CORRECTION:

This photo views the backyard of 528 Elm Avenue facing southeast. To the left of the green electric box is a sapling Elm tree planted in 2022 to replace a huge Maple tree that had an unsafe split trunk. To the right of the green electric box in the center of the photo, there is a mound of mulch. In 2020, the Town of Wake Forest, Forestry Department, promised to plant a tree in that mound of mulch, but it never happened. Here is the whole story concerning that mound: (2013) a Maple tree on that mound was hit by lightning; (2018) after half surviving with limited foliage, I reported the dying Maple tree; (2019) the Forestry Department removed the old tree, planted a weak white flowering tree that dried up in 9 months from the heat, after another case opened by me, the Forestry Department removed the dry sapling, (2020) the Forestry Department closed the case, left the much mound, stating in the case that they would plant something in the next planting season. After 2 or 3 years, they never returned to plant something on that mound. Can you plant a Flowering Magnolia there like the one that you planted on the outside perimeter of the round-a-bout?

site will be evaluated during planting season.

You said that three years ago, but you have still done nothing to resolve the problem. At this point, I have lost my faith in the Urban Forestry Department of the Town of Wake Forest. I hope that something is done in 2023 during the Fall season to restore my faith in the Urban Forestry Department. Please don't keep kicking this can down the road.

We will inspect fall 2023.