Briefs: Bucyrus celebrates Tree City USA designation, area food bank honored

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Bucyrus again honored as Tree City USA

The City of Bucyrus was recognized as a Tree City USA at the Northwest Ohio awards ceremony hosted by the City of Wauseon Tree Commission. This is the sixth time the community has been honored with this nationally recognized award.

The awards — presented to the Tree City and Tree Campus USA communities by the Ohio Department of Natural Resources, Division of Forestry on May 9 — recognize the community for its ongoing efforts to maintain and improve quality of life through a comprehensive tree management program. The program is guided by the Tree Commission and the municipal government.

The Ohio DNR, Division of Forestry's Urban Forestry Assistance Program acts as a guiding hand in helping a community to become qualified as a Tree City USA. The Regional Urban Forester recommends a community to the Arbor Day Foundation for this standing. To achieve the title and the honors, a community must meet four standards: have a tree ordinance; an active tree commission or forestry department; a comprehensive urban forestry program supported by a minimum of $2 per capita, and an annual Arbor Day proclamation and public observance.

Ohio boasts the greatest number of Tree Cities in the country and marks Ohio's 45th consecutive year as the top Tree City USA state, according to the Ohio Division of Forestry. Forty-seven Northwest Ohio communities are Tree Cities and two universities are honored as Tree Campus USAs — Ohio Northern University and the University of Findlay.

For additional information about the Tree City USA program or the Arbor Day Foundation, visit arborday.org.

Second Harvest Food Bank named one of the 2023 Best Employers in Ohio

LORAIN — Second Harvest Food Bank of North Central Ohio was recently named one of the 2023 Best Employers in Ohio. The annual list was created by Best Companies Group in partnership with Crain’s Cleveland Business and Crain’s Content Studio-Cleveland.

Second Harvest Food Bank was named by Crain’s Cleveland Business and Crain’s Content Studio-Cleveland as one of the 2023 Best Employers in Ohio. The nonprofit is serving 50% more people than before the COVID pandemic.
Second Harvest Food Bank was named by Crain’s Cleveland Business and Crain’s Content Studio-Cleveland as one of the 2023 Best Employers in Ohio. The nonprofit is serving 50% more people than before the COVID pandemic.

To be considered for Best Employers in Ohio, companies had to participate in a two-part survey process. The first part consisted of evaluating each nominated company's workplace policies, practices, philosophy, systems and demographics. This part of the process was worth approximately 25% of the total evaluation. The second part consisted of an employee survey to measure the employee experience. This part of the process was worth approximately 75% of the total evaluation. The combined scores determined the top companies and the final rankings. Best Companies Group managed the overall registration and survey process in Ohio, analyzed the data, and used their expertise to determine the final rankings.

The rankings of the 2023 Best Employers in Ohio were unveiled in a special supplement produced by Crain’s Content Studio-Cleveland and published in Crain’s Cleveland Business on Monday.

Second Harvest Food Bank of North Central Ohio serves Crawford, Erie, Huron and Lorain counties.

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