Increasing economic stability by attracting and keeping businesses in a community. The National Arbor Day Foundation reports that people linger and shop longer along tree-lined streets. Apartments and offices rent more quickly, and tenants stay longer in wooded areas. Studies by the USDA Forest Service have shown that healthy, mature trees add an average of 10 percent to a property's value. Improving personal health by helping relieve psychological stresses associated with living in metropolitan areas.
Trees create feelings of relaxation and well-being.
Medical research indicates patients assigned to rooms with a natural view of trees and green open spaces have shorter postoperative hospital stays. Improving water quality by reducing the impact of billions of raindrops - resulting in less runoff and erosion. This allows more recharging of the ground water supply, which is significantly reduced by paving. Wooded areas help prevent the transport of sediment and chemicals into streams. Creating wildlife diversity by providing a local ecosystem.