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Zac Ziegler/KLCCClosures in this round were mostly in larger cities rather than rural locations. -
Nathan Wilk/KLCCHow important are travel and tourism to Lane County’s economy in general? What might the future hold? In this program, two professionals who pay close attention to economic development will describe how tourism contributes to the local community now and hear their predictions about the effects of tourism from the coast to the Cascades in the next 10 years.
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Advocates for Oregon’s fishing industry say cuts to the federal workforce and global trade tensions could hurt a sector already contending with low domestic demand. -
A multi-million-dollar initiative to create a “quiet zone” for downtown Eugene’s railroad crossings appears to be tangled up in a sea of red tape. -
With national policy obviously out of the hands of local and state officials, tourism industry executives and others are now racing to figure out how widespread — and potentially damaging — any dramatic drop off of Canadian visitors could be. -
A new subdivision was replanned to allow for homes affordable by median earners in the city. -
Eugene is seeking a developer to build housing on the North Butterfly Lot, a vacant half-acre parcel next door to the Farmer’s Market Pavilion. -
Fixing a wheelchair can be difficult and expensive. Shift Community Cycles, a nonprofit bike resource center, recognized a need to teach bike mechanics and wheelchair users how to work on them. -
Persephone Farm will stay farmland thanks to a conservation easement that permanently limits its use. -
As Eugene faces cuts to local homelessness services, a restaurant near the Whiteaker neighborhood is asking diners to “pay it forward" for hungry people in need. -
The fee is expected to take the place of a fire fee that would help plug a shortfall in next fiscal year’s budget. -
A conversation with Ed Casey, CEO of Burgerville
