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<br /> 03/iii/05 FRI 12:54 FAX 541 682 4882 EUGENE PW MNTNC & POS PW ADMIN f~002 <br /> EUGENE <br /> ~~~~rks and <br /> p p <br /> 0 en S ace N~ ~N S R E L <br /> vwww.ci,eugene.or.uslparks <br /> ;E <br /> l~,: <br /> March 18, 2005 <br /> CONTACT: <br /> ? Therese Picado, Parks and Open Space Public Information Specialist, 682-4814 or 682-4800 <br /> ? Mark Snyder, Urban Forester, 682-4819 <br /> ? Rick Olkowski, NeighborWoods Coordinator, 682-4831 or 868-6290 (cell) <br /> FaR IMMEDIATE RELEASE <br /> Community will Celebrate Arbor Day this Year by Planting 11 Trees <br /> On Saturday, April 9, at 10 a.m., the community is invited to celebrate Arbor Day by helping Mayor <br /> Kitty Piercy plant 11 new street trees in the east university neighborhood near the PC Market of Choice at <br /> Franklin Boulevard and Orchard Street. This "Trees for Concrete" project in honor of Arbor Day is organized <br /> by th® City of Eugene NeighborWoods program and its community partner, Eugene Tree Foundation, in an <br /> e~Fort to create a more livable and green downtown by replacing concrete with trees and flowers along <br /> sidewalks. Other volunteers signed up to help include employees from the Red Lion Hotel, this tree planting <br /> ,season's newest star volunteers, and a group of 3'~ to 5m grade students and their parents from Home <br /> !Spurce, ahome-school association from Bethel. <br /> Mayor Piercy will kids-off the celebration by accepting Eugene's 26~' consecutive Tree City USA <br /> a~vartl. Tree City USA, a program of the National Arbor Day Foundation and sponsored by the Oregon <br /> Department of Forestry (ODF), recognizes cities that have developed programs that plant and care for <br /> ;trees: Representatives from the district ODF office will present the award and join in the festivities. <br /> The tree planting at this year's Arbor Day Celebration is one of two "Trees for Concrete" projects in <br /> j hlpnor or Arbor Day. The Public Works Maintenance cona-ete crew will remove portions of sidewalk at both <br /> ttte Orchard location, as well as at Pearl Street and 18~' Avenue. After helping with the tree planting at <br /> Franklin and Orchard, ETF volunteers will assist the NeighborWoods Coordinator in planting five red maples <br /> i oh Purl Street to cap the tree planting season. <br /> Arbor Day is America's national tree holiday, a day set aside to plant ceremonial trees, educate <br /> cftildten about the importance of trees and honor the important role trees play in the daily lives of people in <br /> ,communities across the country. This project was selected to commemorate Arbor Day this year because the <br /> purpose of Trees for Concrete so closely matches the mission of Arbor Day. Founded in 1872, Arbor Day is <br /> now celebrated in all 50 states. Oregonians celebrate Arbor Week the first full week in April. For more <br /> information about Arbor Day and other NeighborWoods projects, call 682-4831. <br /> <br />