Rights and Blights

Participants of the Design Workshop discussed a number of "things gone right" and "things gone wrong" in Downtown Eugene. The following list of "Rights and Blights" is a condensed version of the top ten issues in each category.

Rights:
1) Transit Station, & Alternative Transit
2) Library
3) Art Culture
4) Residential Development
5) Unique Mixed-Use
6) Night Life
7) Youth Gathering / Charter School
8) Trees
9) Potential Connections
10) Lower rent for Nonprofits

Blights:
1) Lack of gathering places
2) Lack of community green space
3) The Pits
4) Empty Buildings
5) Parking (surface lots)
6) Low density development
7) Lack of perceived safety
8) Single-use buildings
9) References to historical context
10) Lack of building/street connection