Tree Board endorses native-plant workshop, agrees to allow logo use

The Michigan City Tree Board voted on March 4 to allow use of its logo in promotion of a Sustainability Commission-led native-plant pollinator workshop (proposed for March or May 9). The workshop will offer instruction and potted native plants for participants to pot and take home at no charge.

"We're going to actually be able to purchase native plants in soil and containers," said a workshop organizer during the meeting, describing seed packets and a mayoral beautification trailer that will make supplies available to neighborhoods. The board moved and seconded a motion to permit logo use and promotional support; voice votes on the motion were recorded as "Aye."

Board members discussed support roles — distributing flyers, staffing a table and potentially taking leftover saplings from the tree giveaway — and agreed the board did not need a formal vote to provide outreach assistance beyond the logo permission.

The board encouraged partners to share materials on the board's Facebook page and other city channels once finalized.