Welcome to The Shade Tree Commission’s webpage for the City of Mount Vernon, Ohio. The Shade Tree Commission is a non-profit organization, commissioned by the Mayor’s office with the responsibility to help protect and grow the city’s tree population. Our goal is to provide a sustainable, productive living resource that enhances the community’s aesthetics and environment. Trees also contribute to our physical health, social well-being, economic quality of our city’s residents and their properties. Our city and residents recognize the value of this effort believing that the urban trees are one of our city’s great assets. We invite you to explore our site, with the hope you will join us in making the City of Mount Vernon a greener place to live, play, and work. The public is invited and encouraged to attend our meetings which are held the last Tuesday of each month at 3:00pm in the City Hall Meeting Room. We look forward to meeting you! We now have a Facebook presence at: MountVernonShadeTreeCommission–check us out and be a friend of the Shadetree Commission!