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It's a great way to get publicity for your business while participating in a creat cause. Check it out: http://www.bmore-urbanforestproject.org/

Join fellow GBI network member Rachael Baird in making this a success

Baltimore: The Urban Forest Project aligns 200 artists & designers, 150+ K-12 students and (we are hoping for) 100 businesses in an exercise to develop a sustainable and green Baltimore. We have asked the designers & students to provide us with a design that is based on what they think a tree looks like. We have taken those drawings, put them on banners and will be displaying them all over the city to act as an Urban Forest; if you can replace the banner with a tree, then we would be one step closer to a strong and sustainable future. The businesses have sponsored each banner as a message of support to the project and advertisement to their business.

The purpose is to push people to the parks and remind them why they want to help do their part in sustaining Baltimore. Tree Baltimore is the benefactor of the project and we are providing 5 events throughout the two month period that will help push the message. In each park we will have installations and day long events with a powerful message; Create one park: Plant trees, Save our future. At the end of the project, the artist & designer banners will be taken down and made into large tote bags that will be functional pieces of one-of-a-kind art. All the proceeds will be given to Tree Baltimore to ensure that the project is a success. The student banners will be made into book covers and donated to the schools to help sustain their resources.

This is an opportunity for Baltimore to come together and spread an important and wide spread message that will effect our city for generations to come. We hope that you want to be apart of it!

Events for this Project:

March 19th: Hanging party at Robert Oliver
April 12th: JHU opening event party on Hopkins Beach
May 10th: Patterson Park Event
May 17th: Clifton Park Event with Girl Scouts
May 31st: Wyman Dell Park Even
June 8th: Carroll Park Event
June 28th: Closing of exhibition at MICA