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/I I~~~ <br /> / 'I 7/~i ~ / r/! / r/!/. 1 <br /> SEPTEMBER 1, 1995 Public Works <br /> Administration <br /> CONTACT: Louis Kroeck ,Project Manager, 465-2692 City oi" Eugene <br /> -858 Pearl Street <br /> From Public I ormation Section, 687-5523 Eugene, OR 97401 <br /> FOR IMME IATE RELEASE (503) 687-5262 <br /> ROVEMENTS TO BE MADE AT PARK, COMMUNITY CENTER <br /> Impro ements will be made this fall at a local community center and a neighborhood <br /> park. <br /> At Sh ldon Community Center and Pool, 2445 Willakenzie Road, the parking lot will be <br /> upgraded. F rty-two parking spaces will be added, the lighting and landscaping will be <br /> improved, an the community center parking lot will be separated from the adjacent high school <br /> I <br /> parking lot. new entry drive from Willakenzie Road will be constructed, and a portion of the <br /> median on ' lakenzie Road will be removed to provide aleft-turn lane into the community <br /> center parkin lot. <br /> Wildi h Construction will make the parking lot improvements under a $212,000 contract <br /> to be funded through the City's capital improvement program. <br /> At P tersen Park ,located in northwest Eugene off Berntzen Road, a park playground <br /> area will be onstructed. Anew concrete basketball court will be installed, and a new play area <br /> will be built ith wheelchair access and a wheelchair trail around it. The play equipment <br /> includes trad tional swings, a tire swing, and amerry-go-round. The playground design provides <br /> j space to add ahandicap-accessible play structure in the future. <br /> Aspe Spring Company will do the work at Petersen Park. Community Development <br /> <br /> I <br /> Block grant nds will be used to pay the $51,000 cost of the improvement contract. <br /> Bothi projects are scheduled to be completed this fall. <br /> <br />