Greenwich Sentinel: How the Greenwich Tree Conservancy builds a community of tree lovers and tree planters

By Anne W. Semmes

First Selectman Fred Camillo presents a “Town of Greenwich Certificate of Special Recognition” to JoAnn Messina for her “having served as founding Executive Director of The Greenwich Tree Conservancy for 17 years.” Photo by Francia Alvarez.

Just how a town can come together to green its public spaces with trees was plain to see last Friday at a gathering of some 55 Town Greenwich officials and nonprofit leaders in the Barn at the Greenwich Historical Society. The occasion was a “Goodbye” arranged by the Greenwich Tree Conservancy (GTC) for its long-serving executive director JoAnn Messina, retiring after 17 years from the inception of the GTC, during which 6,000 trees were added to the Town.

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