South Clinton Elementary students help city celebrate Arbor Day
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City leaders and Tree Board members, with South Clinton Elementary students in background, receiving the Tree City Award and materials from Diane Warwick, Tennessee Division of Forestry. From left are Tree Board members Rob Jameson and Riley Sain, Mayor Scott Burton, Warwick, Tree Board members Gwen Payne and Greg McAnally, and City Councilman and Tree Board member Larry Gann.
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Mayor Scott Burton and students plant a maple tree in South Clinton Park in recognition of Arbor Day 2021. The tree was donated by the Clinton Utilities Board.
The city of Clinton celebrated Arbor Day, Oct. 20, at South Clinton Park with the help of students from South Clinton Elementary School.
Approximately 35 students from the third- grade classes participated in the ceremony by reading a poem, engaging in question-and-answer sessions with city leaders and state forestry officials, and helping to plant a tree in the park.
Each class received a tree seedling to use as a class project as a thank you for their participation.
Mayor Scott Burton read a proclamation recognizing Oct. 20, 2021, as Arbor Day in the city. Diane Warwick, Tennessee Division of Forestry, presented the city with its Tree City Award for 2020.
This is the fourth year that Clinton has been recognized as a Tree City USA by the National Arbor Day Association and the state of Tennessee.
To be recognized as a Tree City USA, a city must: have a tree ordinance addressing the care of city-owned trees, establish an advisory tree board, spend an average of $2 per capita on tree maintenance, and celebrate Arbor Day annually.
Clinton also earned a Growth Award for 2020, its first, for tree-care efforts that go beyond the requirements.