11/3/2008

City to Hold Wood Lottery

Chattanooga, Tennessee – The City of Chattanooga Department of Public Works will conduct a wood lottery on Thursday, November 13 at 10:00 a.m.  This event will take place in the back lot of the Paul Clark Building located at 900 East 11th Street.

“This lottery will work the same as the ones conducted in past years,” said City Forester Gene Hyde. “We have some nice pieces of ash, elm, walnut, box elder, and osage orange.”  The wood lottery provides, free of change, large pieces of wood that are collected from downed trees in Chattanooga.  The wood is given away to carvers, wood turners, and others to use for a variety of purposes.

Registration and inspection of the wood will begin at 9:00 a.m.  The lottery process will begin at 10:00 a.m., with registrants’ names being drawn.  The first name will get their choice of the wood lots.  This process will continue until all the wood has been given out. YOU MUST BE PRESENT TO PARTICIPATE.  Please be advised that some of the lots of wood weigh several hundred pounds.  For additional information, please contact Gene Hyde at 757-7283.