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Apr 30 2019 0Commentby Urban Wood Update

TCIA PERSONALITIES IN THE NEWS

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Congrats to August Hoppe and Mike Garvin, each well known for their work with the Tree Care Industry Association.
 
Hoppe was just elected to the TCIA Board of Directors. He’s a certified arborist who is a past president of the Wisconsin Arborist Association. He’s also a strong proponent of the urban wood movement. As owner of Hoppe Tree Service in Milwaukee, he launched the Urban Wood Lab to sell lumber and slabs. He is also a founding member of Wisconsin Urban Wood. It’s fantastic to have a friend of urban wood join the TCIA board.
 
Garvin recently retired from TCIA where he worked for 22 years. He spent the last nine of those years serving as TCIA president and CEO. Now he is taking on the role of co-chair of the Sustainable Urban Forest Coalition.
 
Good luck to both!
 
I recently stumbled on a very under-viewed YouTube video featuring husband-wife team Cliff and Leigh Spencer, co-owners of Alabama Sawyer. The Spencer’s discuss their good fortune of being awarded $100,000 in the Alabama Launchpad competition. Check out the video this month’s Illinois Urban Wood Update.
 
Finally, if you like Facebook and you like urban wood, then you gotta like the Urban Wood Network’s Facebook page.
 
Enjoy!
 
Rich Christianson
 

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Blogs

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03/30/22 – Goodbye … for Now

02/24/22 – Why I Joined UWN-IL, By Max Brown, Glen Ellyn Village Forester

01/26/22 – Music Video Captures a Day in the Life of an ‘Urban Wood Man’

01/25/22 – Why I Joined UWN-IL, By Steve Skorup, SAWINC

12/29/21 – Most Popular Posts of 2021

12/27/21 – NTBC Says My Sycamore Is Worth $371 a Year; How About Your Trees?

11/26/21 – Fall for ‘Felled’ This Holiday Season

11/22/21 – Video: Quebec City’s Cannonball Tree’s Last Stand

10/22/21 – Author Spins a Wonderful Tale about Repurposing Her Dying Black Walnut

08/18/21 – Invitation to Learn About the New Illinois Chapter of Urban Wood Network

06/22/21 – Romans Participate In A Didactic Urban Wood Event

06/13/21 – Watch Black Oak Go from Logs to Table

03/23/21 – Bringing New Life to Fallen Urban Trees

03/14/21 – Chicago City Council Debates Urban Forestry Advisory Board to Address Declining Tree Population

03/09/21 – Urban Wood Italian Style

11/29/20 – Iowa Derecho: So Many Trees Lost, So Little Wood Saved

09/25/20 – ‘Save Your Ash Tree’ Campaign Comes to My Hood

08/24/20 – Chicago Woodworker Inspired by Urban Wood

05/30/20 – Video: Fabled 600-Year-Old Oak Stars in Documentary

04/23/20 – Craft Beer with a Hint of Urban Sawdust

03/27/20 – Oh No! Coronavirus!

02/27/20 – Grinnell College’s Felled Walnut Trees Graduate into Benches

12/09/19 – EAB’s Path of Destruction Continues to Widen

11/24/19 – Urban Wood Use Gets Thumbs Up in the Land Down Under

10/09/19 – How Frank Lloyd Wright Home Trees Became Furniture

07/30/19 – Add Your Voice in Support of ‘OAKtober’

07/28/19 – How to Get Your Urban Wood Business Featured

04/30/19 – TCIA Personalities in the News

03/29/19 – Aloha State’s Got Urban Wood

02/25/19 – Can Certification Drive Urban Wood Lumber Demand?

01/31/19 – Urban Wood Network Dues a Bargain

01/21/19 – A Look Back at 2018’s Most Viewed Posts

12/29/19 – Urban Wood Toolkit Webinar

11/29/18 – Share Your Urban Wood Success Stories, Photos, Videos, Etc.

11/28/18 – What’s That Urban Log Worth?

10/31/18 – Greater West Town Celebrates 25 Years!

10/22/18 – How Much Is Your Log Worth?

