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<p class="MsoNormal">I’m interested in hearing from others who have a memorial/donated tree program with plaques.<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">In Kelowna, we allow citizens to donate trees for planting in parks, but we don’t allow them to have a plaque except at the Cemetery. There’s a few reasons for this, such as maintenance concerns and vandalism. We had a bad experience 15
years ago where some trees with plaques seemed to be a magnet for vandalism, so we stopped offering this.<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Do you have a tree donation program? Do you allow plaques next to donated trees? How much to do charge?<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:12.0pt"><b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;color:#C00000">Ian Wilson</span></b><span lang="EN" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;color:#262626"><br>
</span><span lang="EN" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Trebuchet MS",sans-serif">Park Services Manager | City of Kelowna<br>
250-469-8842 | iwilson@kelowna.ca </span><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Trebuchet MS",sans-serif"><br>
</span><span lang="EN" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;color:#262626">Connect w</span><span lang="EN" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Trebuchet MS",sans-serif">ith the City
<a href="http://www.kelowna.ca/CM/Page3535.aspx"><span style="color:windowtext">kelowna.ca/connect</span></a><span style="color:#262626"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
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