Placemaking Committee Hosts a Drop-in Session on Proposed Improvements to Downtown Park Blocks

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To: City Public Works Main Office I i JUne 27, 2UUU NEWS RELEASE Canl.acl.: Rah Hihschrnan TJrhan Servi(:es Manager, fiR2-510 Place akin Committee Hosts a Dro -in Session on Pro osed Improvements to Downtown Park Blocks '1'ht:.l~arks 131ocks Yl<~lcemaking CO11ll111C[l'.l'. will sponsor adrop-lit session to present its reu)rnrnenc~a~.ians Cor improving Lhe Park Rlacks in dawni.awn Eugene. The nine-rnernher Park Blocks Ylact~makin~, C:ouumttce. was appointed by the. City Council to develop specific 7ecaTTiTrlend' .laps far pllyslcal 1TTIpraVeTrlenLs La I.lle T'ark Rlacks. ']'lle ('aTrlTrlillee is CaTTlpatie(1 of rcprescntati cs trom the. City of Lu~,cnc, L.an~. County, tht;. Saturday Market, the. Lane County Fanners' M~irkel., T~awnlawn Eugene, Tnc., a local husiness, and aLhers_ The dlrap-in session is frarn 4 YM to 7 YM on '1'hursdav, .hu><e 2>11' in Lhe lirsl. flair confcrenc~. r ol7i in the. Public Works 13uildins at 858 Ycarl Street. The. purpose. of the. drop-in session is R) Lhe Carnrnil.Lee La receive puhlic cc)rnrnenl. an il.s recarnrnendaLions prior Ln Liking final action. Plac~rnaking engages carnrnunil.y resiclenl.s in Lhe process of revii.aliring an unclerusecl i coiiuiiunity 1<acc. '1'hc. process up~,radcs cxistin~, public spaces tt>lrou~,h sii~.~Yll-scale, short-tcrin prajecl.s sec) as LralTic calming, pedesl.rian irnpravernenl.s an(1 sl.reel. furnil.ure. As Lhe a)Tnrnunil.y cani.inues Lai ahsorh papulal.ion grawlh wil.hin Lhe urhan grawlh haunc~arys, il. is hecc)Tning mc)re unportant t increase the livability, lirnction, and vitality of cxistin~, public spaces. '1'he Yark Rlacks area,was seleca.ed as Lhe inil.ial Placernaking pilal. prajecl. given il.s irnporl.ance La downtown and its divcrs~. usage. For tnc)re infannal.ian canl.acl.: Rah Hihschrnan, Planning and l~evelaprnenl. T)eparl.rneni., G82-S1Uy, :ic.~b~, t_l~.h:sc:tA.tn~rr.t~?~(::,rt.i;;:ur..c,r_?i_~. I~