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LAND DEVELOPMENT SERVICES
Letters to Industry
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Nominees Wanted for Friends of Trees Awards
A Friends of Trees award recognizes efforts made for exceptional, outstanding, and innovative conservation-based tree actions in Fairfax County that include one or more of the following criteria:
- Protect and preserve existing trees and associated habitats.
- Increase Fairfax County’s tree canopy and its related habitats.
- Educate and inspire people to plant more trees and properly maintain them
and convey an understanding of both the value and benefits of trees.
- Developers who go ‘above and beyond’ Fairfax County requirements to
preserve and protect trees and associated habitats.
Nominee Categories:
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Individual Volunteer: An individual who has provided extraordinary unpaid leadership in conceiving and implementing a tree-related project.
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Non-profit Group or Business: Examples include Scouts or other youth groups or clubs, “Friends of” groups, faith community properties, Homeowner Associations (HOAs) and Citizens Associations, county agencies and/or facilities.
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For-profit Company: Examples include large corporations or other businesses, HOA management companies, commercial nurseries, landscaping contractors, office park and property managers.
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Development Community: Must have demonstrated, during planning and implementation, a strong commitment to conservation-based actions to both preserve and plant trees above and beyond Fairfax County requirements.
Forms and supplemental information must be submitted to treecommission@fairfaxcounty.gov by July 31 annually. Click here for downloadable forms. Nominations are reviewed by the Tree Commission and Urban and Community Forestry Division staff.
Award recipients will be announced and honored publicly in the fall each year. Sponsored by the Fairfax County Tree Commission and Urban and Community Forestry Division.
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