The Broad Street project has sacrificed many oaks but because of the work of engaged citizens, many have been preserved. You may recall that in 2019 citizens began to organize and work with the GSC to appeal to the city for a plan to preserve more of our oaks. Scroll through this Blog list to February-March 2019 to review all that occurred at that time. The end result was a design plan presented to citizens by the city that identified oaks to be preserved. Three of those oaks, beside the Government Street Methodist Church at Broad and Government Street, were to have been preserved. Mr. Bill Boswell, who led the 2019 interactions with the city, learned that these 3 trees were now on the removal list, reportedly because the roots would be undermined by the road bed, and thus the trees weakened. He immediately began to request the city to meet with citizens to explore options that could save the trees, but in the midst of his efforts the trees were unceremoniously removed. Mr. Boswell has now requested a small group citizen meeting with the Mayor to discuss future plans and mitigation. More as events develop.