Rockville Centre named ‘Tree City’ 24th year in a row

Rockville Centre has been named a 2011 Tree City USA by the National Arbor Day Foundation, the 24th consecutive year it has earned the honor. The award recognizes the village’s ongoing commitment to improving and renewing its stock of trees.

Each year, the village plants more than 100 new trees, most as part of its residential tree-planting program.

Since 1986, nearly 4,000 trees have been planted as part of the program, in addition to the many trees planted on village property and in commercial areas by the village. To become a Tree City, a community must have a department that attends to trees, a tree care ordinance, a community forestry program, and an Arbor Day observance.

Tree City USA is sponsored in cooperation with the National Association of State Foresters and the USDA Forest Service.