A fable for the City of Trees

As the City of Trees, you would expect more tribute paid to the slogan. By more "tribute" I mean more activities and events that result in tourism money. Of course, the Yolo County Historical Museum Arbor Day event at the Gibson House is nice - but look who produces that... the county. The Woodland Tree Foundation is on the right path with Tunes for Trees and modest ceremonies for Arbor Day, but the city should be capitalizing on the slogan much like Castroville, "The Artichoke Center of the World," or Solvang, "The Danish Capital of America." I know you can think of many others.

Here is a Swiss folk tale retold by Sheryl Ann Karas... it also serves as a fable:

From the Spirit of Trees:

There once was a master woodcarver who lived in the village of Reckingen in the canton of Valais. Many of the churches in this region were beautified by this special handiwork, which was the carving of sacred figures of the saints, and church pews decorated with wooden foliage.

Read the entire tale at SpiritOfTrees.org and see if you can determine the real moral of the story.

Hint: It speaks to the City of Woodland's approach to economic development and civic planning. And by the way, the story is also relevant because many Swiss emigrants settled in Yolo County.