Parks and Rec Survey – How do you feel about Santa Clara parks?

Posted on July 17, 2015 by Gary Haliski

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How do you feel about Eugene (and specifically Santa Clara) parks?  What would you like to see in the future?

The city is conducting a survey this summer and will develop a draft plan based on public input.  One of the challenges noted in the survey is adding facilities to provide equitable services across the city.  Our Santa Clara area is certainly underserved on developed parks.  Only three of our seven neighborhood parks are developed and the 35 acres the city owns for the development of a community park are just empty fields.  Nor do we have the bike paths that can be found in the parks along the river and Amazon Creek.

The survey is an opportunity to provide input about pools, natural areas, community centers, sports fields and more.  While the survey isn’t specific to Santa Clara, there are many opportunities to type in your feelings.

Click here to read about and take the survey.  Bonus: After you complete the survey you can enter a contest to win some nice activities .

PS.  Tonight, July 17th, is the Free Movie in the Park at Awbrey Park.  The movie ‘Up’ starts at 9PM.

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Irving Church Restoration

Posted on July 16, 2015 by Peter Thurston

Historic Church Benefit this Saturday, July 18

The Nature Discovery Christian Church located at River Road and Beacon Drive will hold a yard sale Saturday July 18, 10 am to 4 pm to raise funds to paint the Irving Church that was founded in the 1800s. The school has undertaken the restoration of the building and given it a prominent location on the entrance to Santa Clara on River Road north of Beacon Drive.

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Santa Clara School site update

Posted on July 11, 2015 by Gary Haliski
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Andy Vobora, Santa Clara resident and LTD Director of Customer Services and Planning, attended the SCCO meeting in June and gave us an update on the Santa Clara Elementary School Property.  

LTD has purchased the property with the intent to move the River Road and Beltline Park & Ride to a portion of the old school property.  Vobora stated that LTD’s current thinking is to sell the portion of the property not to be used for busing.  The portion that would be sold would likely be used for development of affordable housing and commercial development.  

As part of the overall transaction, Umpqua Bank added a house at no cost to LTD.  The house will be donated to the Veteran’s Housing Project.

The Register-Guard published a long article on the subject in their City-Region section of the July 11th edition.

If you are interested in the development plans in the Santa Clara area, we encourage you to attend our SCCO  meetings the first Thursday of each month.

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Awbrey Park: Free Movie and Butterfly watching July 17th

Posted on July 8, 2015 by Gary Haliski

upThe City of Eugene will be showing the movie Up, Friday, July 17th at 9PM in Awbrey Park.  It’s FREE!

Fun for the whole family! No tickets required. Bring your blankets, lawn chairs and picnics and something light to cover your arms as it cools down on a warm summer night.

No glass containers, alcohol, smoking or pets. Subject to change and weather. Subtitles on all movies for those with hearing impairment. Show time is approximately 9-10:45 PM.

Get to the park early to save your place.  Then walk around the park and check out our expanded butterfly garden.  Our volunteer efforts are definitely increasing the butterfly population.

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Earthquake starts Fun Fourth

Posted on July 4, 2015 by Gary Haliski

The 4th got underway at 8:42 with a 4.2 earthquake centered near Walterville.  Let’s hope it’s just fun and fireworks the rest of the day. Just in case  you have forgotten what to do in an  earthquake:

  • DROP to the ground (before the earthquake drops you!),
  • Take COVER by getting under a sturdy desk or table, and
  • HOLD ON to it until the shaking stops.

earthquake-drillApparently the most important part is to take cover.  More people get hurt by flying objects than collapsed buildings.

http://www.shakeout.org/dropcoverholdon/

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