{"id":258817,"date":"2026-04-09T05:27:16","date_gmt":"2026-04-09T05:27:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/258817\/"},"modified":"2026-04-09T05:27:16","modified_gmt":"2026-04-09T05:27:16","slug":"over-a-dozen-oakland-county-cities-participate-in-tree-city-usa-program","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/258817\/","title":{"rendered":"Over a Dozen Oakland County Cities Participate in Tree City USA Program"},"content":{"rendered":"

These five are among 122 Michigan communities, seven\u00a0college campuses and seven healthcare campuses recognized for work accomplished during 2025.\u202fA total of 14 communities also received Growth Award recognition for going above and beyond. They include Ann Arbor, Berkley, Birmingham, Ferrysburg, Frankfort, Grandville, Livonia, Ludington, Marshall, Muskegon, Novi, Oak Park, Portage and Rochester Hills. All recipients\u00a0will receive award materials in the coming weeks.<\/p>\n

\u201cOur Arbor Day Foundation Program participants have done an amazing job with their tree work this past year,\u201d said Lawrence Law, urban forester and outreach coordinator for the Michigan Department of Natural Resources. \u201cThis is my fourth year managing this program for Michigan and it\u2019s great to talk to these communities and groups that want to do more to provide their residents with the benefits that come from trees.\u201d<\/p>\n

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2025 Tree City awardees<\/p>\n

Cities: Adrian, Albion, Allegan, Alma, Alpena, Ann Arbor, Auburn Hills, Battle Creek, Bay City, Berkley, Big Rapids, Birmingham, Boyne City, Brighton, Cadillac, Caro, Charlevoix, Charlotte, Coldwater, Detroit, Dowagiac, East Lansing, Eastpointe, Escanaba, Ferndale, Ferrysburg, Flint, Flushing, Frankenmuth, Frankfort, Fraser, Fremont, Gaylord, Glen Arbor, Grand Haven, Grand Rapids, Grandville, Grosse Pointe, Hamtramck, Hazel Park, Hillsdale, Holland, Howell, Huntington Woods, Imlay City, Ionia, Kentwood, Laingsburg, Lansing, Lapeer, Lathrup Village, Livonia, Lowell, Ludington, Madison Heights, Manistee, Marquette, Marshall, Mason, Midland, Monroe, Montague, Morenci, Mount Clemens, Muskegon, Negaunee, North Muskegon, Northville, Novi, Oak Park, Owosso, Petersburg, Petoskey, Plymouth, Port Huron, Portage, Portland, Rochester, Rochester Hills, Rockford, Royal Oak, Saginaw, Saugatuck, South Haven, South Lyon, Southfield, Southgate, St. Clair, St. Clair Shores, Sterling Heights, Sturgis, Taylor, Tecumseh, Traverse City, Trenton, Troy, Warren, Whitehall, Wyoming and Ypsilanti.<\/p>\n

Townships: Canton, Chesterfield, Orion, Plymouth and Shelby.<\/p>\n

Villages: Breckenridge, Beverly Hills, Caledonia, Dexter, Grand Beach, Grosse Pointe Shores, Holly, Kingsley, Lake Odessa, Lexington, Mackinaw City, Michiana, Milford, Northport, Romeo and St. Charles.<\/p>\n

2025 Tree Campus Higher Education awardees<\/p>\n

Calvin University
\nHope College
\nKellogg Community College
\nMichigan State University
\nWashtenaw Community College
\nWayne State University
\nWestern Michigan University<\/p>\n

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2025 Tree Campus Healthcare awardees<\/p>\n

Aspirus Iron River Hospital
\nAspirus Ironwood Hospital
\nAspirus Keweenaw Hospital
\nCorewell Health Blodgett Hospital
\nCorewell Health Butterworth Hospital
\nCorewell Health Pennock Hospital
\nCorewell Health Zeeland Hospital<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"These five are among 122 Michigan communities, seven\u00a0college campuses and seven healthcare campuses recognized for work accomplished during…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":258818,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[34],"tags":[143,145,144],"class_list":["post-258817","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-oakland","tag-oakland","tag-oakland-headlines","tag-oakland-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/258817","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=258817"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/258817\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/258818"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=258817"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=258817"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=258817"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}