{"466101":{"#nid":"466101","#data":{"type":"news","title":"Georgia Tech Earns the Georgia Urban Forest Council\u2019s 2015 President\u2019s Award","body":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EGeorgia Tech has received the 2015 Georgia Urban Forest Council\u2019s (GUFC) prestigious President\u2019s Award for its comprehensive urban campus tree inventory and management practices. The GUFC, a nonprofit organization dedicated to sustaining Georgia\u2019s green legacy by helping communities grow healthy trees, will present its 2015 Excellence in Urban Forestry Awards on November 5 at its annual awards program in Savannah, Georgia.\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EThis annual awards program rewards individuals and organizations for outstanding work in protecting and enhancing community forests.\u0026nbsp;Georgia Tech is being recognized for its specific accomplishments in assessing the campus trees, documenting the environmental benefits of the campus trees, and implementing sound urban forestry management.\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u201cThis is a true testament to hard work and commitment to Tech\u2019s unique urban landscape,\u201d says Hyacinth Ide, associate director for Landscape Services. \u201cThere are many teams involved in achieving this status. From the continuous assessment and planning conducted by Capital Planning and Space Management teams to the landscaping professionals caring for and maintaining the grounds on a day-to-day basis, this award is shared by many at Georgia Tech.\u201d\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EThe Arbor Day Foundation awarded Georgia Tech, home to more than 11,000 trees, with the first Tree Campus USA designation in Georgia.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EFor more information on Facilities Management and Landscape Services, visit \u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/www.facilities.gatech.edu\/landscaping\u0022\u003Ewww.facilities.gatech.edu\/landscaping\u003C\/a\u003E. Information on GUFC can be found at \u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/www.gufc.org\u0022\u003Ewww.gufc.org\u003C\/a\u003E.\u003C\/p\u003E","summary":null,"format":"limited_html"}],"field_subtitle":"","field_summary":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EGeorgia Tech has received the 2015 Georgia Urban Forest Council\u2019s (GUFC) prestigious President\u2019s Award for its comprehensive urban campus tree inventory and management practices.\u003C\/p\u003E","format":"limited_html"}],"field_summary_sentence":[{"value":"Georgia Tech has received the 2015 Georgia Urban Forest Council\u2019s (GUFC) prestigious President\u2019s Award for its comprehensive urban campus tree inventory and management practices."}],"uid":"27164","created_gmt":"2015-11-04 12:51:49","changed_gmt":"2016-10-08 03:19:54","author":"Rachael Pocklington","boilerplate_text":"","field_publication":"","field_article_url":"","dateline":{"date":"2015-11-04T00:00:00-05:00","iso_date":"2015-11-04T00:00:00-05:00","tz":"America\/New_York"},"extras":[],"hg_media":{"368121":{"id":"368121","type":"image","title":"Tech Green and Clough","body":null,"created":"1449245827","gmt_created":"2015-12-04 16:17:07","changed":"1475895107","gmt_changed":"2016-10-08 02:51:47","alt":"Tech Green and Clough","file":{"fid":"74893","name":"14c10001-p1-013.jpg","image_path":"\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/14c10001-p1-013.jpg","image_full_path":"http:\/\/www.tlwarc.hg.gatech.edu\/\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/14c10001-p1-013.jpg","mime":"image\/jpeg","size":693493,"path_740":"http:\/\/www.tlwarc.hg.gatech.edu\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/740xx_scale\/public\/images\/14c10001-p1-013.jpg?itok=T7gry0uQ"}}},"media_ids":["368121"],"related_links":[{"url":"http:\/\/facilities.gatech.edu\/","title":"Facilities"},{"url":"http:\/\/space.gatech.edu\/","title":"Capital Planning and Space Management"}],"groups":[{"id":"1214","name":"News Room"}],"categories":[{"id":"129","name":"Institute and Campus"}],"keywords":[{"id":"276","name":"Awards"},{"id":"166890","name":"sustainability"}],"core_research_areas":[],"news_room_topics":[{"id":"71871","name":"Campus and Community"}],"event_categories":[],"invited_audience":[],"affiliations":[],"classification":[],"areas_of_expertise":[],"news_and_recent_appearances":[],"phone":[],"contact":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003E\u003Ca href=\u0022jrose38@gatech.edu\u0022\u003EJessica Rose\u003C\/a\u003E \u003Cbr \/\u003ECommunications Manager\u003Cbr \/\u003EFacilities Management\u003C\/p\u003E","format":"limited_html"}],"email":[],"slides":[],"orientation":[],"userdata":""}}}