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TREES NOW
The two bigleaf maples outside of the
WOW Hall aren’t going anywhere. They
will still rustle their leaves in Eugene’s
warm summer breeze, provide concertgoers
and musicians with shelter from the sun and
rain, and shade the historic venue, keeping
energy costs at a minimum and preserving
the area’s curb appeal.
After a back and forth between the city
and the WOW Hall concerning the health of
these trees and the hazards they could pose,
the maples prevailed.
Eugene Parks and Open Space Division
Director Johnny Medlin emailed his final
decision to WOW Hall Facilities Committee
member Jon Pincus June 23. Medlin said
that after the trees were pruned and
inspected, he felt that the trees could be kept
standing with annual inspections.
“I think it was a very good decision on
the part of the city and will give us the
opportunity to keep these trees for a while
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longer while we develop new growth, and
will allow us to continue the benefits that
these trees give us,” Pincus said.
Pincus said the trees owe their happy
ending to their association with a building
with a historic designation and to an
organization’s willingness to step forward
and lobby for them and pay for their proper
analysis and treatment.
“This has been a gratifying
collaboration between the city and
WOW,” Mayor Kitty Piercy told EW in
an email. She added, “I think everyone
involved was pleased with the result.”
According to Pincus, at some point or
another the trees will “end up being
removed — but we anticipate that will be
somewhere between seven and 12 years.
That gives us time to get new development
happening and make some new growth.”
WOW Hall is working with the city to
plant new trees to transition the area.
Pincus said a key part of saving the trees
was not only the cooperation between the
city and the WOW Hall, but the fact WOW
Hall used an arborist with access to sonic
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