After a long hiatus, the city of Asheville restarted community engagement around the Urban Forest Master Plan. In November, the city launched the community engagement phase of the project with a public survey asking the Asheville community for input on how they feel about the city’s trees.
The city says the goal of the master plan is to provide “a roadmap of community-influenced recommendations to support a sustainable, resilient urban forest that thrives into the future.”
Asheville Urban Forester Keith Aitken said at a meeting with the Helene People & Environment Recovery Board on Dec. 1 that this planning process will outline larger goals for the urban forest, and create a larger base of support among officials and the public for incorporating urban forestry into city planning…