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v ~ v <br /> ..i <br /> February 3, 006 <br /> CONTACT: Rob Inerfeld, Senior Transportation Planner, 682-5343 <br /> Allen Lowe, Senior Planner, 682-5113 <br /> From Publi Information Section, 682-5523 or 954-2938 <br /> FOR IMME IATE RELEASE <br /> Speake from Vancouver, B.C., Offers Lessons in Transportation and land Use <br /> Gord n Price, director of The City Program at Simon Fraser University and adjunct <br /> ~ professor a the University of British Columbia, will offer a free presentation on <br /> transportati nand land use issues at 6:30 p.m. on Wednesday, Feb. 8, at the Downtown <br /> Athletic Clu , 999 Willamette St. Price will be introduced by Mayor Kitty Piercy. <br /> j Apo ular speaker, Price will discuss essential ingredients to well-designed cities in <br /> which peop a can get around easily. Price will address the importance of urban design, land <br /> use, mixed se centers, and ways to create a walkable city. A former city councilor in <br /> Vancouver, B.C., Price lectures frequently on transportation and land use issues in the <br /> Pacific No west. <br /> The resentation is being sponsored by the City's Public Works and Planning & <br /> Developme t departments and Downtown Eugene, Inc., with support from the Oregon <br /> Transporta ion and Growth Management Program, a partnership between the Oregon <br /> ~ Departmen of Land Conservation and Development and the Oregon Department of <br /> Transporta ion. More information about Gordon Price is available at www.pricetags.ca. <br /> Note to E itors: Gordon Price is available for interviews before his presentation on <br /> Wednesd y, Feb. 8. To arrange an interview, contact Rob Inerfeld at 682-5343. <br /> Public Works • Administration • City of Eugene • 858 Pearl Street • Eugene, OR 97401 <br /> Phone: (541)682-5262 • FAX: (541) 682-6826 • www.ci.eugene.or.us <br /> <br /> i <br /> <br />