Tree City USA—Sterling Communities
The Tree City USA Growth Award is given to communities that go beyond the four standards of Tree City USA and accumulate points from a list of projects that demonstrate improvement and growth of local tree care.
As Tree City USA begins its second quarter-century of serving America, The Arbor Day Foundation is pleased to announce the Sterling award. A community wins this award after participating in the Growth Award program for 10 years.
Sterling Communities
By Year
| Year |
Total Number of Sterling Communities: |
| 2000 |
27 |
| 2001 |
20 |
| 2002 |
25 |
| 2003 |
16 |
| 2004 |
28 |
| 2005 |
23 |
| 2006 |
|
| 2007 |
|
By State
| State |
City |
Year Awarded |
|
Alabama
|
Daphne
Dothan
Foley
Opelika
|
2000
2002
2002
2002
|
|
Arizona
|
Scottsdale
Phoenix
|
2000
2005
|
|
California
|
Livermore
Newport Beach
Roseville
Anaheim
Lompoc
|
2005
2004
2004
2001
2000
|
|
Colorado
|
Durango
Highlands Ranch
Loveland
Windsor
Alamosa
Grand Junction
Westminster
Lamar
|
2001
2000
2001
2001
2003
2003
2003
2004
|
|
Florida
|
Miami Springs
Coral Springs
Windermere
Gainesville
Lantana
Orlando
Plantation
St. Augustine
Winter Park
|
2004
2005
2005
1991
2001
2000
2000
2001
2000
|
|
Georgia
|
Cornelia
Covington
Gainesville
Macon
Dalton
Savannah
|
2000
2002
2000
2000
2004
2004
|
|
Idaho
|
Lewiston
Moscow
|
2001
2003
|
|
Illinois
|
Bolingbrook
Brookfield
Chicago
Elgin
Elmhurst
Lincolnshire
Lombard
Moline
Naperville
Urbana
Wilmette
Addison
Hazel Crest
Park Ridge
Skokie
Glen Ellyn
Palos Park
Champaign
Genoa
Mount Vernon
Orland Park
|
2002
2002
2000
2002
2002
2000
2002
2002
2001
2001
2003
2005
2005
2005
2005
2004
2004
1993
1995
1997
1991
|
|
Indiana
|
Madison
Carmel
Anderson
Elkhart
|
1997
2005
2002
2000
|
|
Iowa
|
Dubuque
Dysart
Fredericksburg
Grundy Center
Mapleton
Mount Vernon
Muscatine
Waterloo
Dewitt
Marion
Clarinda
Johnston
Keystone
Polk City
Glidden
Cedar Rapids
Marshalltown
|
2000
2000
2002
2001
2002
2001
2002
2000
2003
2003
2004
2004
2004
2004
1997
2005
2005
|
|
Kansas
|
McPherson
Roeland Park
Bonner Springs
Lawrence
Merriam
Olathe
Overland Park
El Dorado
Lindsborg
|
2004
2004
2001
2001
2001
2002
2000
2003
2003
|
|
Kentucky
|
Warren County
|
1997
|
|
Louisiana
|
Alexandria
Shreveport
|
1995
1997
|
|
Maryland
|
Laurel
Baltimore
NAS Patuxent River
Ocean City
Westminster
|
1994
2005
2002
2001
2000
|
|
Massachusetts
|
Sturbridge
|
1995
|
|
Michigan
|
Hillsdale
Oak Park
Berkley
|
2005
2005
2004
|
|
Minnesota
|
Minneapolis
|
2004
|
|
Mississippi
|
Lucedale
Laurel
|
1996
2005
|
|
Missouri
|
St. Louis
|
2005
|
|
Nebraska
|
Auburn
Columbus
Gretna
Beatrice
Gering
Lincoln
Offutt AFB
Papillion
Battle Creek
|
2004
2004
1993
2002
2001
2000
2000
2002
2003
|
|
Nevada
|
Henderson
|
1995
|
|
New Hampshire
|
Meredith
|
2005
|
|
New Jersey
|
Pennsauken
Paramus
South Brunswick
Stafford
Secaucus
|
2004
2000
2002
2000
2003
|
|
New York
|
Ithaca
Garden City
Mineola
|
2004
1994
1992
|
|
North Carolina
|
Hendersonville
Wilson
Asheville
Farmville
|
1997
2001
2003
2003
|
|
North Dakota
|
Wahpeton
Hazen
Grand Forks AFB
|
2003
1991
2005
|
|
Ohio
|
Perrysburg
Groveport
Lebanon
Cincinnati
Bowling Green
|
2005
1996
1992
2004
2002
|
|
Oklahoma
|
Alva
Midwest City
Muskogee
|
2003
2004
1997
|
|
Oregon
|
Echo
La Grande
Portland
|
2004
2001
2001
|
|
Pennsylvania
|
Emporium
Williamsport
|
2002
2005
|
|
Tennessee
|
Bristol
Jackson
|
2000
2000
|
|
Texas
|
Euless
Grapevine
Waco
|
2000
2002
1996
|
|
Utah
|
Moab
Salt Lake City
Provo
|
2004
2000
2003
|
|
Virginia
|
Herndon
|
2000
|
|
Washington
|
Bellevue
Seattle
Fairchild AFB
Issaquah
|
2002
2001
2004
2005
|
|
Wisconsin
|
Chilton
Stoughton
Fond du Lac
Fort Atkinson
Greenfield
Appleton
Marinette
|
1995
1997
2004
2004
2004
2002
2002
|
|
Wyoming
|
Cheyenne
Worland
|
1997
2005
|
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