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part of the process. What is the value of a 100 year-old ironwood? Beyond economics,
does such a tree have intrinsic value? Does it have a right to live that supersedes our
desire to place a building on its footprint? We do not all have to become “tree huggers”
but we can begin to allocate more resources to their preservation. As we have seen, our
efforts will pay economic dividends.
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