The Davey Tree Expert Company is currently working on expanding its corporate headquarters to include a specialized training and research facility on an almost 200-acre property. It comes on the heels of the third-wing addition to its existing corporate building, which was completed in 2023. Both are located in Kent, Ohio, where Davey was established in 1880.
The Davey Tree SEED (Science, Employee Education, and Development) Campus, the almost 200-acre property that formerly housed the Oak Knolls golf course and Franklin Elementary School on State Route 43 in Kent, Ohio, will be the new home to specialized training and research facilities for The Davey Tree Expert Company. The science and learning campus is being designed to ensure that Davey continues to attract and retain the most qualified, well-trained, and engaged employees possible. Planned facilities include a 70,000-square-foot training center with two classrooms, laboratories, associated offices, event center, and a 10,700-square-foot indoor at-height climbing training center. Some of the other additions to the property included 10 spans of non-energized utility lines, greenhouses, a container nursery, an arboretum and multiple research plots and fields.
