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Forced Upzoning & Redevelopment
Is this the future of Southwest Neighbors?
The Oregon Legislature has dictated that Eugene must upzone all single-family neighborhoods to allow redevelopment with triplexes and fourplexes. What’s more, the legislation leaves what gets built, and where, up to developers and large real estate investment organizations.
An example of a demolished neighborhood is how the character and livability of Seattle’s Ballard neighborhood was destroyed when blanket upzoning allowed radical redevelopment.
Get informed. Get involved. Take action. Protect your neighborhood.
Join your neighbors for a highly informative seminar on House Bill 2001’s impacts and action you can take.
“The Complete Survival Guide for Single-Family Neighborhoods” — Presented by Paul Conte Wednesday, December 11 from 7:00 p.m. until 9:00 p.m. at Tsunami Books — 2585 Willamette St. For more information, visit TrustTheNeighbors.org/seminar
Note to Southwest Hills Residents & Homeowners:
Homes south of W. 29th Ave. and around the Edgewood Shopping Center are prime targets for developers who want City Council to upzone so the developers can demolish homes and redevelop as high-end condos and apartments. Don’t miss this opportunity to learn specific actions you can take to protect your neighborhood.
References Regarding “Upzoning” Single Family Neighborhoods
EWEB Pledge to Prepare – December
Increasing our overall disaster resilience is the responsibility of every community member. The Oregon Office of Emergency Management encourages residents to be prepared to be on their own for a minimum of two weeks.
By providing tools and resources to our EWEB customers, we are working toward one goal – a more resilient community.
House Bill 2001 impacts lecture at Tsunami Books
For those who might be interested in attending a lecture discussing House Bill 2001’s impacts. On Wednesday, December 11th from 7:00pm until 9:00pm at Tsunami Books — 2582 Willamette Street.
EWEB Pledge to Prepare – November
Increasing our overall disaster resilience is the responsibility of every community member. The Oregon Office of Emergency Management encourages residents to be prepared to be on their own for a minimum of two weeks.
By providing tools and resources to our EWEB customers, we are working toward one goal – a more resilient community.
SHiNA General Meeting Agenda
SHiNA General Meeting Agenda for Sunday, November 3rd.
Southwest Hills Neighborhood Association General Meeting
The next SHiNA general meeting will include our annual elections for the SHiNA board and a presentation from Cascadia Prepared. They will talk about what we can do to prepare for the next Cascadia Subduction Zone Earthquake. The meeting will be held at the Hilyard Community Center, 2580 Hilyard Street in Eugene. On Sunday, November 3rd, from 4:00 to 6:00pm.
We would love to have community input for future topics of interest at our neighborhood meetings. We have a few remaining raffle items from our Annual Picnic that include a Sunrise Asian Food Market Gift Certificate and a Ditch the Disposables Bag that we would like to raffle off. Snacks and juice will be provided at the meeting.
Street Rules for Thundercans
Voting on street name ideas for the Downtown Riverfront redevelopment
The city of Eugene put out the call for street name ideas for the Downtown Riverfront redevelopment and the community responded! More than 600 people contributed about 1,100 ideas. The 12 semi-finalists are now available to be voted on and we’d love your input.
Community members are invited to select their favorite street name options for the new Downtown Riverfront at https://engage.eugene-or.gov/name-our-streets.
Voting will be open through October 18. The voting results will be given to the Mayor, who will help make the final decision.
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To ensure that street names are relevant to Eugene and the new Downtown Riverfront neighborhood, suggestions had to fall into one of three categories:
Community/Culture – From Kalapuyans to Bill Bowerman, choose a person, place, or thing that embodies Eugene.
Ecology/River – From our rivers to surrounding mountains and the valley we live in, ideas representing the ecology of Eugene are as abundant as our native plants.
Industry/Energy – There are major industries that are important to Eugene’s history and the energy of steam and water have played an important role at the riverfront site. While timber has historically been a large driver of our economy, agriculture and education have also played major roles, and the technology community is steadily growing.
Additionally, names had to meet practical guidelines such as not exceeding 20 characters or being too similar to another street name in Lane County. Names of people who are still living or already have a public space named after them were also removed. An internal group at the City reviewed all suggested names and narrowed down the choices based on the criteria.
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