Success StoryTREES BUILD SOCIAL CAPITAL



TREES BUILD SOCIAL CAPITAL

Author: Sharon Flynt

Planning Unit: Scott County CES

Major Program: Water and Soil Quality and Conservation

Plan of Work: Environmental Education

Outcome: Long-Term Outcome

With pandemic restraints loosening, citizens of Scott County wanted a way to interact with nature in urban green neutral spaces. With an invitation from Urban Forest Initiative, the framework in which the people of Georgetown/Scott County  could come together, to achieve community building and increased social capital emerged in the form of the first annual 2021 Georgetown Tree Week. The Tree Week Committee started in August to bring about city-wide and county opportunities to communicate and reveal the integrational roles trees play through creative, informative, and fun-filled activities during the first week in October, including community giveaways, tree plantings, tree walks, tree story time at the local library, urban tree care seminar at the extension office. Approximately ninety plus citizens took part in these activities.

Outcomes were community building partnerships and social interaction,  particularly where people shared work on Tree Week projects. Individual and community benefits such as improved public health, and social resilience are potential positive outcomes as this project continues into 2022 and beyond with more people becoming involved and aware.






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