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<br /> 04/01/05 FRI 19:12 FAX 541 682 4882 EUGENE PW MNTNC & POS PW ADMIN <br /> f~ 0 0 2 <br /> E U G E N E <br /> Parks ead <br /> opaa space N EONS RELEASE <br /> www.ci.eugene.or.us/parks <br /> April 1, 2005 <br /> CONTACT: <br /> ¦ Therese Picado, Parks and Open Space Public Information Specialist, 682-4814/682-4800 <br /> ¦ Rick Olkowski, NeighborWoods Program Coordinator, 682-4831, 868-6290 (cell) <br /> FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE <br /> NOTE: For on-fhe-spot location Information and fo arrange interviews, call fhe NeighborWoods <br /> Coordinator's cell phone at 868-6290. <br /> NelghborWoods and Eugene Tree Foundation Plant New Trees throughout Downtown <br /> On Saturday, April 2, from 8 a.m. to 1 p.m., the City's NeighborWoods program and its community <br /> partner, Eugene Tree Foundation, will plant several new trees throughout the downtown area to replace <br /> trees that were removed because of disease or storm damage in the past few years. <br /> "Since the City's in-fill program was eliminated, we have a huge back log of trees to replace," says <br /> NeighborWoods Coordinator Rick Olkowski. "This concentrated effort in the downtown area will help <br /> rejuvenate our urban forest in the heart of the city." <br /> The NeighborWoods program works with local businesses, school groups, community groups, and <br /> neighbors to build Eugene's urban forest and improve water quality by planting street trees. For more <br /> information about this or other tree planting projects, call 682-4831. <br /> <br />