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EUGENE CITY COUNCIL NEWSLETTER <br />April 7, 2005 <br /> <br /> City of Eugene <br /> 777 Pearl Street, Room 105 <br /> Eugene, Oregon 97401-2793 <br /> (541) 682-5010 <br /> (541) 682-5414 (FAX) <br /> www.ci.eugene.or, us <br /> <br />VOLUNTEERS HELP BUILD EUGENE'S FIRST WHEELCHAIR-ACCESSIBLE GARDEN PLOTS <br />MAY "WORKING CITY" HIGHLIGHTS RECYCLING PROGRAMS AND HIGH COST OF VANDALISM <br />EUGENE ENJOYS PUBLICITY SPOTLIGHT <br /> <br />Volunteers Help Build Euqene's First Wheelchair-Accessible Garden Plots <br />Eugene's first wheelchair-accessible garden plots <br />are coming to the new Alton Baker Community <br />Gardens. Last Saturday, volunteers spent six <br />hours cutting, drilling and assembling two of the <br />planned 12 raised beds, each 50 square feet in <br />size. The event was covered by KVAL news. <br /> <br />"This was an amazing amount of production for <br />this group of industrious and dedicated <br />volunteers," says Matt McRae, Community <br />Gardens manager. "We are very excited about <br />offering accessible garden plots to the community <br />this season." <br /> <br />McRae is looking for more volunteers to help <br />finish the job. The next work party is planned for Saturday, May 7, from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. In the next <br />month, parks staff will surface the sites with gravel so that final installations can be completed on May 7. <br />Volunteers are welcome to work as little or as much as they would like on that day. In addition, <br />volunteers of all skill levels are welcome; all necessary tools, materials, and instruction will be provided <br />by the City's Volunteers in Parks program. The gardens site is located off Day Island Road just east of <br />Alton Baker Park's main parking lot. <br /> <br />For more information about this park improvement project or the community gardens program, call Matt <br />McRae or the Volunteers in Parks Coordinator, at 682-4845. For more information about renting a <br />community garden plot at any of Eugene's six community gardens, call the Parks and Open Space <br />Division office at 652-4500 or visit www.ci.eugene.or, us/PARKS/howto/commgardens.htm. <br /> <br />May "Workin.q City" Hi.qhli.qhts Recyclin.q Pro.qrams and the Hi.qh Cost of Vandalism <br />The May episode of Working City airs on Metro TV beginning this week. The Solid Waste and Recycling <br />Program's food waste reduction and recycling efforts are the focus of one segment in which students <br />from Eugene schools discuss why they like participating in a program which utilizes food discards from <br />school kitchens and cafeterias to make compost. The compost is available for community gardens and <br />Food for Lane County's Grass Roots Garden. Another initiative featured in this segment is the effort by <br />coffee businesses to collect coffee grounds, diverting material from the landfill and creating richer <br />compost. <br /> <br />EUGENE CITY COUNCIL NEWSLETTER PAGE 1 <br />April 7, 2005 <br /> <br /> <br />