Bringing Back Trees to North Riverside

The newly formed North Riverside Garden Club is working to bring back the village's tree replacement program. Over 150 trees in the village have been cut down and not replaced since the replacement program died out in 1999 due to budgetary constraints.

Rose Titus, Garden Club member and Horticulturist, brought attention to this issue and proposed that the village join the Suburban Tree Consortium. The Garden Club met with a Village Trustee that brought the proposal to the Village Board. The Village President agreed it was a wonderful idea and the Village had the funding due to sales tax referendums passed in recent years.

From:
'Tree replacement proposal making its way to officials' by Ellyn Ong Vea
Published October 2, 2007 in Suburban Life- Riverside, North Riverside, Riverside Lawn
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The Suburban Tree Consortium (STC) is a group of over 30 municipalities in the Chicago area that formed in 1985 to improved the urban forest. The program allows municipalities to get away from low-bid requirements and maintain their quality and diversity specifications for parkway trees. By merging orders and forming long term contracts with local nurseries, the group has costs and time savings due to buying power, economies of scale, and decreased mortality. The consortium also provides delivery and installation services and other technical assistance.

Beeson's McHenry County Nursery joined the STC as one of its Nursery Suppliers in 2005.