Annual Report

During the last council meeting Verona resident Ben Blinder brought up the topic of shade tree reports. Our Annual Accomplishment Report is put together by the Shade Tree Commission and submitted to the Community Forestry Program in Trenton, New Jersey.



Even though not many towns in New Jersey post the reports in the internet, it is certainly a good idea to make them easily available to the public. Here are the links to some 2008 examples: Borough of Chatham, Borough of Madison and Bernards Township.

Two weeks ago my husband filled out a request at Town Hall and obtained the following copy of Verona's 2008 report. For full size images click on the pages.

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2008 Accomplishment Report


It is not common to find space dedicated to public trees or shade tree commissions in NJ towns' websites yet. Nevertheless, having such information on-line could highly improve communication with residents. These are some examples: Lower Merion Shade Tree Commission, Rutherford Shade Tree Committee and Montgomery Shade Tree Committee.

I agree with former Mayor Ken McKena when he recently said that perhaps our township authorities are not telling Verona residents enough of what they are accomplishing.