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</o:shapelayout></xml><![endif]--></head><body lang=EN-CA link=blue vlink=purple><div class=WordSection1><p class=MsoNormal>I am doing some work on private sector (i.e. corporate) support for urban forests and wanted to ask the Network some pointed questions, which I will keep in confidence, namely:<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoListParagraph style='text-indent:-18.0pt;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1'><![if !supportLists]><span style='mso-list:Ignore'>-<span style='font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"'> </span></span><![endif]>How much in dollar figures would you say that the private sector supports the urban forests of your community or within your organization?<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoListParagraph style='text-indent:-18.0pt;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1'><![if !supportLists]><span style='mso-list:Ignore'>-<span style='font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"'> </span></span><![endif]>In % terms, how are those dollars divided amongst: tree planting, tree maintenance, education and awareness, insect/disease protection and other<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoListParagraph style='text-indent:-18.0pt;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1'><![if !supportLists]><span style='mso-list:Ignore'>-<span style='font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"'> </span></span><![endif]>Any observations wrt the motivation or knowledge base of the private sector would be appreciated<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:9.0pt'>Michael Rosen | President/Président | Tree Canada/Arbres Canada <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:9.0pt'>470 rue Somerset St. West/ouest |Ottawa, ON K1R 5J8 | T: 613-567-5545 ext 222 <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><a href="mailto:lbanks@treecanada.ca"><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:9.0pt;color:blue'>mrosen@treecanada.ca</span></a>/<span style='font-size:9.0pt'>mrosen@arbrescanada.ca</span><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:9.0pt'>| </span><a href="http://treecanada.ca/en/"><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:9.0pt;color:blue'>treecanada.ca</span></a><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:9.0pt'>/</span><a href="http://treecanada.ca/fr/"><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:9.0pt;color:blue'>arbrescanada.ca</span></a><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:9.0pt'> | </span><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-UsDvqDXsaU&list=UUKIlxgntPukVCbcE9dLxAlQ&index=1&feature=plcp"><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:9.0pt;color:#E36C0A'>20th Anniversary video</span></a><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:9.0pt;color:#E87D1E'>/</span><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-UsDvqDXsaU&list=UUKIlxgntPukVCbcE9dLxAlQ&index=1&feature=plcp"><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:9.0pt;color:#E87D1E'>Vidéo sur le 20e anniversaire </span></a><span style='font-size:9.0pt;color:#E36C0A'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'><span style='font-size:9.0pt'><img border=0 width=145 height=48 id="_x0000_i1027" src="cid:image001.png@01CE2F98.F38EF590" alt="Bil_Green_noBack"><br><span style='color:#E36C0A'>Growing better places to live </span></span><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:9.0pt'>| </span><span style='font-size:9.0pt;color:#E36C0A'>Des environnements plus sains prennent racine<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><a href="http://www.facebook.com/pages/Tree-Canada/172923782752077?v=app_4949752878"><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#7293C3;text-decoration:none'><img border=0 width=48 height=48 id="Picture_x0020_1" src="cid:image002.jpg@01CE2F98.F38EF590" alt="http://www.treecanada.ca/site/resources/pages/media/facebook.jpg"></span></a><a href="http://twitter.com/TreeCanada"><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#7293C3;text-decoration:none'><img border=0 width=48 height=45 id="Picture_x0020_2" src="cid:image003.jpg@01CE2F98.F38EF590" alt="http://www.treecanada.ca/site/resources/pages/media/Twitter_48.jpg"></span></a><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div></body></html>