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Forestry Board Town Hall Meeting

April 16 at 6 p.m. Town Hall Meeting at the East Annex Building: 2434 Vermont St. 1. Blue Island’s Forestry Board a. Overview of Blue Island’s Tree Canopy b. Intros of PW and FBoard c. 2022/23 Accomplishments i. Ordinance update ii. Tree City USA state approval iii. Outreach efforts iv. Grant Received 2. Blue Island’s Data per 360degree Tree Inventory …

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Arbor Day Celebration

Blue Island’s Arbor Day Celebration will be held on Friday, April 26th from noon – 2:30 p.m., starting with an educational planting in the morning at Whittier School and concluding at Blue Cap with another tree planting and an afternoon celebration. This event also celebrates the completion of the Chi/Cal Grant Blue Island was awarded, giving us 115 trees through …

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Community Clean-up Day

Saturday, April 27, 2024 Sign in begins at 8 a.m., cleanup 9-11 a.m., lunch at 11:30 a.m. Help us clean up Blue Island, and if you register in advance, you’ll get a free t-shirt to commemorate the day! Following the cleanup, we’ll host a cookout at Memorial Park. • Participate individually or with your friends and neighbors • Complete the …

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Join the Blue Island Forestry Board!

In recent years, Blue Island has made great strides in tree care, through the grassroots campaign of Restore Our Canopy. Now with the reinstatement of the Blue Island Forestry Board, awareness and education to our residents on the importance and impact that trees have to our environment is being fulfilled. Come Join Us! The Blue Island Forestry Board shall act …

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Community Parkway Pruning Day

Community Parkway Pruning: The Friday, Jan. 19 pruning event has been canceled due to the weather. Friday, Feb. 16 pruning event: Meet at BUB Cafe 13311 Old Western Ave, Blue Island, IL 60406 Noon to 3pm Structural pruning of trees Register now by clicking here.

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