COMMUNITY ANNOUNCEMENT – JANUARY 2024
Since 1989, with strong support from the Georgetown community, Trees for GeorgetownTM (TFG) has planted and cared for over 3,000 trees on the streets of Georgetown. We have inoculated Elm trees on Q Street, prolonging their lives, and have removed dead trees and stumps to make way for new trees. Our mission is to maintain the street tree canopy on the residential streets of Georgetown. For
many years, TFG worked with the Citizens Association of Georgetown (CAG) as our fiscal agent, allowing tax-deductible donations to be made out to TFG through their 501(c)(3) entity. CAG has recently informed the Trees for Georgetown volunteer group that it is realigning its priorities and does not wish to sponsor our group and its activities anymore.
Accordingly, Trees for Georgetown is pleased to announce that Casey Trees, a 501(c)(3) non-profit organization that works to restore, enhance and protect the tree canopy of Washington, DC through tree planting, education, community action, and land preservation, has agreed to step in as our fiscal agent.
We, the undersigned, coined the name, we designed the logo, we solicited and received funds from many of you and over the years we have worked with private contractors and arborists, with the DC Urban Forestry Division and with Casey Trees to carry out our mission to maintain the tree canopy on the residential streets of Georgetown. We have received more than one award for our work.
We are incorporated as a Domestic Non-Profit and have registered Trees for Georgetown as our Trade Name with the DC Government. We are the rightful owners of this name and will continue to fulfill its purpose.
We are continuing our activities in pursuit of our mission. We look forward to sharing our future plans with you as they develop, via email and on our website: treesforgeorgetowndc.org
If you would like to make a tax-deductible donation to Trees for Georgetown, please make out a check to:
“Casey Trees” and write “Trees for Georgetown” in the memo line. The check should be sent to:
Casey Trees, 3030 12th Street, NE, Washington, DC 20017.
If you have any questions, would like to be added to our email list or would like to join our group of volunteers and become active in TFG please contact us at: TreesforGeorgetown@gmail.com
Thank you for your support!
Sincerely,
Betsy Emes, President
Bob Laycock, Treasurer
Patrick Clawson, Secretary
Christi Cline
Karen Cruse
Outerbridge Horsey, co-founder
Beth Larson
Frank Randolph
Flo Stone, co-founder
Jackie Weldon
William Weldon
The Georgetown Metropolitan 