Goal 2
Make Lenexa a city of trees, with aesthetically pleasing landscaping in every neighborhood, commercial area, traffic-way, and park.

Rationale
A community that is beautified by integrated landscaping and public art attracts businesses, homeowners, and visitors. It develops community pride and enhances property values.

Strategies
In order to achieve the above goal, it is recommended that our community explore the following:

• Establish a uniform tree-planting program that will benefit not only the newer sections of town, but will also address the needs of the older areas. To begin this program and identify current and future maintenance needs, an inventory of all existing trees located within public rights of way and parks should be accomplished as soon as possible. A financial assistance program including the City, residents, and businesses should be developed to share the cost of the tree-planting program.

• Continue to implement strong landscape ordinances to encourage aesthetically pleasing landscapes in all new commercial and residential development, and to effectively maintain and preserve Lenexa's existing landscapes and urban forest.

• Strongly encourage wildlife preservation to maintain and preserve as much of the natural environment as possible.

• Develop a plan for the purchase and placement of public art. Public art should be integrated into the landscape wherever possible.

• Develop key entryways to the City, and consider plans for bike paths, walkways, and horse trails.

• Establish a "Lenexa Beautification Program" to target commercial, residential, and both major and minor corridors for group projects. These projects could include clean-up campaigns, adopt-a-street, renovation, updating and landscaping improvements, and public art campaigns.