Trees from Atlantic Park site milled to be repurposed into furniture

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Patrick Ryan, founder of Benevolent Design Co., adjusts the portable saw mill while working on one of the trees removed from the Atlantic Park site in Virginia Beach, Va. on Wednesday, April 5, 2023.

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Patrick Ryan, founder of Benevolent Design Co., and Matthew Tinsley, head sawyer, push a portable saw mill along on one of the trees removed from the Atlantic Park site in Virginia Beach, Va. on Wednesday, April 5, 2023. The trees will be repurposed into furniture that will be used in the new Surf Park buildings.

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The cut from a portable saw mill can be seen through the trunk of a tree removed from the Atlantic Park site in Virginia Beach, Va. on Wednesday, April 5, 2023.

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Sawdust fills the air around Matthew Tinsley, head sawyer, as one of the trees removed from the Atlantic Park site is milled in Virginia Beach, Va. on Wednesday, April 5, 2023. The trees will be repurposed into furniture that will be used in the new Surf Park buildings.

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Matthew Tinsley, head sawyer, moves a scrap piece of wood, consisting mostly of bark, from one of the trees removed from the Atlantic Park site in Virginia Beach, Va. on Wednesday, April 5, 2023. The trees will be repurposed into furniture that will be used in the new Surf Park buildings.

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Matthew Tinsley, head sawyer, pushes a freshly-milled slab of wood from one of the trees removed from the Atlantic Park site to be moved onto stacks of other slabs in Virginia Beach, Va. on Wednesday, April 5, 2023. The trees will be repurposed into furniture that will be used in the new Surf Park buildings.

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A portable saw mill makes its way through the trunk of a tree removed from the Atlantic Park site in Virginia Beach, Va. on Wednesday, April 5, 2023.

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Already milled trees removed from the Atlantic Park site sit in multiple stacks in Virginia Beach, Va. on Wednesday, April 5, 2023.

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Patrick Ryan, founder of Benevolent Design Co., and Matthew Tinsley, head sawyer, work on one of the trees removed from the Atlantic Park site in Virginia Beach, Va. on Wednesday, April 5, 2023. The trees will be repurposed into furniture that will be used in the new Surf Park buildings.

Numerous trees that were cut down from the Atlantic Park site are milled in Virginia Beach, Va. on Wednesday, April 5, 2023. The removed trees will be turned into furniture by Benevolent Design Co. and will be used in the new Surf Park buildings

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