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Heritage Golf Club and Contentnea Creek
Development Company, which is building
the Bishop’s Grant subdivision on Wait
Avenue, have been awarded the town’s
Green Medal Awards for this year.
They will receive their
awards Thursday, March 22, during the
Arbor Day celebration in the Community
House on West Owen Avenue. The happy
celebration begins at 10 a.m.
Also, the Wake Forest Urban
Forestry Board has selected the
following winners in the poster contest:
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Best Picture - Genie Richards, a
fourth-grader at Heritage
Elementary.
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State Entry - Jala Robinson, a
fifth-grader at Jones Dairy
Elementary.
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Most Creative – Josh Coates, a
fifth-grader at Jones Dairy
Elementary.
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Honorable Mention – Taylor Trotter,
a fourth-grader who is home
schooled.
More than 50 children
painted posters for the contest, which
was judged on the artwork, creativity
and depiction of this year’s theme:
“Trees are terrific … and forests are
too!”
The winners will receive a
certificate and a $50 savings bond.
Richards’ entry will be printed on this
year’s Arbor Day T-shirts and coffee
mugs. Robinson’s poster will be entered
in state competition which ends in a
national contest.
Bethany Patterson of Brevard
College will be the speaker this year.
Her group, Leave No Trace, promotes
responsible outdoor recreation combined
with good environmental stewardship and
teaches how to minimally impact the
environment.
Many people come for the
entertainment provided by elementary
school students. This year first graders
from Jones Dairy Elementary plan a skit,
Assignment Earth.
Heritage Golf Club won the
Corporate Green Medal Award, given to a
local company or business that show a
pattern of commitment to the environment
or has made a significant contribution
to the urban forest.
Contentnea Creek will be
given the Project Green Medal Award for
an area project or program promoting
good urban forestry or environmental
practice. Only those developments which
exceed the town’s requirements or meet
them in innovative ways are considered.
During the program, the town
will accept its 28th
consecutive Tree City USA award. |
