Ngo-April 2011, i-US Forest Service kanye ne-New York Restoration Project (NYRP) engenzi nzuzo yahlanganisa i-Vibrant Cities and Urban Forests: A National Call to Action task force ngaphandle kwase-Washington, DC. Umhlangano wokucobelelana ngolwazi wezinsuku ezintathu ukhulume ngekusasa lamahlathi esizwe sakithi kanye nemvelo; okuhlanganisa izinzuzo zezempilo, ezemvelo, zezenhlalo nezomnotho abazilethayo emadolobheni asimeme nanempilo. Ithimba le-VCUF lahlela ukwenza umbono, isethi yemigomo nezincomo ezizoqhubekisela phambili amahlathi asemadolobheni kanye nokuphathwa kwemithombo yemvelo kule minyaka eyishumi ezayo nangale kwalokho.
Abantu abangu-25 abahlanganisa iqembu elisebenzayo bahlanganisa izikhulu zikamasipala nezifundazwe ezinombono nezihlonishwa kakhulu, abaholi bakazwelonke nabasendaweni abangenzi nzuzo, abacwaningi, abahleli bedolobha, nabamele isisekelo nemboni. Amalungu ophiko oluqokiwe aqokwe ohlwini lwabaqokiwe abangaphezu kuka-150.
Ekulungiseleleni umhlangano wokucobelelana ngolwazi, amalungu ombutho wabasebenzi abambe iqhaza kumawebinars amasonto onke ayekhuluma ngomlando wokwesekwa kwe-US Forest Service ezinhlelweni zamahlathi zasemadolobheni nezomphakathi kanye nezindlela ezingcono kakhulu emahlathini asemadolobheni nasezinhlelweni zemvelo kanye nokubamba iqhaza engxoxweni yezifiso zabo nezinjongo zabo ngekusasa lamadolobha ethu.
Ngokuhamba komhlangano wokucobelelana ngolwazi ka-April, amalungu ombutho wabasebenzi aqala ukwenza isethi ebanzi yezincomo ezihlanganisa izingqikithi eziyisikhombisa ezibanzi:
1. Ukulingana
2. Ulwazi nocwaningo ukuze kuthathwe izinqumo nokuhlola
3. Ukuhlelwa ngokubambisana nokudidiyelwe esikalini sesifunda samadolobha amakhulu
4. Ukuzibandakanya, imfundo kanye nokuqwashisa ngesenzo
5. Ukwakha amandla
6. Ukuhlelwa kabusha kwezinsiza
7. Izinqubo ezijwayelekile nezingcono kakhulu
Lezi zincomo - ezizocwengwa futhi ziphothulwe ezinyangeni ezimbalwa ezizayo - zikhuthaza ubulungiswa bezemvelo, zisekela ucwaningo lwezindawo zemvelo zasemadolobheni, zikhuthaza ukubambisana kwezinhlangano kanye nenhlangano ekuhleleni ingqalasizinda eluhlaza, futhi ziphakamisa izindlela zokukhulisa abasebenzi abasebenza ngokusimeme, ukusungula izinsiza zoxhaso ezingaguquki futhi kufundiswe izakhamuzi nentsha ukuthi ikhuthaze ukunakekela kanye nokwenziwa kwemvelo. Ithimba elisebenzayo lizophinde lisebenzise amahlathi asemadolobheni amanje kanye namamodeli angcono kakhulu wokusebenza kwe-ecosystem ukuze kube nesethi yamazinga e-Vibrant Cities & Urban Forests azosebenzela ekufezekiseni zonke izincomo.