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/ etgtd-e' <br /> Over the past 10 weekends your neighbors have been out, in the rain and <br /> sunshine planting close to 400 trees through the NeighborWoods program. Since <br /> last year the program has grown from 7 neighborhoods with 100 people to 21 <br /> neighborhoods with more than 300 citizens. These citizens are homeowners, <br /> renters, landlords, ministers, businessmen, teacher, students, and children. <br /> In short, everyone who lives in a neighborhood is out planting trees. <br /> The concept of NeighborWoods is simple, the program blends together what each <br /> does best: the City provides the technical know -how, hand tools, and trees, <br /> while the neighbors provide the labor to plant, water, and care for "their" <br /> trees. In addition, the volunteer program allows City crews to concentrate on <br /> life - safety maintenance of our large, older tree population, while neighbor- <br /> hoods achieve a greener more pleasant enviroment along with a greater sense of <br /> community. <br /> In practice, someone calls the City to find out how the program works. The <br /> citizen is sent a packet on "how -to." The neighborhood leader then canvasses <br /> the neighborhood to find out who wants to plant trees in front of their home. <br /> The neighborhood leader then gets back to the City with the list of trees. <br /> Then one Saturday or Sunday the City shows up in their neighborhood with a <br /> truck load of trees and we spend the day planting. <br /> The results of this program are that everyone comes out ahead, the City with a <br /> reduction of expenditures, but an increase in services, the neighborhoods <br /> become greener and more friendly, while the environment just gets better every <br /> planting day. As of today, XX neighborhoods groups are forming for next <br /> year's efforts. <br /> Thank you for your time. <br /> ,(/(/(ie <br />