{"id":982,"date":"2005-04-02T22:01:34","date_gmt":"2005-04-03T03:01:34","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/framingham.com\/wordpress\/?p=982"},"modified":"2010-04-14T10:20:53","modified_gmt":"2010-04-14T15:20:53","slug":"framingham-named-a-tree-city-usa","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.framingham.com\/news\/2005\/04\/02\/general-interest\/framingham-named-a-tree-city-usa\/","title":{"rendered":"Framingham Named a ''Tree City USA''"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>FRAMINGHAM, MA - <\/strong>The Town of Framingham has been named a \"Tree City USA\" by the National Arbor Day Foundation (NADF), it was announced this past week. Tree City USA is a national awards program run by the NADF and administered in Massachusetts by the Department of Conservation and Recreation's Urban and Community Forestry Program.<\/p>\n<p>Becoming a Tree City USA requires that a municipality meet standards, set by the NADF and the National Association of State Foresters, which include passage of a tree care ordinance and implementation of a tree or forestry board, as well as an official proclamation or formal observance of Arbor Day.<\/p>\n<p>State Senator Spilka commented, \"One of the features that make Framingham such a wonderful residential community is its beautiful foliage. Not only is it environmentally sound, but it adds to Framingham's warm and inviting demeanor. Such a feature can be easily taken for granted by a community, so it is to the great credit of Framingham's residents and municipal government that it has earned Tree City USA status.\"<\/p>\n<p><em>Visit The <a title=\"NAtional Arbor Day Foundation - Tree City USA\" href=\"http:\/\/www.arborday.org\/\" target=\"_blank\">National Arbor Day Foundation<\/a> website for additional information.<\/em><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><em>###<br \/>\n<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>FRAMINGHAM, MA &#8211; The Town of Framingham has been named a &#8220;Tree City USA&#8221; by the National Arbor Day Foundation (NADF), it was announced this past week. Tree City USA is a national awards program run by the NADF and administered in Massachusetts by the Department of Conservation and Recreation&#8217;s Urban and Community Forestry Program. Becoming a&#8230; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.framingham.com\/news\/2005\/04\/02\/general-interest\/framingham-named-a-tree-city-usa\/\">[read more]<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[118],"tags":[435,436,437,434],"class_list":["post-982","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-general-interest","tag-arbor-day","tag-ecology","tag-environment","tag-tree-city"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.framingham.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/982","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.framingham.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.framingham.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.framingham.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.framingham.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=982"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/www.framingham.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/982\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":984,"href":"https:\/\/www.framingham.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/982\/revisions\/984"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.framingham.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=982"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.framingham.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=982"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.framingham.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=982"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}