NEWS RELEASE - TREE CITY U.S.A.

On behalf of the Mayor, City Council, and City staff, I’m proud to announce that the City has again been named a Tree City U.S.A. community by the Arbor Day Foundation.This marks the 18th consecutive year that the City has received this award, which is given to those municipalities that achieve basic criteria designed to promote and facilitate planting and proper care of trees, as this provides many important benefits to a community and to the environment in general. A representative from the Department of Natural Resources will attend the April 27th City Council meeting to present this award. As we accept this award and pledge our commitment to tree planting and preservation in the future, we also strongly encourage all property owners and residents of Ripon to do the same.
Steve Barg - City Administrator