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- ~ i ~ <br /> ~ - <br /> March 3, 2000 <br /> CONTACT: ark Snyder, Urban Forester, 682-4819 <br /> From Public I formation Section, 682-5523 <br /> FOR IMME IATE RELEASE <br /> PUBLIC W RKS, TREE FOUNDATION TEAM UP TO PLANT TREES DOWNTOWN <br /> The E~jgene Public Works Maintenance Division is partnering with the Eugene Tree <br /> Foundation fo I a second cooperative tree planting project in the downtown area. <br /> On Satlurday, March 4, volunteers from the Tree Foundation will gather at 9 a.m. at the <br /> downtown Po t Office to plant 13 trees in the north downtown area. The Maintenance Division's <br /> concrete crew has prepared planting sites on Willamette Street, 5th Avenue and Olive street by <br /> removing sect~ons of concrete sidewalk and excavating to fill the planting holes with good <br /> topsoil. Whitby Lueck, a local tree expert and a member of the Tree Foundation, worked with <br /> I <br /> the Urban For ster's office to coordinate the locations and types of trees to be planted. <br /> Last y ar, Eugene Tree Foundation joined Public Works in a similar joint venture, taking <br /> out sections o concrete sidewalk and installing trees along East 11th Avenue in the vicinity of <br /> Pearl Street. '~'he Tree Foundation also has worked with the NeighborWoods program to plant <br /> <br /> trees outside I e downtown area, including plantings on Skinner Butte and in the south Eugene <br /> area. <br /> ~Pubiic Works • Administration • City of Eugene • 858 Pearl Street • Eugene, OR 97401 <br /> Phone: (541 j 682-5262 • FAX: (541) 682-6826 • www.ci.eugene.or.us <br /> <br />