State Representative Carolyn Dykema (D-Holliston) will be joined by local landscape professionals and the Holliston Rail Trail Committee on Friday October 5^th to plant a tree at Rail Trail Park in Holliston to recognize the 2012 Environmental Leadership Award awarded to her from theMassachusetts Nursery and Landscape Association, Inc. (MNLA) earlier this year.
 

Tree Planting Ceremony Friday, October 5 2:30-3:00 pm Rail Trail Park Central Street and Railroad Street Holliston, MA

 

Dykema worked with the landscape and agriculture community this legislative session to develop a bill to provide an agricultural investment tax credit for small agricultural businesses. She also spearheaded the successful effort to reinstate the Agriculture Innovation Center that will fund projects with a 100% match of private funding, creating new opportunities for farms to grow and improve here in the Commonwealth. Dykema serves on the Committee on the Environment, Natural Resources and Agriculture and was co-chair of the Water Infrastructure Finance Commission.
 

The MNLA is a non-profit organization that represents nursery and landscape professionals in Massachusetts. The MNLA Environmental Leadership Award recognizes individuals who have consistently provided informed leadership in dealing with complex environmental issues.