Save Downtown's Street Trees
Release Date: Tuesday, July 13th 2010
Property managers, get a free watering device.
Urban Forestry Administration (UFA), part of the District Department of Transportation (DDOT), is offering free, slow-drip watering devices to DC property owners who agree to water District street trees. Call 202-671-5133, or click here for details.
The Downtown BID urges property managers to help monitor and water the area’s 2,685 street trees—125 of which are newly planted. If you already assist in this regard, please continue these activities. If not, we urge you to assume responsibility for the care of those trees near your building.
The Downtown BID—especially Safety/Hospitality and Maintenance employees, known as SAMs—the Mayor’s Office on Asian and Pacific Islander Affairs, and Downtown property managers all work together to promote Downtown tree care.
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 Chinese - 1 MB |
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The Mayor’s Office on Asian and Pacific Islander Affairs and the Downtown BID created and distributed a bilingual flyer—in English and Chinese—urging Chinatown property owners and tenants to water trees in front of their property. Many of the new trees were planted in Chinatown, which has at least eight different species.
Downtown SAMs and other Downtown BID employees and interns are alerting some property managers about the need to water trees during this heat wave.
Everyone’s assistance is needed. Feel free to contact Hiram Brewton, the BID’s environmental services director, or Lindsay Mamula, one of our placemaking interns, with any questions. They may be reached at 202.661.7571 and 202.638.3232, respectively.
