New Hampshire Arborists Association Community Beautification Awards Program

ANNOUNCING NH ARBORISTS ASSOCIATION COMMUNITY BEAUTIFICATION AWARDS PROGRAM - APPLICATIONS DUE 1 MARCH 2009

Dear Community Leader: The New Hampshire Arborists Association is proud to announce its 2008 New Hampshire Community Beautification Awards Program. In these tough economic times we feel it is especially important communities in New Hampshire are recognized for their efforts.

This year we are a little late with our letter, but we urge you to submit an Application. We want to reward your community for its work on community beautification no matter how small the project. We look forward to receiving your community's Application on or before March 1st, 2009. For Applications and more information, please call Mary K. Reynolds, Committee Co-Chair, 603.271.2214 x325. Help us make this one of the best programs ever!

The New Hampshire Arborists Association Community Beautification Awards Program was established in 1981 by the New Hampshire Arborist Association to encourage New Hampshire communities to have an increased awareness of the value and benefit of tree care and maintenance as well as landscape beautification. Certified Arborists judge nominated communities based on four criteria including:

Maintenance of Existing Trees, Shrubs and Flowers;
Planting in public areas;
Enthusiasm and Spirit of those actively involved in Beautification Projects; and
Overall Community Appearance - Cleanliness, Aesthetics, and Initiative in Downtown and other Public Area.

CONGRATULATIONS to the twenty communities that are winners of our Community Beautification Awards Program in 2009!!! These twenty commmunities are reconized for their outstanding efforts in public landcape management and beautification. Award presentations were made at a State House Ceremony on May 1, 2009.

Communities receiving the NH Arborists Association Community Beautification Awards in 2009 are: Amherst, Barrington, Bartlett, Berlin, Campton, Charlestown, Cornish, Durham, Enfield, Epping, Gilford, Hampton, Hampton Falls, Keene, Meredith, Nashua, Newbury, Peterborough, Roxbury, and Stratham.

AWARD WINNING COMMUNITIES to date since 1981 are: Amherst, Barrington, Bartlett, Berlin, Boscawen, Campton, Candia, Chester, Claremont, Charlestown, Concord, Conway, Cornish, Dorchester, Dover, Dublin, Durham, Enfield, Epping, Fitzwilliam, Franconia, Gilford, Gilmanton, Gorham, Hanover, Hampton, Hampton Falls, Holderness, Jackson, Jaffrey, Keene, Laconia, Lancaster, Littleton, Lyme, Madbury, Manchester, Marlborough, Meredith, Milford, Nashua, Newbury, Newmarket, New London, North Hampton, Orford, Peterborough, Plaistow, Portsmouth, Roxbury,Rumney, Rye, Salem, Somersworth, Stratham, Swanzey, Tamworth, Waterville Valley, Whitefield, and Wolfeboro.