It's tree banding time

The Madison Park Homeowners Association is applying for the tree-banding grant from the City of Charlotte's Neighborhood and Business Services (NBS). Upon approval, this grant will provide Madison Park with $3,000 to fight the cankerworm infestation that has taken root in our neighborhood. Cankerworms can weaken trees over time. Treebanding is an investment in the health of your trees and the benefits they provide.

As in previous years, we will be working with SilverDuck Treebanding. They provide their services to the neighborhood for a flat rate of $40 per tree. Their pricing helps cover half of the cost for 150 neighborhood trees. For the first two(2) trees you would like to band, the grant fund will cover 50% of the cost (or $20 per tree). If you would like to have additional trees banded (beyond the two per household covered by the grant) SilverDuck will band them at the $40 neighborhood flat rate. Please send a separate check with your Tree Branding Form for the additional trees.

NBS revised the grant application process this year to also include mandatory volunteer hours. When you fill out the Tree Banding Form, please ensure that you check both boxes. The first being that you will donate a minimum of one hour per household that includes the time to mark your tree(s) with ribbon that Silverduck Treebanding will provide so that the appropriate trees are banded timely. The second box on the form indicates the number of trees you wish to have banded as part of the grant. The maximum dollar amount on the form should be $40 (2 trees x $20 per tree). You may elect to have more than 2 trees banded, but subsequent trees will be banded at the cost of $40 per tree and a separate check should be submitted for the subsequent trees.

Please Note:  This program is offered on a first come, first serve basis.  Do not delay in your response and payment. This year, we are limiting the grant fund to 2 trees per household. This is being done to allow more homeowners to participate in the grant. 

Click here to download the 2017 Tree Banding Form.  


To take advantage of the grant print, complete, and mail the Tree Banding Form with your check(s) payable to Madison Park Homeowners Association. The deadline is Friday, September 22nd, 2017. The mailing address for the Madison Park HOA is: PO BOX 11951, Charlotte, NC 28220. 

If you have any questions or issues please let me know by sending an email to president@MadisonParkCharlotte.org