I made the comment in another thread, but when we spend so much time of the year suffering through the colorless and sunless season of winter, we should be promoting and giving incentives for people to plant evergreens and pine tree species in the city. We should also line our streets and public properties with them as they require minimal maintenance. I don't see why some sections of our city can't resemble the Pacific Northwest or Cascade/Rocky Mountain region of the country when it comes to the plants and trees we are planting.