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CTV News
04-07-2025
- Health
- CTV News
The city wants your help to protect its trees
The City of Edmonton is launching a new program to train residents on how to become tree experts to protect its urban forest. The Urban Forest Ambassador Program will teach residents how to detect threats to trees, like Dutch elm disease and emerald ash borer. Training begins next Thursday from 7 p.m. to 8:30 p.m. at Lois Hole Library, and more sessions will be scheduled this summer. Space is limited and registration is required online. Edmontonians who become Urban Forest Ambassadors will contribute to the reporting of the long-term health of elm and ash trees and raise awareness in their neighbourhoods as key community contacts. How to spot Dutch elm disease The city is also reminding people not to bring firewood from other communities back to Edmonton because it could have insects that spread Dutch elm and other diseases. Tree owners are asked to prune diseased, dying and dead branches from elm trees from October to March. To dispose of it safely, burn it, bury it, chip it or take it to the Edmonton Waste Management Centre, the city said. People who see signs of Dutch elm disease – brown staining in the sapwood or leaves that wilt, droop or curl from late June to mid July – are asked to call 311. Dutch elm disease was spotted in Killarney last August. The infected trees and a number of nearby elms were removed to control the spread. The city hired six new arborists after that to help monitor the disease. There were no new cases over the winter. Elm trees make up nearly 22 per cent of Edmonton's forestry, the city said earlier this year. For more information on Dutch elm disease and the city's efforts, click here.
Hindustan Times
20-06-2025
- Business
- Hindustan Times
Brigade Group's flexible workspace arm BuzzWorks signs 24,000 sq ft workspace with Infor India in Hyderabad
Brigade Group's flexible workspace arm, BuzzWorks, has signed a deal with Infor India Private Limited for a 24,000 sq ft office space in Hyderabad, the company said in a statement. The lease is located at Auro Orbit, in Hyderabad's IT corridor of HITEC City. The deal marks BuzzWorks' strategy to scale up its managed workspace portfolio to 1 million sq ft by FY2026. The Auro Orbit, located on the 18th floor, is designed with an Urban Forest theme. Siddharth Verma, general manager at BuzzWorks, said the move reflects broader trends in the commercial real estate sector. 'Hyderabad saw 12.5 million sq ft of Grade A leasing in 2024, up 56% year-on-year, driven by IT and Global Capability Centres. Flexible workspaces accounted for 14% of this, highlighting the growing shift from fixed assets to experience-driven, office-as-a-service models.' Launched in 2019, BuzzWorks operates across major South Indian cities, including Bengaluru, Chennai, Kochi, and Trivandrum. Also Read: Brigade Group to add 8 million sq ft of office space, plans to double flex space portfolio BuzzWorks entered the Hyderabad market with a 25,000-square-foot space in Auro Orbit of Hitec City in September last year. The facility features 416 desks, along with meeting rooms and collaborative spaces. Brigade Group ventured into the flexible office spaces with 'BuzzWorks' in 2019. Brigade's coworking brand, BuzzWorks, currently operates 8,000 seats across various locations. The company plans to double that number in the next year and scale up to 1 lakh seats by 2030. 'We see growing demand for flexible workspaces, and BuzzWorks has been well-received. Our goal is to reach 1 lakh seats by the end of this decade,' Nirupa Shankar, Joint Managing Director, Brigade Enterprises Limited, told in April 2025.
