Coweta County Adopts Tree Ordinance, Hires Full-time Arborist
Coweta County is the newest municipality in Georgia to adopt a tree ordinance. The ordinance, which passed earlier this Spring, made way for a new position in Coweta government: County Arborist. Just a little over a month ago, Roy Matthews took the helm. Roy has a strong background in both arboriculture and urban forestry. As graduate of Bowling Green State University, he began his municipal career as a City Forester for Sandusky, Ohio , a tree maintenance supervisor for Savannah, GA , a Superintendent of Parks and Grounds for the City of Beaufort, SC , Grounds Supervisor for the City of College Park , and Superintendent of Grounds at Fort_McPherson /Fort Gillem. I spoke to Roy Matthews over the phone, and asked him what he thought the main impetus was for the county to adopt a tree ordinance. "The primary concern was the rapid development of County," Roy commented, "There is no slowing of growth here, and there needed to be something to help conserve urban forest r...
