The city of McMinnville has been honored for the 16th year with the distinction of being in the Tree City USA program.Tree City USA is a national program offered by the Arbor Day Foundation that provides framework for community forestry management for cities and towns across America.Making the presentation was Tennessee Division of Forestry representative Tyler Wakefield.“I want to express my congratulations to the city of McMinnville,” said Wakefield. “This is 16 years straight they have been certified as Tree City USA.”Communities achieve Tree City USA status by meeting four core standards of sound urban forestry management: maintaining a tree board or department, having a community tree ordinance, spending at least $2 per capita on urban forestry, and celebrating National Arbor Day.The accomplishment, said Wakefield as he presented this year’s Tree City USA flag to city landscape manager Hank Patton, demonstrates McMinnville’s commitment to caring for and managing its public trees through its Landscape Division overseen by Patton and his staff.McMinnville is one of 44 communities in Tennessee that have the Tree City USA distinction. There are 3,400 Tree City USA communities in the country.The city celebrates Arbor Day with planting a tree at one of its parks.