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03/11/05 FRI 18:56 FAX 541 682 4882 EUGENE PW MNTNC & POS PW ADMIN <br /> I~j 002 <br /> E U G E N E <br /> Parks and <br /> Open Space hI E ~~/S R E L EAS E <br /> www.ci,eugene.or. us/parks <br /> March 11, 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 the NeighborWoods <br /> Coordinator's cell phone at 868-6290. <br /> NeighborWoods Plants New Trees throughout Downtown <br /> On Saturday, March 12, from 8 a.m. to 1 p.m., the City's NeighborWoods program and its community <br /> partner, Eugene Tree Foundation, along with a University of Oregon student and residents, will plant several <br /> new trees throughout the downtown area to replace trees that were removed because of disease or storm <br /> damage. <br /> "Since the City's in-fill program was eliminated, we have a huge bads 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 /> <br /> neighbors to build Eugene's urban forest and improve water quality by planting street trees. For more <br /> <br /> information about this or other tree planting projects, call 682-4831. <br /> <br />