Design & Inspiration Today: Witness History in the Making at Yale Green Corridor Dedication
Witness History in the Making at Yale Green Corridor Dedication
The Best Time
to Plant a Tree is 30 Years Ago … The Next Best Time is Today
HOUSTON
– Aug. 24, 2016 – The Houston Heights Association will dedicate the Yale Green
Corridor during its Annual Urban Forestry Gift of Trees Day celebration, set
for 9 a.m. to 2 p.m. on Sept. 18. In addition to activities and events to be
held at the Heights Fire Station located at 12th and Yale, Trees for
Houston and the Houston Heights Association will distribute 150
to 300 three- and five-gallon containers of native trees for planting in
Houston yards, businesses or right of ways.
Comprising trees originally planted in the late 1980s by Trees
for Yale volunteers with assistance from Trees for Houston and the Greater
Heights Chamber of Commerce, the Yale Green Corridor, which runs from 6th
Street to 19th Street, provides 1.6 miles of protected, mature trees, forming a
canopy along the thoroughfare. Nearly 30 years later, this stretch of Yale
Street was designated as the city’s first green corridor through a vote by the
Houston City Council in June.
“The creation of Houston's first green corridor in the
Heights is important in further protecting over 200 trees funded, planted and
nurtured by Heights neighbors,” Jonathan Smulian, a longtime Heights resident,
said. “These mature trees act as a buffer to ever increasing commuter
through-traffic, provide shade for pedestrians and connect with the hike and
bike trail that runs all the way to Downtown. This is the first use of Houston’s 1991 Green Corridor
ordinance, which has the potential for the creation of similar green
corridors in many districts citywide.”
Smulian and fellow members of the Houston Heights Association
Urban Forestry Committee Mark Williamson, Donna Bennett and Angela DeWree were
instrumental in obtaining the designation and hope it will stimulate property
owners to plant more substantial trees on major thoroughfares in the future.
Trees for Houston and the Houston Heights Association will
distribute the trees throughout the event. Reserve trees by
contacting urbanforest@houstonheights.org.
The adoptions are open to anyone in Houston. Come early for the best selection
with assistance from Houston and Texas urban foresters.
The Annual Urban Forestry Gift of Trees Day celebration will
be held from 9 a.m. to 2 p.m. at the Heights Fire Station, with the Yale Green
Corridor dedication set for 1 p.m. All Houstonians are invited to stop by the
fire station to adopt a tree, witness history in the making and enjoy
refreshments with some of Houston’s dignitaries.
About Houston Heights
Association
The Houston Heights Association (HHA) is an all-volunteer
501(c)(3) nonprofit civic organization that promotes and fosters friendship,
goodwill and community spirit within and around the Houston Heights. Proceeds
from HHA events go directly into the community for beautification, restoration
and maintenance of the Heights Boulevard esplanade, Marmion and Donovan Parks,
and the historic Houston Heights City Hall and Fire Station. Additionally, and
among its many other endeavors, HHA supports educational activities for local
schools and schoolchildren, and promotes local business. houstonheights.org
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Attached photos courtesy of Houston Heights Association
The Houston Heights Association will distribute 150
to 300 three- and five-gallon containers of native trees to Houstonians
as part of its Annual Urban Forestry Gift of Trees Day celebration and Yale
Green Corridor dedication on Sept. 18.
