Place-based evidence, not an impact score
Where canopy, vulnerability, and shared work meet.
The public Greensboro Canopy assessment adds a reproducible 2012-2022 baseline, modeled ecosystem benefits, and tract-level planting priorities to the annual-report story.
Tree cover isn't just about trees — the City's own data shows the parts of Greensboro with the least tree cover tend to overlap with the parts of the city that have the lowest incomes. This page shows where the City says new tree planting should be prioritized, and cross-checks that against separate, independent poverty data — not a single combined "impact score" for any resident or neighborhood.
Assessment snapshot
A richer baseline than a single milestone.
Values are modeled assessment estimates. They are not audited financial savings, annual SEP outcomes, or a count of trees planted by a particular partner.
2012 to 2022
See where canopy grew and where it dropped off.
The source compares two imagery years. That supports a ten-year change story by land-use stratum, but not an annual trend line.
Planting priority
Pair need with place, without inventing project attribution.
Explore the tracts with the largest assessed very-high and high priority acreage. Vulnerability fields inform the source model, but this view does not label a tract or resident with a project impact score.
| Tract | Very high | High | Priority share | Vulnerability score |
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See also: live Census ACS poverty-rate and income data by tract, used for Recommendation 3 (identifying impacted and vulnerable communities) — a separate federal dataset from this canopy-priority model, cross-checked independently rather than combined into one score.
What it adds
A common evidence layer for departments and partners.
OSR can use the assessment to coordinate grant oversight and engagement; Planning can connect it to land-use strategy; the City Arborist can apply technical context; Housing & Neighborhood Development and community partners can connect priority areas to neighborhood delivery.
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Retrieved July 20, 2026 from public City of Greensboro ArcGIS services. No resident names or street addresses are included.