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URBAN GROWTH ` <br /> r r <br /> r { ac �- <br /> • <br /> It y , , .t5,- .: <br /> Q1 '� ap„ � �}i 4 'r +�''. <br /> ]7 . <br /> pContractors Stephanie Mohler(left)and Geth Noble work on <br /> 0 1 a drainage system for the Bethel skateboard park on Friday. <br /> a. <br /> $25 million bond measure pays for development and upgrades <br /> y <br /> Pi By JOE MOSLEY upturn for Robbins and her three young children. structure."Now that it's summer,we go every <br /> The Register-Guard Irwin Park,a modest island of green in a single day." <br /> 'rsThe 7.6-acre park's face-lift is part of a much <br /> I T'S SOMETHING that didn't immediately swelling sea of old and new housing <br /> `' occur to Amber Robbins and her husband developments,has been transformed during the larger effort to update Eugene's 2,000-acre-plus <br /> Er' when they moved to Eugene's fast-growing past couple of years from a trashy,overgrown park system,and the Robbins family and their <br /> Bethel neighborhood four years ago. vacant lot into a gathering spot and source of, neighbors have city voters to thank for it. <br /> a "There just aren't many parks here—not on pride for residents of the area near Terry Street, A$25.3 million bond measure approved at the <br /> FDthis side of town,"she says."When we bought our north of Barger Drive.The park celebrated its polls by a 2-1 ratio in November 1998 is paying for <br /> Zi house here,we didn't really think much about it. grand opening last month. development—or redevelopment—of 18 <br /> But then as our kids got older,we realized there "After school,on Wednesday and Thursday, neighborhood parks around the city,along with <br /> were really no parks. we'd go to the park,"says 7-year-old Kalia the creation of two new regional parks in the <br /> g "It's funny.You have the swing set and pool in Robbins,taking a break and watching her Bethel and Santa Clara areas. <br /> the back yard,but it's not like going to a park." 4-year-old and 1-year-old brothers crawl through Turn to PARKS,Page 11A <br /> aNeighborhood life has recently taken an an elevated plastic tunnel in Irwin Park's play <br /> ' <br /> cp <br /> 51 <br /> 41. -- :'' ,''.: <br /> w <br /> ci <br /> a f / OP <br /> alocillio lidi Ili ,. <br /> li' <br /> . <br /> tifid;i 1::' ..0(410111(4 <br /> I <br /> ll: 11 0 L1 ' 1 <br /> 44.'.:-,•' ii�� � •-,- <br /> tat <br /> 4 <br /> NICOLE DeVITO/The Register-Guard <br /> Now that it's summer,Kalia Robbins,7,goes to Irwin Park every day.The 7.6-acre park near Terry Street,north of Barger Drive,got a face-lift <br /> in the past few years as part of an effort to update Eugene's 2,000-acre-plus park system.Irwin Park celebrated its grand opening last month. <br />