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<br /> t <br /> ~I <br /> E U G E N E <br /> P a rNs and A DIVISION OFPUBIICWORKS <br /> Open Space 1820 ROOSEVELT BLVD. <br /> G E L E B R A T ~ N G EUGENE, OREGON 97402 <br /> Years~rof ryParnks (541) 681.4800 <br /> II ~ ~ 1~QIJ • LQi,1~ WWW.EUGENEOR.GOV/PARKS <br /> PARKS AND OPEN SPACE PLANNING PARKS MAINTENANCE URBAN FORESTRY NATURAL RESOURCES <br /> N EWS RE LEAS E <br /> j January 18, 2007 <br /> ~ (rONTACT: <br /> Rick Olkowski, NeighborWoods Program Coordinator, 682-4831, 868-6290 (cell) <br /> Jeff Lanza, Eugene Tree Foundation Planting Committee Chair, 484-7367 <br /> FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE <br /> Help Plant Trees On Harlow Road With NeighborWoods, Eugene Tree Foundation and Webelos <br /> On Saturday, January 20, from 9 a.m. to noon, you can help City of Eugene NeighborWoods volunteers, <br /> ~'i <br /> f~ugene Tree Foundation (ETF), and Webelos Scouts, Pack 24, Den 3, plant 28 trees along Harlow Road. <br /> This is the third year of afour-year planting project designed to fill all the available tree planting spaces <br /> I~, along Harlow Road from North Garden Way to Coburg Road. Fifty-eight new trees have been planted over the <br /> ~ Ipst two years. Twenty-eight large-growing species (autumn purple ash, autumn blaze maple, bigleaf maple, burr <br /> oak, London plane, and catalpa) will be installed in the right-of-way Saturday. At the end of this multi-phased <br /> project next year, over 100 trees will be in place that will eventually provide a canopy over the street. The tree <br /> II planting project will shade and beautify the area, calm and slow traffic, and provide many other environmental <br /> ~ kenefits to a busy Eugene street that is an important link to Springfield. <br /> Volunteers should meet near Vincent Street and Harlow Road. Tools, gloves, safety gear, and <br /> rj~freshments will be provided. For more information about this or other tree planting projects, call 682-4831, or <br /> visit www.eugenetreefoundation.org/Pages/Planting.html to view this year's ETF planting schedule. <br /> <br />