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can tell a story about the origins of the wood and our clients really enjoy that,” said Operations Manager Thad Staples. “Each time, we appreciate the character that urban wood adds to our projects.”
“Ashley [Kite-Rowland] and I both work for state agencies and also serve on a subcommittee of the Southern Group of State Foresters,” said Texas A&M Urban & Community Forestry Leader Mac Martin. “This year, through their survey, we discovered how to use information to hopefully develop a network here in the southern region that will increase awareness of urban wood utilization with all stakeholders.”
“A database is in the making to help those who want more information about urban wood in order to understand more about it and its many benefits and uses,” said Hawkins. The database will be housed on GFC’s website (gatrees.org).
Workshops can be found around the South for those in the industry who are new to all the ways urban wood can be good for their states and their environ- ments. An Urban Wood Academy was held recently in Memphis, and in 2024,
one is tentatively planned in Georgia. “Being on the manufacturing side of the finished wood products, it was great for us to connect with our tree care company and arborist partners at both events sponsored by the Georgia Forestry Commission and Georgia Arborist Association this year,” said Carmen Rodriguez, Eutree mar- keting director and partner. “It’s really important to maintain those relationships and keep these amazing logs out of the
landfill and out of the waste stream.” “It was great to be able to network for changes, to think of urban wood as a product, not just a waste item for
Georgia,” said Potts.
“Our state and our region offer plenty
of networking opportunities for those interested in learning as much or more
than they learned at the Villa Rica Day at Eutree this past May and at UGA’s Griffin campus in July,” said Brittany Hope-Bhamla, executive director of the Georgia Arborist Association. “We were pleased to collaborate with the Georgia Forestry Commission to organize the July event, which had a great turnout and many pleased participants.”
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KPKinteractive produced an enlightening video about urban wood utilization for the Georgia Forestry Commission.
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