Urban Forestry graduation ceremony

Thirteen individuals received degrees in Urban Forestry during a graduation ceremony in the rotunda at city hall recently. The grads participated in the Urban Forestry Training Initiative, a program sponsored by the city of Milwaukee, Milwaukee Area Workforce Investment Board, Inc., the Wisconsin Regional Training Partnership, Big Step, and TCTA—Voice of Tree Care. The graduates (shown left to right front row) are: Jerry Dowdley, Leonard Biddle, Herman Hampton, Keith Chambliss, Demetric Griffen, (back row, left to right) Bruce Richardson, Demetrius Robertson, Sidney Yera and Roel Munoz. Graduates not pictured are Raymond Rivera, Kyle Mallon, Noel Serrano and Deon Harris. (Harry Kemp photo)