10/13/18 – After the Storm, Call on the Urban Forest Strike Team

09/30/18 – Making the Transition from Teaching to Running an Urban Wood Business

09/22/18 – Tom The Sawyer Examines ‘The Cost of Lumber’

08/29/18 – IWF Urban Wood Seminar Delivered with a Tinge of Irony

07/26/18 – Part One of ‘How To Urban Wood’ Webinar Series Sells Out

06/26/18 – Woodworking Industry Takes Notice of Urban Wood Movement

05/23/18 – Researchers Sound the Alarm on Urban Tree Loss

04/25/18 – Urban Wood Movement Takes Woodworking Industry’s Biggest Stage in Atlanta

03/29/18 – Sign Up for Free Urban Wood Network Webinar

02/27/18 – Icon Modern Hosts Architectural Woodworkers

01/25/18 – Arts Initiative Pays Homage to Chicago Park District Trees

12/30/17 – Join the Urban Wood Network

12/22/17 – And the Most Viewed Urban Wood Stories of 2017 Are …

11/21/17 – Come Feel the Heat! ISTC Wood Waste Boiler Demo

11/13/17 – Grand Rapids Tree Awards Create Urban Wood Plot Lines

11/07/17 – Every Urban Tree Tells a Story, Got One to Share?

10/27/17 – Tree ‘Cookies’ Make Nifty Award Plaques

09/29/17 – Spurned Woodworker Turns to Toronto for Urban Ash Lumber

08/24/17 – Update: House Supports Urban Forestry Funding

07/26/17 – Check It Out: UrbanWoodNetwork.org is Up & Running!

07/03/17 – Pacific Coast Lumber Owner Has His Urban Wood Elevator Speech Down Pat

06/27/17 – Discover Ann Arbor, Michigan’s Urban Wood Scene!

05/27/17 – Duluth’s EAB Plan Promotes Wood Use; Does Your City Do the Same?

01/02/17 – IllinoisUrbanWood’s Top 10 Countdown

12/12/16 – Book Chronicles Urban ‘Wood to Table’ Movement

11/13/16 – IL WUT’s Global Reach

09/14/16 – Let’s Make Urban Wood a Household Name

07/26/16 – IWF Urban Wood Seminar Sponsors Help Spread the ‘Word’

05/21/16 – Great News! Urban Wood Shines in WI Hotel Makeover

02/15/16 – Thank You Urban Wood Conference Supporters!

01/28/16 – Daily Double Discount: Hardwood Lumber & Urban Forest Events

11/29/15 – Five Top Reasons to Sponsor the Bringing the Urban Forestry Full Circle Conference

10/29/15 – Keep Spreading the News!

09/23/15 – Woodworking Enthusiasts Get a Taste of Urban Wood

08/25/15 – Historic Bell Tolls for Urban Wood Display

06/23/15 – Photo Gallery: Color Point Greenhouse Operations

06/14/15 – Color Point Pushes Sustainable Wood Usage with Wood-Fired Greenhouse

06/05/15 – Hats Off to an Urban Wood Pioneer


Jul 09 2014 by Urban Wood Update

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ILLINOIS URBAN WOOD UPDATE NEWSLETTER ARCHIVES

 

 

MAR 2022 – Final Edition … for Now; Stay in Touch with UWN-IL; Taylor Guitar Feted by Fast Company

FEB 2022 – UWN-IL to Meet at Icon Modern; Why Glen Ellyn Village Forester Joined UWN-IL; Room & Board Launches National Urban Ash Table Line

JAN 2022 – IL Chapter of Urban Wood Network Officially Launches; Why SAWINC Joined the UWN-IL; Don Peterson Dies

DEC 2021 – 2021’s Top Posts; My Sycamore Tree’s Worth $371 a Year; Online Guide to Illinois Custom Sawmills

NOV 2021 – Urban Wood Network Slates Dec. 2 Meeting; Quebec’s ‘Cannonball Tree;’ Sinker Cypress Desk Is Wood-Mizer Award Winner

