The City of Urbana has been selected by the White House Millennium Council to receive national recognition for their Tree City USA and green space efforts over the past twenty-five years. The White House Millennium Green Council is using their Arbor Day 2000 Celebration to kick off the new Millennium Green Program. Urbana was chosen to represent the state of Illinois, along with fifty other communities representing the fifty states and Puerto Rico. These communities will be highlighted at the national awards ceremony on April 29, 2000 in Sarasota, Florida, with U.S. Secretary of Agriculture, Dan Glickman, presiding.

What Is Millennium Green?

Millennium Green will encourage, promote, and recognize the creation of healthier, more livable community environments for the new millennium. This new program's activities include planting and adopting trees and forests, planting and tending gardens, and protecting and adopting special natural resource wonders and treasures. Millennium Green will also serve as a means for highlighting the many worthy environmental endeavors across the nation for the next several years.

Millennium Green is a national project of the White House Millennium Council led by the Department of Agriculture in partnership with the Environmental Protection Agency, Department of Energy, and Department of Justice. Private organizations, companies, and individuals will also participate in Millennium Green efforts.