A boost for city trees.Attendees cited key speakers and an informative outdoor urban forest festival in giving the thumbs-up to September's Sixth National Urban Forest Conference. A total of 980 enthusiasts--ranging from foresters and arborists to kids and local citizen groups--attended the three-day blitz blitz n. 1. a. A blitzkrieg. b. A heavy aerial bombardment. 2. An intense campaign: a media blitz focused on young voters. 3. of sessions, banquets, and meetings in Minneapolis. Crowd favorites, based on critique forms, included speakers Vicki Clark, a volunteers advocate; foresters Bob Skiera and Preston Cole, both from Milwaukee; and local City Council president and now newly elected mayor Sharon Sayles-Belton; the exhibits; and ReLeaf in the Park, a half-day festival of demonstrations, displays, and a ceremonial tree planting in Loring Park Loring Park is the largest park in the Central Community of Minneapolis, Minnesota on the southwest corner of downtown Minneapolis. It also lends its name to the surrounding neighborhood. . While the sixth conference was in full swing, planners for the seventh conference were in the exhibit hall tantalizing tan·ta·lize tr.v. tan·ta·lized, tan·ta·liz·ing, tan·ta·liz·es To excite (another) by exposing something desirable while keeping it out of reach. attendees with scenes and music from the 1995 conference site: New York City New York City: see New York, city. New York City City (pop., 2000: 8,008,278), southeastern New York, at the mouth of the Hudson River. The largest city in the U.S. . And, back in Washington, seven cities Seven Cities may refer to:
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