Headquarters
About
When Casey Trees was founded in 2002, we opened an office in downtown DC. This central location helped us settle into our work, get our feet on the ground and establish our name.
As our work expanded, the Casey Trees Board of Directors began to rethink our location, hoping to find an area where we could better serve the DC community and advance our mission of restoring, enhancing and protecting the tree canopy of the Nation's Capital. We wanted to find a permanent home that would allow us to marry our office and field operations into one location, showcase our tree planting work and contribute to the redevelopment of a historic neighborhood.
In 2008, after a three year search, we found a suitable match in Brookland. Two properties located across the street from each other - 3030 and 3015 12th Street NE - now serve as our new office and tree yard respectively.
Why Brookland?
We chose Brookland first and foremost because the 12th Street NE corridor is a great place to set down roots. We hope that our investment in the area will encourage other businesses to follow suit.
Second, Brookland is metro accessible. Our office and tree yard are just a five minute walk from the Brookland-CUA Metro Station and several bus lines including the D8 and H8 service the neighborhood.
Third, Brookland provides us the opportunity to consolidate our office and field operations into one location.
What do the building and grounds look like?
For our office, we have retained and renovated the existing 4,000 square foot structure and added an additional 4,500 square feet. The final design features a large conference room to accommodate our year round education programming, a staging area for planting materials and volunteer activities and other amenities including an elevator.
We have designed the exterior to include a rain garden, bioretention planters along 12th Street, and a greenroof. We intend to use these exterior elements to demonstrate how even a small building, if designed correctly, can help slow and filter stormwater from the site and street, reduce energy consumption and produce several other environmental benefits.
On May 25, 2010, the Sustainable Sites Initiative (SITES) announced the selection of Casey Trees’ Brookland headquarters as one of the first landscapes to participate in a new program testing the nation’s first rating system for green landscape design, construction and maintenance.
Read the media release announcing our move.
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Contact
Casey Trees
3030 12th Street NE
Washington, DC 20017
p 202.833.4010 • f 202.833.4092
