Kinnucan Earns Certified Tree Safety Professional certification!
Congrats to Bob Kinnucan, T.J. Blockhus, Mike Gaido, and Tom Mueller for recently passing their CTSP (Certified Tree Safety Professional) exam! They are among a select group of TCIA (Tree Care Industry Association) members both in Illinois and the nation to accomplish this feat.
Kinnucan Joins Area Chambers
We are happy to announce that in addition to being a long time member of the Lake Forest/Lake Bluff Chamber of Commerce, we have recently joined both the Winnetka/Northfield Chamber and the GLMV (Green Oaks, Libertyville, Mundelein and Vernon Hills) Chamber. We look forward to getting to know our neighboring businesses.
Chicago Wilderness Conservation and Native Landscaping Award
Kinnucan was the joint recipient of the Chicago Wilderness Conservation and Native Landscaping Award given by Chicago Wilderness on November 6th at the Loyola University’s new Institute of Environmental Sustainability. The Chicago Wilderness is a regional alliance connecting people and nature. It has over 300 nonprofit and corporate council member organizations, working together to restore…
Kinnucan Receives Accreditation of TCIA
Kinnucan announces recent reaccreditation of our TCIA (Tree Care Industry Association). We are among a select few tree care companies in Illinois to get this status.
Kinnucan Donates Job at Lake Forest’s Elewa Farms Wildlife Discovery Center
Kinnucan donated a significant portion of the cost to build a recent Bobcat enclosure, as well as the new alligator pond at the Wildlife Discovery Center (WDC). The WDC is a living natural history museum and one of the region’s unique hidden gems. It is a place of learning and wonder, where people of all…
Kinnucan Contributes to Great Lakes Adaptive Sports Association (GLASA)
Kinnucan was happy to be able to contribute to GLASA’s Annual Twilight Run/Walk/Roll & Post–Race Party for the 2nd time. GLASA was founded in 1999 as a non-profit, to address the needs for adaptive recreational and competitive sports programs for children & adults with physical or visual disabilities. Their motto is “Let no one sit…
Trees on Tap Sponsor
Kinnucan was one of the local companies to help sponsor Lake Bluff’s first “Trees on Tap” Oktoberfest benefit. This event was hosted by both the Lake Bluff Garden Club and the Lake Bluff Brewery to raise money to help village officials plant a greater variety of trees to replace those affected by Emerald Ash Borer.
Kinnucan Provides Lighting to Lake Bluff Criterium
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…
Kinnucan Proudly Rides in Lake Bluff 4th of July Parade
It happens every year…approximately 15,000 people line the streets of Lake Bluff to watch the Lake Bluff 4th of July Parade. Kinnucan had 2 entries – our Emerald Ash Borer “Bug Car” and our boom truck (which was used by the Lake Forest/Lake Bluff Rotary Club).
Lake Forest To Begin Work On Forest Park; Kinnucan Donates Tree Pruning
Weather permitting, the renovation of Lake Forest’s Forest Park will begin quietly this week with tree pruning by Kinnucan Co., which volunteered to trim the canopies of the park’s elms, oaks, sugar maples, crabapples, hawthornes and other species. GazeboNews checked in with Peter Gordon, City Forester, Supervisor of Parks and Forestry, for an update on…