Michael Collins, Riverside’s village forester, is making like a tree and leaving.
After more than 20 years of service leading the village’s forestry efforts, Collins is departing the village. His last day will be Saturday, May 16, a landscape workday with members of the Olmsted Society of Riverside.
Collins will lay his roots down in Hinsdale as the village’s new superintendent of forestry and grounds, he told the Landmark.
“It was a very hard decision to move on. I have a lot of lasting relationships in the community, and I will certainly miss all my collaborations, partnerships and favorite residents,” he said. “I feel like I left the place better than I found it.”…