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City Club of Eugene: Check-In with Eugene's New Mayor Lucy Vinis

City of Eugene

Recorded on: February 24, 2017

Air Date: February 27, 2017

Speaker: Lucy Vinis
Coordinator: Jon Belcher
First Questioner: Brittany Quick-Warner, Eugene Chamber of Commerce Director of Business Advocacy

Lucy Vinis, Eugene’s new mayor, took office on January 9th after receiving a majority of votes last May from a slate of four candidates.  On February 24th, she will share her initial thoughts from her term thus far and her goals for the remainder.

There are a number of issues that the mayor might discuss during this event, including:

  • Expanding on her 2017 State of the City Address and explaining her new Mayor’s Blog and Monthly Report.
  • Sharing her plans to canvass neighborhoods in each ward
  • Discussing efforts to address housing issues, including homelessness and Missing Middle Housing (providing diverse housing choices that generate enough density to support transit and locally-serving commercial amenities).
  • Touching on our capacity to grow as a city, while retaining the qualities in our community that we cherish most
  • Strengthening our commitment to work together to advance the values that define our community: social justice, human rights, and environmental responsibility.

In any case, you can bet she will speak about her commitment to keeping Eugene a city where everyone feels welcome.
Prior to her election, Ms. Vinis was Development Director of ShelterCare after a varied and diverse career including owning and managing a berry farm in Virginia. Her degrees are also diverse – including a B.A. in Religion from Kenyon College, an M.A. in Near Eastern Studies from the University of Michigan, and an M.S. in Entomology from the University of Maryland.

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Born and raised in Eugene, Anni started at KLCC in 2000 as a reporter and co-host of Northwest Passage. After graduating from the University of Oregon, Anni moved to New York City. She worked in education for several years before returning to her true love, journalism. Anni co-founded and co-hosted Dailysonic, a narrative-based news podcast. She interned at WNYC's On The Media, then becoming WNYC's assistant producer of Morning Edition.
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