Urban Forest Plan

The Community Advisory Board (CAB) is made up of:

• Collaborating Partners
• an Equity Council, and
• an Intergovernmental Working Group.

By coming together, we hope to create a plan that represents community-supported values and objectives. We want to create a plan that can be carried forward to implementation. Collaborating Partners will be key in shaping an inclusive and informed planning and design process.

These three bodies will work together through a series of workshops and meetings:

1. The Equity Council (EC) is composed of:

• community members, and
• representatives from grassroots, community-based organizations living or working from or in historically excluded and marginalized communities.

Representatives are selected directly through a separate process.

2. The Intergovernmental Working Group (IWG) brings together leaders and staff from various City departments and agencies.

3. Collaborating Partners are made up of representatives from key partners and players, such as nonprofits and institutions. They also include engaged members of the general public.

• Boston-based firm experienced in the planning, design, and construction of complex urban projects
• Specialists in planning efforts that center equity towards successful outcomes that progress multiple goals, social and environmental
• Will use a range of engagement strategies to reach diverse communities through activities that produce mutual learning and opportunities for input

• Tree people, trained as planners and arborists
• Women-owned small business leading in urban forestry master plans in cities across the country
• Experts in urban forestry and the inner workings of municipal forestry policy, management, and operations

• Boston-based expert with strong knowledge of local conditions, histories, and relationships
• Will help ensure equity is centered throughout process and in outcomes
• Has academic expertise and awareness of latest research on diverse issues related to environmental justice, equity 

• Specialists in the planning of workforce development linkages with urban forestry 
• Strong expertise in national cases, best practices, tree equity
• Oldest national nonprofit conservation organization in the United States

• Canopy inventory experts who will assess the current state of trees in Boston
• Specialists in geospatial analysis and systems will help set up a system that will help the City’s long-term management of the urban forest 

• Boston-based firm with extensive experience with citywide stormwater management practices
• Will provide technical expertise to ensure best health and function of urban trees
• Will support the construction and implementation of best practices