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Growing debate
Government and developers have rarely seen eye to eye on tree rules. Now a proposal has planted seeds for a new fight.
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Published: June 10, 2011
Time posted: 7:32 am
Tags: 2010 Soul of the Community, American Forests, Barry Shearin, Charlotte Chamber of Commerce, Charlotte Mecklenburg Utilities, Charlotte-Mecklenburg Schools, Douglas Shoemaker, Joe Padilla, Mecklenburg County Park and Recreation Department, Pace Development Group, Real Estate and Building Industry Coalition, Stephen Pace, Tom Johnson, Tom Pearson, Vic Simpson
When it comes to promoting Charlotte, economic developers like to point to the treetops.
The Charlotte Chamber of Commerce, for one, boasts on its website that Charlotte is known as a tree city.
The city has been fighting to protect its tree canopy since it adopted a tree ordinance in 1978. Today, it even dictates the amount ...
Published: June 10, 2011
Time posted: 7:32 am
Tags: 2010 Soul of the Community, American Forests, Barry Shearin, Charlotte Chamber of Commerce, Charlotte Mecklenburg Utilities, Charlotte-Mecklenburg Schools, Douglas Shoemaker, Joe Padilla, Mecklenburg County Park and Recreation Department, Pace Development Group, Real Estate and Building Industry Coalition, Stephen Pace, Tom Johnson, Tom Pearson, Vic Simpson
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