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' S ndra Gleason <br /> <br /> " P blic Works <br /> City Hal 1 I I - 4th Floor Planning <br /> & Development <br /> f <br /> Administration <br /> City of Eugene <br /> 72 West Broadway <br /> Eugene, Oregon 97401 <br /> (503) 687-5443 <br /> FAX (503) 687-5572 <br /> May 22, 995 <br /> ~ NEWS ELEASE <br /> From R semary Pryor, Community Relations Manager <br /> I Panning and Development Department, 687-5443 <br /> i <br /> i <br /> FOR R LEASE AFTER 2:00 F.M. <br /> r <br /> 1 <br /> CITY WELCOMF,S IIYIJNT)AI ELECTRONICS AMERICA <br /> Eugene, R Eugene City Council President Nancy Nathanson joined Oregon <br /> Governo John Kitzhaber to welcome Hyundai Electronics America to Eugene at a news <br /> conferen a today sponsored by the EugeneJSpringfield Metropolitan Partnership to~ <br /> announ that Hyundai has purchased property in west Eugene to construct a $1.3 bitiion <br /> plant to nufacture computer chips. <br /> " ugene has been preparing itself for this for over 20 years," Nathanson said, <br /> a <br /> citing to g-range land use planning calling for industrial development on Eugene's west <br /> side. er the years, we've spent almost $20 million on the basic infrastructure--roads, <br /> sewer li es, and power lines. 1Ye zoned the land properly. We developed a wetlands <br /> mitigati n plan in advance. Our economic development plans emphasize the importance <br /> of dive ifying Eugene's employment base with family wage high tech jobs." <br /> athanson congratulated Hyundai for choosing Eugene. "They know what we all <br /> know- at Eugene offers the quality of life people want. 't'he 800 to 1,000 new jobs <br /> Hyun will create represent needed family-wage opportumttes for displaced ttmber <br /> worke and for our young people as they graduate from high school and college." <br /> (MORE) <br /> <br />