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Meeting date: May 10, 2022
ACE Green City Partnerships
Final Report
Andy Gregory, Sr. Program
Manager, Community
Engagement, Port of Seattle
Jenny Ugolino, Green Cities
Program Manager, Forterra

Overview
ACE Background
Urban Forest Assessment
Community Engagement
Urban Forest Enhancement Plans
Des Moines Memorial Drive
Implementation
Accomplishments
Next Steps
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Airport Community Ecology Fund
$1 Million in 2016 for Burien,
Des Moines and SeaTac
Small Matching Grants
Program
Forterra contract for Green
City Programs

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Green City Partnerships
Overview
2005-2021 IMPACTS
15 GREEN CITES/COUNTIES
COMBINED GOAL: ~13,000 ACRES
SERVING MORE THAN 1.6 M PEOPLE
1.5 M HOURS OF VOLUNTEERS
MORE THAN 3360 ACRES IN
RESTORATION
1.5 M FOREST TREES AND SHRUBS
PLANTED

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Urban Forest Assessments
Forest Health Assessment
Vulnerability mapping and
disparities
Canopy enhancement
Priority site selection
Outcomes:
Helped secure an additional $260,000
from DNR
Increase canopy within  mile of four
Highline schools
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Community Engagement
First comprehensive effort in the
formation of GCP
Access and participation barriers for most
impacted communities
Support from Global to Local using
Community Connectors
Community Priorities:
Public health, climate change,
immediate basic needs, air quality for
youth
Shift in focus to increasing canopies near
schools
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Urban Forest Enhancement Plans
Incorporated results from FLAT
analysis and Tree-iage model, and
community engagement
20- year plans/guides, tailored to
the needs of each city
Formal adoption of plans by
Burien and Des Moines
Used for strategic planning,
fundraising, and stewardship
planning for each city
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Des Moines
Memorial Drive
Interactive ArcGIS web map
Rates all properties along the
Drive according to their
suitability for elm trees or
commemorative
sidewalk plaque
Outreach mailer and flyers
created
No Elm Trees planted

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Implementation
Forest Steward Program
Youth Restoration Crews
Neighborhood Trees Program
Green City Day Events


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Key Measures of Success
2,765 Plants and Trees Planted, including 982 Trees
836 Volunteers
2,113 Volunteer Hours (valued at $67,040)
78 Volunteer Events
475 Yard Trees Distributed
11 Parks in Restoration
14 Forest Stewards
26 City Council and Community Meetings
4,339 Paid Youth Crew Hours (valued at $134,459)
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Continued Partnerships
Continuing sources of funding
Partnerships and leverage
Key staff
Community-level champions
Total of $1.28 Million invested
$488,000 in non-Port matching
funds

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Port Leadership Moving Forward
South King County Community
Impact Fund
Current and future projects
African Young Dreamers
Empowerment Program
Serve Ethiopians Washington
Dirt Corps
Partner in Employment
Community Capacity Building
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Thank You!

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