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For the 19th consecutive year, Lake Bluff has been named a Tree City USA community by the Arbor Day Foundation honoring the Village’s commitment to outstanding community forestry practices.

As part of a family of over 3,400 communities that have received this designation, Lake Bluff has met the following four standards required to become a Tree City USA:

1. the operation of a forestry department.
2. the protection of trees through a tree preservation ordinance,
3. the implementation of a comprehensive community forestry program, and
4. a proclamation observing Arbor Day.

In accomplishing one of the standards for Tree City USA status,  the Village Board designated Friday, April 24th as Arbor Day in Lake Bluff. This celebration will happen throughout the day in programs at schools and , in particular, in the planting of a tree at Blair Park (355 W, Washington Ave.) at 2:00 p.m.

The benefits of being a Tree City USA are many and are well known to the 135 million Americans living in a Tree City USA. The standards used by the Arbor Day Foundation that distinguish these communities from others help create a framework for an urban or community forestry program. By retaining the Tree City USA designation the Village continues to successfully fulfill one of the goals outlined in the 2016 Strategic Plan, enhancing public and private open spaces, which seeks to achieve the community’s vision of Environmental stewardship, which enhances the natural beauty of the community.

When asked about the environmentally-friendly award, Public Works Superintendent Jake Terlap says, “Being recognized as a Tree City USA for the past 19 years says the Lake Bluff enjoys a quality of life better than most other places and ensures its commitment to its natural environment continues.”

The Tree City USA program is sponsored by the Arbor Day Foundation in cooperation with the National Association of State Foresters and the USDA designation, contact Jake Terlap, Public Works Superikntendent, at 847-735-2310 (tel: 847-735-2310), or email at  vlb@lakebluff.org.

April 21, 2015

RE: Conservation Easement

Dear Lake Bluff Residents,

The Roanoke Group is pleased to announce that the restoration process of the 10.3 acre conservation area will continue this spring. TRG’s team of landscape experts consisting of Kinnucan Tree Experts & Landscape Company, Mariani Landscape and Pizzo & Associates have worked closely with Lake Bluff’s consultant, Urban Forest Management, and Lake Bluff Staff throughout the restoration process under the guidelines of the approved management plan for the conservation easement.

Kinnucan Tree Experts will manage the last phase of tree work in this phase including the removal of diseased trees in addition to trimming and fertilization of the healthy trees in the Conservation Easement. Pizzo & Associated will continue the stewardship of the woodlands, inclusive of buckthorn removal and treatment, while monitoring the Jensen seed mix which will start to sprout this Spring. Pizzo & Associates will continue the shoreline stewardship that started last year with erosion control, native seed installation and native plug installation. Mariani Landscape will continue the landscape maintenance of the entire site including the maintenance and new plantings along Green Bay Road.

This summer and fall TRG, Kinnucan, Mariani and Pizzo will work with the Village and Urban

Forest Management on the next phase of the restoration of the conservation easement that will include the phased planting of 150 new trees of selected species, as well as forest floor native plantings, including such species as trillium, wild geranium and may apples.

Regards,

The Roanoke Group

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The Village of Lake Bluff has become quite the destination to many an amateur as well as professional cyclist. For the last couple of years, the town has hosted a one-day Criterium.

(A criterium, or crit, is a bike race held on a short course – usually less than 1 mile, often run on closed-off city center streets). Among the day of racing, the village throws an all-town party, with food stalls, beer trucks and multiple bands. Kinnucan was able to help beautify the event at night by providing and installing at no charge plenty of LED lighting throughout our village green.