards. Program organizers also coordinated with American Cancer Society Relay for Life volunteers to plant over 200 donated seedling trees in a memorial grove along the Greenway. At City Hall is a map where residents pinpoint tree-planting addresses and receive a lapel button and centennial ID tags for the trees. The program’s next focus is to encourage the business community to plant trees on their sites.

My husband and I happily joined the program by planting a fuyu persimmon tree, which is flourishing. Through this program we’re all improving air quality, sprucing up our neighborhoods, and building good working relationships with others.