{"id":233272,"date":"2026-04-15T21:06:07","date_gmt":"2026-04-15T21:06:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/233272\/"},"modified":"2026-04-15T21:06:07","modified_gmt":"2026-04-15T21:06:07","slug":"cape-coral-earns-2025-tree-city-of-the-world-recognition-from-arbor-day-foundation","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/233272\/","title":{"rendered":"Cape Coral Earns 2025 Tree City of the World Recognition From Arbor Day Foundation"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>April 15, 2026<\/p>\n<p data-ogsc=\"\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/41526-Tree City Growth Award.jpg\" style=\"float: right;\" alt=\"Flyer for Cape Coral's 2025 Tree City Growth Award\" width=\"350\" height=\"350\"\/>The Arbor Day Foundation named Cape Coral a 2025 Tree City of the World in honor of the City&#8217;s commitment to plant, grow, and maintain trees to benefit its community.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p data-ogsc=\"\">This is the second consecutive year Cape Coral has earned this prestigious designation.<\/p>\n<p data-ogsc=\"\">To earn a Tree Cities of the World recognition, a city must uphold five core standards:<\/p>\n<p>Establish responsibility for the care of trees<br \/>\nEnact a law or policy that governs the management of trees and forests<br \/>\nMaintain an updated assessment of local tree resources<br \/>\nAllocate resources for a tree management plan<br \/>\nHold an annual celebration of trees to educate local residents\u00a0<\/p>\n<p data-ogsc=\"\">The\u00a0Arbor Day Foundation\u2019s Tree Cities of the World program is operated in partnership with the Food and Agriculture Organization, a specialized agency of the United Nations.\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.treecitiesoftheworld.org\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Click here to learn more about the program and how to apply.<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"April 15, 2026 The Arbor Day Foundation named Cape Coral a 2025 Tree City of the World in&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":233273,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[14],"tags":[209,211,210],"class_list":["post-233272","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-cape-coral","tag-cape-coral","tag-cape-coral-headlines","tag-cape-coral-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/233272","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=233272"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/233272\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/233273"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=233272"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=233272"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=233272"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}