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Shade Tree Commission urges earlier consultation after garage and Carpenter Street work
Athens City Council · April 21, 2026
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Summary
Tristan Kinison of the Shade Tree Commission told council that a parking-garage sidewalk bump-out removed a tree without commission input and that Carpenter Street utility work exposed five mature street trees, leaving them vulnerable without earlier coordination.
Tristan Kinison, identifying himself as a member of the Shade Tree Commission, told council that renovation work around a parking garage removed a tree and replaced it in poor-quality backfill not recorded with the commission. He said the commission had not been consulted and that the…
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