From 1,100 To Three: Names Of New Eugene Roads To Be Revealed Tuesday

KLCC | By Brian Bull

Published November 25, 2019 at 4:09 PM PST

There’s a big reveal today (11/26) with Eugene Mayor Lucy Vinis. She says with the Downtown Riverfront development creating many fresh features, this includes several new roads.

“And so there will be three new streets there, and we’ve just gone through a big public engagement process to invite people to both recommend names for those streets, and then vote on their favorites.”

More than 1,100 street names were submitted this summer, which include finalists “Wiley Griffon”, “Cannery”, and “NakNak”.

The winners will be revealed at a press event this morning at the Downtown Riverfront site. Mayor Vinis will be joined by representatives of the chosen street names to discuss the history -and community relevance- of each one.

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Brian Bull is an assistant professor of journalism at the University of Oregon, and remains a contributor to the KLCC news department. He began working with KLCC in June 2016. In his 27+ years as a public media journalist, he's worked at NPR, Twin Cities Public Television, South Dakota Public Broadcasting, Wisconsin Public Radio, and ideastream in Cleveland. His reporting has netted dozens of accolades, including four national Edward R. Murrow Awards (22 regional), the Ohio Associated Press' Best Reporter Award, Best Radio Reporter from the Native American Journalists Association, and the PRNDI/NEFE Award for Excellence in Consumer Finance Reporting.

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