River Road Corridor Study Open Houses – Feb 11-13

The River Road Santa Clara Neighborhood Plan is charting a vision for the future of the two neighborhoods. A key goal of the Plan is to improve River Road, the major street that runs from Santa Clara, through River Road, and connects the neighborhoods to central Eugene. As one of the major transportation routes in the Eugene area, River Road is important to neighborhood residents, the Eugene-Springfield community, and regional travelers. In addition it was identified as a key corridor through Envision Eugene, the community’s long-range vision.

The Neighborhood Plan draft vision includes “thriving, vibrant and active mixed neighborhood centers along the River Road corridor” and “a transportation system that is safe, accessible, affordable, environmentally responsible and transitions to zero carbon.”

As a next step to implement the vision, the Corridor Study integrates how people get around, where they shop and live, what they do, and how the corridor looks and feels. The Study will help implement the community vision by developing physical plans, economic models, and ways to improve transit connections to better serve people in the area. Community members, the City of Eugene and Lane Transit District are exploring ideas through design workshops, financial studies, and transit evaluations to prioritize investment and produce an updated land use code. For more information about the study go to the City website here.

OPEN HOUSES WILL BE HELD ON THE FOLLOWING DATES & TIMES
February 11th 6:30-8:00 pm
February 12th 4:00-6:00 pm
February 13th 6:30-8:00 pm (Presentation at 7 pm)
All meetings are at the Emergency Services Training Center (aka Eugene Fire Station #2)
(1705 W 2nd Ave, Eugene OR)

AND Don’t forget our SCCO meeting Thursday, February 7 at 7PM. We are electing board members and there is a ‘State of the Community’ presentation.

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Reserve you garden plot now for the 2019 season

Our community garden was created in 2012. We’ve more than doubled the number of plots over the past eight years.
Lunch at the Santa Clara Community Garden
Each plot has it’s own water spigot and gardeners have access to the tool shed.

Now is the time to sign up for your garden plot. The garden is located at St. Matthew’s Episcopal Church, 4110 River Road (map).

Garden plots (14’X 20’) are available to neighbors for $60 (March through February). A sliding scale may apply for low income applicants. Funds are used to pay for water, tools, and costs to develop and maintain the garden site. Garden plots are available by contacting Peter at 541-321-0798 or via email.

St. Matthew’s is providing the gardening area as part of the church’s ministry.

There is a bus stop directly in front of St. Matthew’s for those without their own transportation.

Several composting workshops to improve garden soil are held throughout the year. They are led by the Santa Clara Garden Team and master gardeners. Watch for the workshop schedule in the near future.

If you are super successful in your plot, you may want to donate excess produce to St. Matthew’s for their food pantry which is run in conjunction with Food For Lane County.

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Film and Discussion – Solutions to Homelessness Feb 4

Tony the Movie.  A movie about homelessness.
Monday February 5:30-7:30
Free – River Road Park & Recreation District/Emerald Park

“Tony, The Movie” is  a  73 minute film following Tony Rodriguez, a smart, articulate man who is homeless in San Diego and agrees to work with filmmaker Dennis Stein to  make a documentary looking for concrete solutions to homelessness.

The search involves traveling to other US cities to explore their progressive solutions to addressing homelessness, and exploring a statewide coalition effort to create solutions in San Diego.

The film will be followed by a discussion of potential solutions we could pursue in Eugene. Please pre-register for this workshop so will know how many people will be attending. Sponsored by the Human Rights Commission and CALC (Community Alliance of Lane County). Click here and look for red circle to register. This is a Free event.

The SCCO has discussed this topic many times over the past several years. Viewing the film might provide ideas for discussion at the SCCO meeting on February 7.

Monday, February 5:30-7:30
Free
River Road Park & Recreation District/Emerald Park
Emerald Park, 1400 Lake Dr, Eugene, OR 97404

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SCCO Board Elections Thursday, Feb 7

Please attend our next SCCO meeting to help elect several board positions. Our vice-chair has moved out of the community, so we will be voting on six positions.
We also will review what we accomplished in 2018 and what we will be working on in 2019.
2018 was a big year for planning. Three large projects – The River Road-Santa Clara Neighborhood Plan, the River Road Corridor Project and the LTD station at the old Santa Clara school property – required a huge time commitment from our SCCO volunteers. Find out what lies ahead for these and other projects in 2019.

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LTD Seeks Community Input for New Santa Clara Transit Station

LTD is unveiling their preferred option and background information for their new transit station at the former Santa Clara Elementary School site, Hunsaker and River Road. In order to hear neighborhood feedback, SCCO is hosting them at our December meeting:
THURSDAY DECEMBER 6th 7:00-9:00pm at Messiah Lutheran Church, 3280 River Rd.
or you can attend their neighborhood/applicant meeting on
TUESDAY DECEMBER 11th 5:30-7:00 pm at Dayspring Fellowship 1580 River Rd
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