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<br /> 03/15/05 TUE 11:57 FAX 541 682 4882 EUGENE PW MNTNC & POS PW ADMIN 0 001 <br /> E U G E N E <br /> Pa~Ms and <br /> opaa space N E DNS R E L E AS E <br /> www.a.eugene.or.us/parks <br /> March 15, 2005 <br /> 40NTACT: <br /> ¦I Therese Picado, Parks and Open Space Public Information Speaalist, 682-4814/682-4800 <br /> Rick Olkowski, NeighborWoods Program Coordinator, 682-4831, 868-6290 (cell) <br /> F~ORi IMMEDIATE RELEASE <br /> Volunteers Needed to Plant Trees in West Eugene Neighborhood <br /> On Saturday, March 19, from 9 a.m. to noon, the City's NeighborWoods program and its community <br /> partners, Eugene Tree Foundation and the Red Lion Hotel, need volunteers to help them plant trees along <br /> tf~e 2100 block of Hayes Street. This project is phase two of an effort that began last year to plant more <br /> tnlees in this west Eugene neighbofiood. Last year 21 trees were planted, and this year, 19 Japanese <br /> pagoda and trident maple trees will further enhance the urban forest in this area. <br /> "VVe are very excited about the very diverse mix of trees we picked for this site, and it will look <br /> a~ve~ome in the years to come," says NeighborWoods Coordinator Rick Olkowski. "This is the last tree <br /> ;planting project before the big Arbor Day event on April 9, so anyone who was unable to join us in our other <br /> p~ojeicts, here is another opportunity." <br /> ; Tools, gloves, safety gear, and refreshments will be provided. The NeighborWoods program works <br /> ;with Incal businesses, school groups, community groups, and neighbors to build Eugene's urban forest and <br /> inhprdve water quality by planting street trees. For more information about this or other tree planting <br /> projects, call 582-4831. <br /> ' <br /> <br />