OCT 2021 – Chicago’s Urban Forestry Metrics; Sawing Urban Wood with an Alaskan Chainsaw Mill; Traece Software for Managing Urban Lumber Inventories

SEP 2021 – Celebrate OAKtober; CalFire Awards Urban Sawyer Grant; Cheyenne, WY, Braces for EAB’s Arrival

AUG 2021 – Invitation to Join Illinois Chapter of the Urban Wood Network; Twin City Closet’s Reclaimed Ash Conference Table; Waukesha County Receives SFI Community Forest Grant

JUL 2021 – The Making of Taylor’s Urban Wood Guitars; Video: Deadwood Revival Design’s Full-Circle Approach; USDA Awards $15M in Urban Forestry Grants

JUN 2021 – Black Oak Logs Converted into Table; Urban Ashes Partners with NextCycle Michigan; Restoring the American Chestnut Video Part 2

MAY 2021 – Chicago Region Urban Forest Tree Census; House Bill Would Incentivise Urban Wood Use; WI Prof Named Man of the Year for Urban Wood Use Program

APR 2021 – SFI Commits to Urban Forest Sustainability Standard; UWN Announces First State Chapters; Restoring the American Chestnut Video

MAR 2021 – Does Chicago Need an Urban Forest Advisory Board?;  Urban Wood Italian Style; NC Produces Urban Forest PSAs

FEB 2021 – Chicago Park District’s Wintery Milling Project; USDA Ends EAB Quarantine; Wood From The Hood Educates Woodworker’s Guild

JAN 2021 – The Search for EAB-resistant Trees; CBS News Reports on Baltimore Urban Wood Projects; Fact Sheet Touts WI Urban Wood Successes

DEC 2020 – Urban Tree Monitoring Video Series; Urban Tree Merchants’ Scoreboard; Harrisonburg, VA’s Commitment to Urban Wood Use

NOV 2020 – IWF Connect Urban Wood Webinar Now on Demand; Watch Street Artist Make Tree Disappear; Urban Hardwoods Acquires Urban Lumber

OCT 2020 – Company Moves from African Exotics to Georgian Urban Wood; Hurricane Sally-Ravaged Oaks to Become Artworks; National Urban Wood Academy Set for Nov. 20

SEP 2020 – Urban Hardwoods Christens New Showroom; ‘Save Your Ash’ Campaign Comes to My Hood; Registration Opens for Urban Wood Webinar at IWF Connect

AUG 2020 – Chicago Woodworker Inspired by Urban Wood; Cornell to Research Using EAB-Ravaged Wood; UWN Secures Forest Service Grant

JUL 2020 – Chicago Neighborhood Makes a Stand to Save Ash Trees; Sculptures Feature Urban Spalted Maple

JUN 2020 – IWF Cancelled, Urban Wood Seminar to Be Virtual Event; iTree Landscape Video; Penn State Tech Destroys Pests in Wood

MAY 2020 – Taylor Guitar Uses Urban Ash for Tonewood; 600-Year-Old Oak Stars in Documentary; Video: Urban Wood Rescue of Sacramento

APR 2020 – Children in Rome Experience Urban Wood; Sawmill Sid Craft Beer; Webinar Highlights Urban Lumber Business Strategies

MAR 2020 – Urban Wood Market’s Growth Subject of IWF Seminar; Nebraska’s Ash Wood Showcase; Book Celebrates Chicago Tree Project

FEB 2020 – Repurposing Felled Walnut Trees from Grinnell College; EAB Study Compares Minneapolis vs. Vienna 

JAN 2020 – Sculptures Breathe Fresh Life into Dying Trees; Sculptor Adds Urban Wood to Her Palette; Urban Wood Action Guide’ Alabama Sawyer Fills Big Restaurant Order

DEC 2019 – Video: Good Wood Guys Mill Huge Black Cotton Log; Paul Simon Concert Benefits SF Urban Forests; EAB’s Path of Destruction Widens

NOV 2019 – Chicago Woodworker Digs the Vibe of Urban Wood; Webcast Highlights Urban Wood Certification; Chicago to Inventory Urban Forest Canopy

