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Tree Board to rewrite Flower Award criteria, expand outreach to businesses and schools
Summary
Members agreed to revise the Flower Award scoring and outreach plan, suggesting clearer 'curb appeal' language, reweighting points away from a heavy native‑plant emphasis, and boosting promotion via the village newsletter, Chamber and code enforcement nominations.
The Wellington Tree Board spent an extended portion of its June 4 meeting reviewing the village’s Flower Award program and agreed to revise the scoring rubric and outreach strategy.
Members repeatedly criticized the current points distribution, saying too much weight is given to native‑landscaping categories and not enough to curb appeal and visible design. “Curb appeal is not, did I clean up the garbage. So we need to change that for sure,” one member said while proposing…
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