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To learn more, please visit www.eugene-or.gov/infill and www.eugene-or.gov/oppsiting or contact Project <br />Manager Terri Harding at terri.l.harding@ci.eugene.or.us or 682-5635. <br />Arbor Day Celebrated with Community Tree Planting <br />On Saturday, April 12, community members <br />gathered in the South University <br />Neighborhood to celebrate Arbor Day. Mayor <br />Kitty Piercy helped kick off the celebration by <br />th <br />accepting Eugene’s 29 consecutive Tree <br />City USA award from the Oregon Department <br />of Forestry. Tree City USA, a program of the <br />National Arbor Day Foundation and <br />sponsored by the Oregon Department of <br />Forestry (ODF), recognizes cities that have <br />developed programs that plant and care for <br />trees. <br />The volunteer team that planted more than 30 <br />rd <br />trees along 23 Avenue included members of <br />the Eugene Tree Foundation, the Lane <br />County Chapter of the Oregon Landscape <br />Contractors Association, the First <br />Congregational Church, the Webelos and <br />rd <br />Volunteers planted more than 30 trees along 23 Avenue. <br />Cub Scouts, Gutenberg College, McKenzie <br />Study Center, and nearby residents. <br />The “Trees for Concrete” project in honor of Arbor Day was organized by the City of Eugene’s <br />NeighborWoods program and the Eugene Tree Foundation in an effort to create a more livable and green <br />urban environment. Crews from Public Works Maintenance excavated sections of concrete sidewalks <br />creating nine new planting pits for street trees adjacent to the First Congregational Church. For more <br />information about Arbor Day or NeighborWoods projects, contact Rick Olkowski, NeighborWoods <br />Coordinator, at 682-4831 or Mark Snyder, Urban Forester, at 682-4819. <br />EUGENE CITY COUNCIL NEWSLETTER PAGE 4 <br />April 17, 2008 <br />