Urban Wood Utilization Community Event

{"version":"0.3.0","atoms":[],"cards":[],"markups":[],"sections":[[1,"p",[[0,[],0,"Urban\nAshes, The City of Ann Arbor Forestry Department, A2Zero, Urban Wood Network\nMichigan, Tervol\u2019s Wood Products LLC and the Lumberjacks will host a community\nengagement event at Lumberjacks lumber yard\/store, located at 8205 Jackson Rd,\nAnn Arbor, Michigan on October 9th. The presentation will start promptly at\nnoon and run for 2.5 hours. The event will showcase the pilot model of Urban\nAshes\u2019 Circular UrbanWood Triconomy\u2122 (CUT Model\u2122), benefitting the citizens of\nAnn Arbor and Washtenaw County. The CUT Model\u2122 will maximize the utilization of\nAnn Arbor\u2019s and Washtenaw County\u2019s fallen urban trees and provide\ncareer\/business opportunities for our formerly incarcerated citizens and youth\nthat have had contact with the justice system.\n"]]],[1,"p",[[0,[],0,"The presentation will juxtapose the business-as-usual\nmethods of mulching all of the fallen urban trees, used by cities across the\ncountry, with the CUT Model\u2122, which ensures the highest social, economic, and\nenvironmental utilization of our fallen urban trees. This event will include a\nlive tour of the LumberJacks yard and retail lumber store displaying the CUT\nModel\u2122, as logs are processed from arrival, to sorting, and with a milling\ndemonstration. Attendees will become well informed on the benefits of adopting\nthe CUT Model\u2122 to capture the full benefit from fallen urban trees. This is\ncurrently a missed opportunity to continue to sequester the carbon within these\ntrees and cutdown on the city\u2019s disposal fees. It will also demonstrate the\nimportance and value of the local private businesses needed to realize the\ntree\u2019s maximum potential. For example, the attendees will be able to benefit\nfrom The Lumberjacks huge sale on a wide selection of kiln dried urban wood,\nlive-edge slabs and lumber milled, all from local trees.\n"]]],[1,"p",[[0,[],0,"Featured at the event is the diversion of a single\nurban black locust tree from the business-as-usual process, creating the\nopportunity to sequester the release of ~ 3000lbs of carbon or ~5 metric tons\nof CO2 equivalent emissions. This also equals the offset of ~5,520lbs of coal\nburning emissions, or ~11.6 barrels of oil consumed, or the emissions from the\nelectricity of one average home for about a year. This single diversion also\nequals about what ~82.5 tree seedlings\nsequester in 10 years.\n"]]],[1,"p",[[0,[],0,"Leading the event is Paul Hickman, founder and CEO of\nUrban Ashes. Paul has over 25 years of experience in the urban and reclaimed\nwood industries as a designer, manufacturer, advocate, and consultant. Paul\nlaunched Urban Ashes as a for-profit social enterprise in 2009 out of the\noriginal Urban Wood Project, which is now the national Urban Wood Network. The\nUrban Wood Project was created in 2005 as a response to the onslaught of the\nEmerald Ash Borer in Southeast Michigan. Over the next 10 years Urban Ashes\ngrew to sell furniture and picture frames to over 250 retail partners in 43\nstates. In 2019, Paul shifted the focus of Urban Ashes from manufacturing to\nconsulting with municipalities and businesses to design, develop and implement\nurban wood utilization infrastructure across the country. Currently, Urban\nAshes is working with multiple cities in Michigan and other states to implement\ntheir CUT Model\u2122.\n"]]],[1,"p",[[0,[],0,"Open To The Public And Tickets Are Free"]]]]}