Shade Tree Committee shifts meeting time, plans October planting
Shade Tree Committee voted to accept prior minutes and approved shift to first Thursday meetings at 7 p.m. The committee advanced planning for fall tree plantings with 18 potential locations between Village Hill Graveyard and Williamsburg center, an area experiencing significant recent tree loss.
Shade Tree Committee _ Tree Warden · Meeting of September 2, 2026
WILLIAMSBURG — Shade Tree Committee voted to accept prior minutes and approved shift to first Thursday meetings at 7 p.m. The committee advanced planning for fall tree plantings with 18 potential locations between Village Hill Graveyard and Williamsburg center, an area experiencing significant recent tree loss. Member Eva Wetzel had mapped the sites; planting was tentatively scheduled for October 17-25 or November 7-8, pending coordination with the highway department and Dig Safe clearance.
Member Lily Carone planned to meet with Smith College Greenway Lab on September 9 to develop inventory methods, with initial work set to begin in the Village Hill Cemetery to North Street corridor.
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Source: the Shade Tree Committee _ Tree Warden meeting of September 2, 2026, compiled from the official minutes.
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