OCT 2019 – Furniture Made from Frank Lloyd Wright Trees; Wudeward Owner Shares Passion for Urban Wood in Podcast; Palomar College’s Urban Wood Sawmill

SEP 2019 – Second Urban Wood Lab Opens; Wood-Mizer Introduces SlabMizer; Wisconsin Urban Wood Webinar Targets A&D Pros

AUG 2019 – Wood From The Hood Opens Showroom; WI Urban Wood Honors Fiserv Center Design Team; Refined Elements of TX Focuses on Urban Wood Use

JUL 2019 – Support OAKtober; Madison, WI, a Progressive Urban Wood City; Urban Wood Toolkit Webinar On Demand

JUN 2019 – Petition for National Urban Wood Day, Chicagoans ‘Import’ Urban Wood Table from KC; Event to Feature Coast-to-Coast Urban Wood

MAY 2019 – SkillsUSA and WI Urban Wood Unite; Urban Elm Table Made in Seattle, Resides in NYC; Video Cool: WoodSwimmer

APR 2019 – TCIA Personalities in the News, Video: Alabama Sawyer’s Take on Urban Wood; Urban Wood Network on Facebook

MAR 2019 – Urban Sawmilling in Hawaii; (Urban) Lumberwoman’s New Enterprise; Forest Proud

FEB 2019 – How Certification Can Boost Urban Wood Markets; Urban Wood Toolkit; Q&A with Tim O’Neill of Urban Lumber Company

JAN 2019 – Urban Wood Network Sets 2019 Membership Fees; Top Posts of 2018; Chainsaw Sculptures

DEC 2018 – Improving Yield in Out-of-Shape Logs, Hoppe Tree Service’s Full-Circle Approach; Urban Wood Toolkit Webinar

NOV 2018 – What’s That Urban Log Worth?; Dan Cassens on Running an Urban Sawmill Business; Urban Wood Across America

OCT 2018 – Greater West Town Celebrates 25 Years, URban Lumber Certification Update; Urban Wood Recovery Teams

SEP 2018 – Ex-Teacher Expands Urban Wood Business, Wudeward Presents 1st Wisconsin Urban Wood Award; Tom The Sawyer Explores Lumber Pricing 

AUG 2018 – Urban Wood Movement Surges at IWF; Riverside Oak’s Tale Told in Woodshop News; How Urban Wood Mitigates Greenhouse Gases

JUL 2018 – Q&A with Erika Horrigan; How-To-Do Urban Wood Webinar Series; Woodworking Industry Supports Urban Wood Movement

JUN 2018 – Woodworking Industry Supports Urban Wood Movement; Video Introduces West Coast Urban Wood Group; Wood-Mizer Makes Major Acquisition

MAY 2018 – 95 Chicagoland Communities Take Sustainability Pledge; 36M Urban Trees Lost Annually; VT Braces for EAB Invasion

APR 2018 – Encore Urban Wood Seminar Planned for IWF; Sawmilling Urban Trees in Sacramento; How NY Uses Drones to Monitor Urban Canopy

MAR 2018 – 31 States Infested by EAB; VA Urban Wood Group Launches Website; Urban Wood Network Slates Webinar

FEB 2018 – Chicago AWI Members Tour Icon Modern, Milling an Urban Honey Locust Log, Project Aims to Set Unified Certification Standards for Urban Wood

JAN 2018 – Chicago Tree Project Turns Dying Trees into Art; Salvaging Trees in Vancouver’s Urban Forest; Tree Service Magazine Focuses on Utilizing Urban Wood

DEC 2017 – Invitation to Join the Urban Wood Network, Top Urban Wood Stories of 2017, IL Architect Takes the ‘LEED’ in Urban Wood Movement

NOV 2017 – Grand Rapids Tree Awards; Reclaiming Wood from Historic Philadelphia Buildings; Pioneering Urban Wood Use in Austin, TX

OCT 2017 – Tree ‘Cookie’ Award Plaques; Why Schmidt Custom Floors Joined Urban Wood Movement; ISTC’s Wood Biomass Project; Video: Richmond Hill’s EAB Management Strategy

