Downtown Solutions Forum: Arts and Culture

Submitted by Mark Furman on Fri, 2009-11-20 17:09

Mary Unruh from the Downtown Initiative for the Visual Arts asked: How do you envision the role of arts and culture in the redevelopment of downtown Eugene and how can the city support this role?

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Downtown Solutions Forum: Transients and panhandlers

Submitted by Mark Furman on Fri, 2009-11-20 17:08

Susan Bennett asked: Why do you think a large transient and panhandler population are attracted to Eugene and how can we change that?

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Downtown Solutions Forum: Boarded up buildings

Submitted by Mark Furman on Fri, 2009-11-20 17:06

Tom Kamis, owner of Davis' Restaurant, asked: The baord up buildings with a lack of adequate lighting and no security patrolling are a big part of the problem downtown. Why are these business owners allowed to affect our city so negatively with no consequences?

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Downtown Solutions Forum: What can citizens do?

Submitted by Mark Furman on Fri, 2009-11-20 16:57

Larry Price asked the panel: What actions do we as citizens of this city who want to see this problem solved need to take to create the necessary conditions for solving it?

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High quality pet care
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Police capture wanted man

Submitted by Mark Furman on Fri, 2009-11-20 10:54

Police captured a wanted man after a downtown resident became suspicious of a man moaning for help, claiming to have been assaulted by his girlfriend.

On Thursday, Eugene police asked for the public's help locating Jacob Steven Lucas, a wanted man suspected of committing robberies by entering homes under the pretense of needing help.

Shortly before 10 p.m. Thursday, a resident of the 16th and Olive area called police to report a man moaning outside who claimed to have been assaulted by his girlfriend. The man wanted to get in the house to use the phone, the caller said.

Concerned this might be the individual reported on the news, the resident called the police.

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Cuts for Kids pairs Eugene barbers with Springfield kids

Submitted by Mark Furman on Fri, 2009-11-20 09:59

Press release

Some Springfield families hit hard by the tough economy will be treated to free cuts next Monday, thanks to a team of Eugene barbers.

Barbers from Mos Faded Barbershop, located at 7th and Blair, Eugene, and well-known for its exterior artwork, will set up at Springfield Middle School on Monday, Nov. 23, between 9 a.m. and 1 p.m. The cuts are available to Springfield Middle School students and their siblings.

The program is a reprise of the popular “Cuts for Kids” program offered in the past.

“The barbers really enjoy this, they feel like they’re giving back, especially in these tough times,” says Gene Chism, a multicultural liaison for Springfield Public Schools and the program’s organizer.

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KVAL Downtown Solutions Forum is full; watch broadcast this Sunday

Submitted by Mark Furman on Thu, 2009-11-19 16:10

The KVAL Downtown Solutions Forum filled to capacity in just a few days. The event takes place Thursday night.

The photo above shows crews preparing the room for the panel and participants.

If you couldn't make it, tune in Sunday to KVAL TV and KUGN radio to hear the questions and answers. Look for excerpts from the forum on KVAL.com beginning Friday.

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DIVA Center's New Poetry Series for Dec. 5

Submitted by Mark Furman on Wed, 2009-11-18 14:43

Press release

The DIVA Center's New Poetry Series presents an evening of poetry with Alicia Cohen and Tom Fisher at 7:30 PM on December 5th. Suggested donation: $5.00.

Alicia Cohen is originally from San Diego, California, but has spent her adult life in Portland, Oregon, and Buffalo, New York. "Debts and Obligations" from O Books is her second collection of poems; her first, "Bear", was published by Handwritten Press in 2000.

She has also shown work in the visual and performance arts, including a gallery installation and "opera" entitled Northwest Inhabitation Log.

Cohen earned her Ph.D. in the Poetics Program at SUNY Buffalo and has taught at Reed College and Portland State University. Presently she lives in Portland, Oregon.

Tom Fisher is working on two manuscripts: one on not writing and modernism; one on songs, selves and sorceries. He lives in Portland, OR and teaches at Portland State University.

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It's already beginning to feel a lot like Christmas

Submitted by John Tierney on Wed, 2009-11-18 12:30

We're still a week out from Thanksgiving, but already some holiday decorations are up in Downtown Eugene.

I spotted this garland hanging from lampposts in the park blocks off 8th Avenue.  It looked like they were just being put up today.

The Christmas spirit can be heard in Eugene, too.  Kool 99.1 and Mix 94.5 both started playing holiday music this week.

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'I want to apologize for the homeless in Eugene'

Submitted by Mark Furman on Tue, 2009-11-17 12:26

The KVAL Newsroom took a call from a homeless woman Tuesday calling from the pay phone at the Lane Transit District station in downtown Eugene.

"I want to apologize for homeless people in Eugene," she said.

She said not all homeless people drink or use drugs, in response to an interview KVAL News conducted with a man who claimed to be on crack -- but said he was looking for heroin.

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