The Flying Pig Marathon, Taking Root, & Xavier

University’s Collaborative Partnership

…Planting for the future!

Taking Root is a grassroots organization originally convened by the Cincinnati Zoo & Botanical

Garden, The Green Umbrella, The Green Partnership of Greater Cincinnati, and OKI, Regional

Council of Governments, and now consisting of many other partners. Its goal of planting one

tree per person (two million) in the Tri-state by 2020, and more trees beyond, is designed to

draw attention to our region’s tree canopy crisis due to emerald ash borer and other causes and

to remind the community of the many benefits of trees.

Xavier University and The

Flying Pig Marathon’s

sustainability pioneer Denise

Hovey celebrate their

partnership with Taking Root

appropriately, with a ceremonial

tree planting in Friendship Park,

March 25th, 2015. Xavier’s own

students are present, as officials

from both Taking Root and The

Flying Pig Marathon

congregate to celebrate a

milestone partnership…

…The ceremonial planting marks the beginning of

a lasting partnership with plans for continued

growth; for the largest ever tree planting on

national “Make a Difference” day (October 25th,

2015), more uniting partnerships between such

compatible organizations, and “26 Trees for 26

Miles”, a program involving the planting of at

least 26 trees each year through coordination with

17 different local Cincinnati neighborhood.