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Tree City USA—Sterling Communities

The Tree City USA Growth Award is given to communities that go beyond the four standards of Tree City USA and accumulate points from a list of projects that demonstrate improvement and growth of local tree care.

As Tree City USA begins its second quarter-century of serving America, The Arbor Day Foundation is pleased to announce the Sterling award. A community wins this award after participating in the Growth Award program for 10 years.

Sterling Communities

By Year

Year	Total Number of Sterling Communities:
2009	28
2008	25
2007	21
2006	26
2005	24
2004	27
2003	17
2002	28
2001	24
2000	27

State	City	Year Awarded
Arizona	Scottsdale	2000
California	Lompoc	2000
Colorado	Highlands Ranch	2000
Florida	Orlando Plantation Winter Park	2000 2000 2000
Georgia	Cornelia Gainesville Macon	2000 2000 2000
Illinois	Chicago Lincolnshire	2000 2000
Indiana	Elkhart	2000
Iowa	Dubuque Dysart Waterloo	2000 2000 2000
Kansas	Overland Park	2000
Maryland	Westminster	2000
Nebraska	Lincoln Offutt AFB	2000 2000
New Jersey	Paramus Stafford	2000 2000
Tennessee	Bristol Jackson	2000 2000
Texas	Euless	2000
Utah	Salt Lake City	2000
Virginia	Herndon	2000

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