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Green Worcester committee agrees to study code options to preserve large trees

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At its May 12 meeting the Green Worcester advisory committee voted to place a new agenda item asking the committee to review what would be required to preserve large, existing trees—potentially by code or ordinance—after a resident urged the committee to act.

The Green Worcester advisory committee voted May 12 to place an item on a future agenda to identify what would be required to create a city code or ordinance that preserves large, existing trees.

The motion was prompted by a public comment from Paul, a resident, who argued the city should avoid clear-cutting and “work around, large existing trees” because of the carbon-removal and other benefits trees provide. Paul cited examples in Providence and…

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