The City of Palm Coast has been re-certified once again as a Tree City USA and also received a Tree City USA Growth award, from the National Arbor Day Foundation, in cooperation with the USDA Forest Service and the National Association of State Foresters. The Tree City USA program provides direction, technical assistance, public attention and national recognition for urban and community forestry programs.
The honors are largely a reflection of the work of Bill Butler, the city’s landscape architect, and Carol Bennett, the city’s urban forester.
Palm Coast was recognized as a Tree City USA for promoting environmental improvement and higher levels of tree care for citizens by enforcing a specific tree care ordinance, offering a comprehensive community forestry program, establishing a Green Team and sponsoring an Annual Arbor Day observance in January. This is the seventh Tree City USA honor for Palm Coast.
The City was also acknowledged as a Tree City USA Growth community, based on its planning and management of wildlife resources, public relations, community education and its partnerships with the Flagler County Schools and the Florida Division of Forestry. This is the sixth time the City of Palm Coast has been recognized as a Tree City USA Growth community.
For information, please contact at 386/986-3722.
palmcoaster says
Congratulations to our City of Palm Coast Landscape Engineer Mr. Bill Butler!! Keeping up those running shoes in shape on those 5K races as well. Great gentleman, family man and exceptional professional working and making our city landscape beautiful, for us all.
Diarmuid Con via Facebook says
More Like No Sidewalk City !! ….
thelma says
Congradulations Palm Coast, you have lovely trees. No jobs, plenty of empty foreclosed on homes. Highest welfare and food stamp recipients in the state. But boy we have TREES !
Jojo says
Is that why our water bill has escalated in the last year to offset watering new plants and grass. What’s up with that? Anyone notice?
palmcoaster says
I would like our City of Palm Coast elected official, City Manager Mr. Jim Landon and all residents utilizing our Palm Coast (Resortt) Marina as well as those using our Palm Harbor Golf Course to be aware of the following very important development:
http://www.loopnet.com/Listing/17026552/146-Palm-Coast-Resort-Boulevard-Palm-Coast-FL/
Our Beloved ITT former Sheraton Palm Coast Resort with Marina and Palm Harbor Golf Course sold by ITT to Centex and then demolished and replaced with barren landscape and the Palm Coast resort condo/box parkings and lastly sold to Pulte Homes, is up for sale again!
Now my question is what is going to happen to the agreements that preserved the Palm Coast Marina jobs and the boat fuel for Palmcoasters boaters and also with the villas planned in the center of our City owned Palm Harbor Golf Course now, as if built, will take away the driving range?
The asking price for the whole Palm Coast Resort packet including Marina is only 4.5 million now.
What will happen regarding the Marina and the Golf Villas planned in the driving range? We better all be aware of this as usual, we don’t have any idea what the next developer may want to stick on our backyards.
Can the city buy this property with the utility revenue reserves? City spent 6,000.000 for the Old Kings Road widening for a Walmart that never came…bad investment, we should get is back from Walmart. Also what about the 5 million lent to the Town Center CRA? City can make a lower offer to those 4.5 million, preserve our marina open a nice boaters/water front bar and snacks, create some of the 300 jobs lost with the Sheraton gone, Preserve the driving range for the Palm Harbor Golf Course and make a bundle on the property when the real state market comes back and finally sell to a big profit the vacant land next to the Marina for the promised resort that never arrived. Some like Daytona Beach own their marinas. Just an alert.
palmcoaster says
Regarding the above …Pulte is only selling 19 units in one packet..and not the whole Resort, as I misread. Wonder when they will unload it….f