Join Trees Knoxville, the City of Knoxville, Keep Knoxville Beautiful, KUB and other partners in celebrating the completion of the Urban Forest Master Plan at a public event at 9 a.m. Thursday, March 21, 2024, at Dr. Walter Hardy Park, 2020 Martin Luther King Jr. Ave. 

Representatives will outline how partners will work to implement the plan and its goals, which include increasing the City’s tree canopy from 38 to 40 percent by 2040. 

More information about the Urban Forest Master Plan and the process to create it with hundreds of hours of community input is available at KnoxvilleTreePlan.org. 

The City of Knoxville ensures meaningful access to City programs, services, and activities to comply with Civil Rights Title VI and ADA Title II laws and reasonably provides: translation, interpretation, modifications, accommodations, alternative formats, auxiliary aids and services.

To request language translation services, contact the City’s Human Resources Department at [email protected] or 865-215-3100. For disability accommodations, contact City ADA Coordinator Stephanie Brewer Cook at [email protected] or 865-215-2034 at least 72 hours before the meeting.