Got a Spare 40 ft. Evergreen Tree?

If you do, and you're willing to part with it, the City of Reno wants to hear from you. The tree will placed downtown at City Plaza, across from Reno City Hall, to be decorated and become Reno's Holiday Tree for 2008. Before political correctness changed things, we called such installations Christmas trees.

The chosen tree, needed by around November 1, will be at least 40 feet tall and reasonably symmetrical. Reno's Urban Forestry Department will remove the tree free of charge and transport it to City Plaza. This year's Holiday Tree lighting will be on Wednesday, November 26. Following the ceremony, Rink on the River opens for the 2008-2009 season.

If you have such an evergreen tree and want it to be Reno's Holiday Tree, call Steve at (775) 334-2270.