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Parks get sparkle: $25 million bond measure pays for development and upgrades - The Rel... Page 1 of 6 <br /> , <br /> CLICK&FIND: <br /> ' Advertising Index Online Dating a a <br /> L i W <br /> UNION , 3 r Restaurants Discovery 201 CREDIT <br /> tJ :333 I <br /> Volunteer Work Home&Gard <br /> Dr tcoister-Cuatt www .registerguari .icoul I eugene , aregon , u <br /> HOT LINKS: UO Football I UO Hoops I Story Search I Front Page I NW Now I The Wire I R-G Free Trial I Site Map I Fee <br /> FINDERS: Classifieds I Events I Restaurants I WebCams I City Info I Web Directory I Autos I Jobs I Coupons I For <br /> ADS/DELIVERY: Place Classified I Order R-G I Deliver R-G I Delivery Issues I R-G eStore I NIE I Home&Garder <br /> NEWS August 18, 2002 the <br /> Local <br /> Nation/World �'+�, <br /> Business Parks get sparkle: $25 million bond <br /> c <br /> Sports <br /> Duck Basketball measure pays for development and <br /> Duck Football 744011 tilt <br /> Prep Index upgrades Valte Rive' <br /> Features <br /> Opinion By JOE MOSLEY 0 <br /> 20Below CLICK&FII <br /> Northwest The Register-Guard Selected <br /> Now Newspaper <br /> ( oa ) IT'S SOMETHING that didn't immediately occur Forward -.='i Ads Online <br /> APPJavavastd Web Directs <br /> news ticker to Amber Robbins and her husband when they <br /> 30-day Obituary moved to Eugene's fast-growing Bethel Franchise <br /> Index Printer- r-7,_ Opportunit <br /> Search neighborhood four years ago. friendly 4,2 ' eStore <br /> version (Books, R-r <br /> THE WEEK "There just aren't many parks here - not on this Umbrellas) <br /> Sunday side of town," she says. "When we bought our house here, we Summer Ca <br /> Monday <br /> Tuesday didn't really think much about it. But then as our kids got Great Escal Wednesday older, we realized there were really no parks. Travel Guic <br /> Advertiser <br /> Friday Thursday Index <br /> Saturday "It's funny. You have the swing set and pool in the back yard, Free R-G <br /> but it's not like going to a park." Trial <br /> Subscriptic <br /> WEATHER <br /> AP for Eugene Neighborhood life has recently <br /> NWS for EugeneA1? <br /> AccuWeather for taken an upturn for Robbins and <br /> Eugene her three young children. <br /> ;a " rf�r�r <br /> Statistics (1 `"� .. T Y <br /> Passcams- Online T <br /> Road reports Irwin Park, a modest island of ��t listings <br /> School, other '"" Ili <br /> green in a swelling sea of old fl e , <br /> Closures ' <br /> Tide tables and new housing developments, , m 1 <br /> 'r `a��;i1E `° I "" <br /> has been transformed during <br /> CITY INFO the past couple of years from a ++ � .0 ilik nom I Ili i <br /> � <br /> Eugene trashy, overgrown vacant lot ` <br /> Springfield into a gathering spot and source <br /> Cottage Grove Now that it's summer, Kalia Robbins, eugene.( <br /> Florence of pride for residents of the area 7,goes to Irwin Park every day.The <br /> Newport near Terry Street, north of 7.6-acre park near Terry Street, an affiliat, <br /> Bend north of Barger Drive,got a face-lift independ' <br /> Corvallis Barger Drive. The park content par <br /> in the past few years as part of an <br /> Roseburg celebrated its grand opening effort to update Eugene's 2,000-acre- <br /> last month. plus park system. Irwin Park <br /> celebrated its grand opening last <br /> L. ADVERTISING month. <br /> AdConnect "After school, on Wednesday <br /> Place classified <br /> View classifieds and Thursday, we'dgo to the <br /> Photos: NICOLE O <br /> Auto dealers park,�� urssays 7-year-old Kalia Register-Guard <br /> http://www.registerguard.com/news/2002/08/18/1 a.parkproj ects.0818.html 8/26/02 <br />