Group #1: Lytton facilitator

NOTES:

• Overview of project:
     Park across Library, closed section of 10th street (10th st)
     Mixed-use residential facing the park
     Smaller version of that on adjacent block

• Bus station – built on top of it (left bottom the same)
     Mixed-use 2-3 stories on top

• 2nd pit: green space: connects through Atrium to central park at Library
     These building should focus in on that green space

• Connection to Broadway through Library park

• Wildlife Corridors:
     Small green links through alleys, with larger denser patches
     Connect to library park – more significant habitat
     Park ties into bigger pattern of urban forest
     Wildlife habitat network that runs through town

Urban Parks Charrette - Success!

The Eugene Urban Parks Design Workshop attracted over 60 participants from the community, the city, the media, and the University of Oregon. The resulting proposals from the five design groups will be posted to eugneparks.blogspot.com over the next few days.

In the meantime, for more information please visit the following:
Citizens, students have designs on downtown - Eugene Register Guard

Official Press Release

Urban Park Design Workshop – Press Release


Join us on March 15th for an urban park design workshop coordinated by four University of Oregon student groups! The workshop will focus on a portion of downtown for redevelopment. There are many possibilities for the downtown that have yet to be explored! We need your help to make the Eugene downtown an even better place to work and live. Community members, students, developers, and business owners are all encouraged to attend. Help envision the potential in your downtown.

Join us Saturday, March 15th, at 1 pm in the Atrium building at 10th Avenue and Olive Street. This will be a lead-up workshop to a culmination design at the HOPES Conference, April 17-20. Be a part of the process and our future!

Organized by the AIAS (American Institute of Architecture Students), EDC (Ecological Design Center), ASLA (American Society of Landscape Architects), and PPPM (Planning, Public Policy and Management) student groups. We welcome your input. Contact bbelcher@uoregon.edu for more information or to help sponsor us!

In The News

Downtown Eugene continues to make headlines. Listed below are a collection of news stories, blog postings, and websites relating to downtown development.

In The News:
Questions arise over downtown plan - Eugene Register Guard
Downtown parks can drive redevelopment - Eugene Weekly
City buying into a new downtown - Eugene Register Guard
New plans for downtown development - KVAL CBS 13
Bringing history to light - Eugene Register Guard
LTD looking to double bus ridership in 10 years - Eugene Register Guard
New call center in downtown eugene... - Oregon Daily Emerald

Commentary:
Downtown dreamers not all wet by Don Kahle - Eugene Register Guard

Related Websites:
Downtown Eugene - Official Website
Friends of Eugene Forum - DesignCommunity.com
Downtown Park Visions - Eugene Weekly Blog