SEP 2017 – Woodworker Denied Use of City Ash Trees Finds Other Sources; Southeast Urban Wood Exchange Gains Momentum; U.S. Urban Forest Inventory Updated

AUG 2017 – Wind-Downed Tree Turned into Trustee Furniture; Wood-Mizer Launches Urban Wood Video Series; How Raleigh, NC, Reuses Park Trees

JUL 2017 – Urban Wood Network Launches Website; Milling a Huge Burr Oak Log; Pacific Coast Lumber Owner’s Urban Wood Elevator Speech

JUN 2017 – Southeast Urban Wood Exchange invites Businesses to Get Listed; Urban Wood Tour Scheduled in Michigan; Wood-Mizer Issues Call for Contest Entries

MAY 2017 – WunderWoods Sawmill from Down Under; Wisconsin Urban Wood Signs on as State DNR Green Tier Charter; Duluth’s EAB Plan Includes Wood Use

APR 2017 – Four Urban Wood Businesses Win Wood-Mizer Awards; Urban Wood Furniture Showcased at Iowa Home Expo; Woody Biomass Intel from U.S. Forest Service

MAR 2017 – Retirement Hobby Turns into an Urban Wood Business; Community Trees Power St. Paul Power Grid; Indiana Tree Service Branches Out into Urban Wood Furniture

FEB 2017 – Video: Be a Smart Ash, Denver!; Horigan Urban Forest Products Relaunches Website; TV News Features Restore’s Rescued Wood  Project; Repurposing Urban Wood Waste as Biomass

JAN 2017 – TCIA Terminates Urban Forest Use ANSI Project; Oak Park Learning Center Goes LEED Platinum; Wisconsin Restore Mills Urban Wood; Top 10 Posts of 2016

DEC 2016 – Book Chronicles Urban ‘Tree to Table’ Movement; Dobnick Timberworks Launches; Cover Treatment for Wisconsin Urban Wood

NOV 2016 – Focus on Urban Wood Businesses: David Stein Custom Woodworking; Urban Lumber of Kansas City, MO; and Urban Hardwoods of Seattle

OCT 2016 – Scenes from the 34th Illinois Arborist Association Convention; TigerStop Embraces Urban Wood Message; Webcast Captures Urban Wood Activities in Six States

SEP 2016 – Chicago Woodworker Taps Chicago’s Urban Forest; Let’s Make Urban Wood a Household Name; Cotinummunity Firewood

AUG 2016 – Urban Wood User’s Resource Guide Released; IWF Seminar a Great Success; UrbanWoodExchange.org Launches; Milling Black Walnut for Figure Video

JUL 2016 – IWF Seminar Aims to Demystify Urban Wood Use; Sterling Lumber Wins Two Awards

JUN 2016 – Urban Wood Directory Listings Sought; Chicago Botanic Garden Exhibit

MAY 2016 – Urban Wood Stars in IWF Seminar; Couple ‘Sacrificed Our Lives’ for Urban Wood Business

APR 2016 – Urban Wood Products Showcase Photo Galleries; Urban Wood at Canadian A&D Show

MAR 2016 – Full Circle Conference Wrap Up; Urban Wood Products Showcase Winners

FEB 2016 – Widespread Support for Bringing the Urban Forest Circle Event; ASLA & AIA Offer CEUs

JAN 2016 – Urban Wood Conference Topics Go Full Circle; An Urban Wood Boardwalk

DEC 2015 – Registration Opens for Urban Wood Conference; IL Sawmill Directory Being Updated

NOV 2015 – IL Wood Utilization Team Tours Bernhard Woodwork; Top Reasons to Sponsor Bringing the Urban Forest Full Circle Conference

OCT 2015 – IL Drops EAB Quarantine; IL WUT Attends IAA Event

SEP 2015 – Urban Wood Conference Set for March 18, 2016

AUG 2015 – Historic Bell Tolls for Urban Wood; WUT Makes Waves on Chicago Radio

JUL 2015 – Illinois WUT Receives Grant; Color Point Bioenergy Tour

Winter 2011 – Illinois Urban Wood News