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1D&. NEIGHBORWOODS The City of Eugene has entered its second planting season under the Neighbor - Woods program. For those familiar with this program, in our first season we developed this program to take advantage of new monies from a capital improve- ment account earmarked for street tree planting. In the spirit of "doing things differently" as suggested by Council we invited neighbors to join and work with the City in planting trees that would enhance their neighborhood. The City provides bare root trees and tools for planting along with the technical guidance in selecting proper trees and planting sites. With enthusiasm, the neighbors provide their labor and dedication to plant and maintain these trees. Last spring an article in the Register Guard quoted one volunteer, "Doing it this way means the City provides what it's good at and the neighbors pitch in what they're good at." Last season the NeighborWoods program worked with seven neighborhoods with approximately 200 volunteers to plant over 300 trees. This year we have 17 neighborhood groups ranging in size from 4 families along Brittany St. to over 31 families in the one section of the Westside Neighborhood. The first planting was completed in November at the Spencer Butte Middle School. Class by class all 300+ students help dig, plant, stake, and mulch thirty trees which line 46th Ave. and Donald St. They worked with diligence, care, and enthusiasm despite the cold rain that fell throughout the day. Most of the neighborhoods will plant their trees this January and February. The next step in the NeighborWoods program will be to find the dedicated core of individuals from each of these neighborhoods to be trained to shepard over the trees as they grow. We will ask them to provide minor maintenance such as stake removal and insect and disease inspections until the trees mature.