Thanks to you, your neighbors, your Village Trustees and Village staff, Wilmette has a new, stronger tree ordinance. This is a great step forward and demonstrates that the Village understands how valuable our trees are.
The ordinance will protect our tree canopy and make it much more difficult to remove large, healthy, mature trees that provide many benefits to all of us. That is a huge improvement over our old ordinance and a victory for our community. Learn more about the ordinance here.
The Trustees received hundreds of emails about this issue, so they knew they had community support to better protect and preserve our trees. If you sent an email or attended a meeting about the ordinance, thank you. Our collective voices really made a difference.
Thank you again for your efforts to support the passage of a strong tree preservation ordinance, and for working to make Wilmette a more sustainable, resilient, and environmentally-friendly place to live.
