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Provo sustainability advisor highlights tree canopy, outreach and green-business wins in 2024 report
Summary
Don Jarvis presented the Provo City 2024 sustainability report to the council, citing a 17% tree canopy estimate, progress toward a thousand-tree goal, CPRAISE loan usage for energy-efficient development and recognition of local businesses for deep water and emissions reductions.
Don Jarvis, Provo’s sustainability advisor, presented the 2024 sustainability report to the Provo City Council work session on May 6, describing committee structure, outreach programs, tree-coverage data and partnerships with Provo Power and Brigham Young University.
"We were able to figure out with the BYU's help that it's actually about 17%," Jarvis said, describing the city’s estimated tree canopy based on BYU analysis and independent measures. Jarvis described the thousand-trees program as “about halfway there” toward its target since 2022 and credited Provo Power for…
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