Press Release and Tree Facts

We sent out press releases and a fact sheet for our project, with the hopes that more people will learn about saving the trees. Sometimes we all get "balled-up" in the bureaucratic process, when we just need to do the right thing from the beginning, and avoid these problems. There are worries from the state officials that the rebuilding project will be "thrown to the bottom of the pile", because of the changes we'd like them to make. It seems like the old saying of "throwing the baby out with the bath water". The fire station is needed, no doubt in our minds, but it needs to be done properly with the mindset of 2009, current planning practices, and with the future in mind, not in the old style of bulldoze and start over. Yes, its true, they could plant another Sierra Redwood, and replace the one that's there. In 50 years, it will look like the one that's there now. They could plant an assortment of shrubs and trees to replace the native oaks, but is that really the best idea? There are choices to be made. We are hoping the officials will make the right choices for everyone.