GreenUtica

04/24/2026

Today we celebrated Arbor Day with the Utica University Football team and Mayor Galime at Lincoln Playground. Mike Mahanna, our board member, taught the group how to plant the trees. Now the park has 20 new trees as part of Utica’s Urban Tree Revitalization Program. More to come tomorrow!!! Thanks to the UU team and Coach Faggiano!

04/24/2026

Thanks to the Utica University Women’s Basketball Team for the work they did in Hirt Playground yesterday. We love that Earth Day has turned into Earth Week! GreenUtica is grateful for the opportunity to host cleanup events with our local colleges and businesses to beautify Utica’s parks!!!

04/23/2026

04/23/2026

Our corporate partners from AmeriCU Credit Union and the New York Power Authority went to town in T.R. Proctor Park and Roscoe Conkling Park on Earth Day! Twenty five volunteers collected more than 30 bags of trash and leaves. Thank you on behalf of GreenUtica and the City of Utica Parks Department for your time and hard work!

04/19/2026

We kicked off Earth Week with a clean up at TR Proctor Park. Thanks to Austen Johnson for organizing this event with the Catalyst Group. Great work and thank you for Greening Utica!!

04/15/2026

GreenUtica is happy to participate in Keep Mohawk Valley Beautiful—a 6-county clean up event that takes place every year. We gathered for a kick-off at Pixley Playground today with Mayor Galime and Gene Allen from the City of Utica. When we host volunteer cleanup events in Utica’s parks, we count the bags of garbage we collect and report back to KMVB. They include our efforts in their year end tally. Let’s keep our parks and Mohawk Valley Beautiful!!

04/11/2026

We’re at Art in Bloom at Munson this morning. The floral art is amazing! Stop by today or tomorrow to view and vote for your favorites!

03/20/2026

Let's make Utica Greener!

03/04/2026

If you want to hear about the history of Utica's trees, go to the Oneida County History Center this Saturday, March 7 at 2:00 pm to hear arborist and GreenUtica board member, Mike Mahanna, present "The Journey of a Canopy."

Have you ever wondered why so many neighborhoods in Utica are named after trees? 🌳 It’s time to explore the roots of our city’s green history!

Join us at the History Center on Saturday, March 7, at 2:00 p.m. for “The Journey of a Canopy,” featuring expert arborist Michael Mahanna. Discover the transformation of Utica's landscape, from the iconic elm-lined streets of the 1800s to modern-day efforts to restore our urban forest and learn about what the future holds for our city’s greenery.