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1990, the Tree Board commissioned an Urban Forestry Report, and this information was used to amend the town’s zoning ordinance.
During the 1990s, multiple grants helped to fund tree planting and educational projects throughout town. During the 2000s, Wake Forest grew rapidly, and many developments were created that incorporated street trees. In 2004, another street tree inventory was conducted by Davey Resource Group. In 2010, Wake Forest was named North Carolina’s Tree City USA of the year. The town also received the prestigious Sterling Award for 10 years of continuous pro- gram growth. To date, only eight other municipalities in North Carolina share this distinction.
Growth of Wake Forest’s Street Tree Population Previous tree inventories per- formed by Davey Resource Group in 2004 and by the NC Division of Forest Resources in 1978 and 1990 show slow, steady growth in the num- ber of street trees. Between 2004 and 2012, many new developments were added to the town, and both popula- tion and the number of street trees increased dramatically (Figure 1).
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FIGURE 1: Population of residents and street trees by decade, 1970 to Present
Durham 233,252
Raleigh 416,468
Wake Forest has been a Tree City since 1979, received the Tree City USA Sterling Award in 2002, and was named North Carolina’s Tree City USA of the Year in 2010.
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