Hāʻawi ka Alliance for Community Trees and Siemens Sustainable Community Awards i nā hāʻawi lāʻau a hiki i $ 20,000 i nā kūlanakauhale e hōʻike ana ua hoʻokumu ko lākou kaiāulu i nā pilina me nā kamaʻāina a me nā ʻāpana kūʻokoʻa kūloko e hoʻonohonoho a hoʻokō i nā pahuhopu hoʻokele waiwai, kaiapuni a me ka pilikanaka. ʻO kāu hoa pili waiwai ʻole me kahi aupuni kūloko e kū nei i kēia kūlana o ka maikaʻi? Inā pēlā, koho iā lākou no kēia papahana a kōkua i ka lawe ʻana i nā kumulāʻau hou aʻe i kou kūlanakauhale.
Hāʻawi ʻia ka Siemens Sustainable Community Awards me ka US Chamber of Commerce Business Civic Leadership Center (BCLC). E ʻae ʻia nā koho no nā makana 2012 i ʻekolu mau ʻāpana: nā kaiāulu liʻiliʻi (ma lalo o 50,000 mau kānaka), nā kūlanakauhale midsize (50,000-500,000 kamaʻāina) a me nā kaiāulu nui (ʻoi aku ma mua o 500,000 mau kānaka).
Pono nā koho a pau ma Ianuali 13, 2012. E hoʻolaha ʻia kēlā me kēia kūlanakauhale lanakila ma ka ʻaha hoʻokipa ma ʻApelila 2012.