HLCC General Meeting - Seattle Needs Trees

HLCC hosted a full audience for a presentation from Seattle Needs Trees at last night's HLCC general meeting.

Seattle Needs Trees presented on the issues caused by tree canopy loss in Seattle and how the new Seattle Tree Ordinance will cause further loss of tree canopy.  Did you know that Seattle is in the Top 5 for cities with growing "heat islands"?   Did you know that the new Seattle Tree Ordinance will allow developers to pave 85% of new lots with hardscape (asphalt)?

Randy Harkness MC'd the event and reminded the community of a few things:

  • The HLCC Board Nominating Committee is getting under way
  • Food bank donations are always welcome
  • HLCC Dance Nights are going well.  Check our events for the next times.
Presenters included Meegan McKiernan, ​​Julia Shettler, Sandy Shettler and June BlueSpruce.

There is a recording of the presentation here:  Seattle Needs Trees Zoom Recording

The recording allows you to the speaker.  But, here is a separate link to the slides used for the presentation:  Seattle Needs Tree Presentation Slides


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