PERMANENT STREET TREE COMMITTEE - TOWN CLERK'S OFFICE

Winchester's Permanent Street Tree Committee unanimously approved a three-year strategic plan and advanced a $60,000 Community Preservation Act application for planting up to 100 trees, with emphasis on historical value and canopy maintenance. Committee Chair Austin Whitman reported that the

Tree Committee approves $60K Community Preservation Act application for 2027 plantings. The Permanent Street Tree Committee unanimously backed a $60,000 initial CPA application to plant trees in town open spaces, recreation areas, and historic properties, with site-selection details due by June 15.

Tree Committee charts course after override defeat. The Permanent Street Tree Committee approved prior minutes and discussed strategy following failure of a Proposition 2 1/2 tax override that would have provided additional funding for Winchester's tree program. Chair Austin Whitman noted that

Winchester's Permanent Street Tree Committee approved prior meeting minutes and reviewed a draft five-year strategic plan at a March 20 remote meeting. Tracy Olson, working with subcommittee members Susan Fagerstrom, Ken Pruitt (Sustainability Director), and Philip Tegmark, presented a goals

The Permanent Street Tree Committee unanimously endorsed a letter of support for the Mystic River Watershed Association Municipal Vulnerability Preparedness grant application. Chair Austin Whitman presented the project, which would direct over $100,000 in funding to Winchester for tree inventory,