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<br />City of Eugene <br />125 East 8 Avenue, 2 Floor <br />thnd <br />Eugene, Oregon 97401 <br />(541) 682-5010 <br />(541) 682-5414 (FAX) <br /> <br />www.eugene-or.gov <br /> <br />EUGENE CITY COUNCIL NEWSLETTER <br />March 7, 2013 <br /> <br /> <br /> <br />IN THIS EDITION <br /> <br />LANE COUNCIL OF GOVERNMENTS HONORS MARY SPILDE AND JON RUIZ <br /> <br />SISTER HELEN PREJEAN SPEAKS AT EUGENE PUBLIC LIBRARY <br />“OUR CHOICES, OUR FUTURE” FOCUS OF SPRING HOME SHOW BOOTH <br /> <br />AROUND THE CITY <br />Lane Council of Governments Honors Mary Spilde and Jon Ruiz <br />Lane Community College President Mary Spilde and Eugene City Manager Jon Ruiz received the 2012 Intergovernmental <br />Team Award from the Lane Council of Governments at its annual Appreciation Dinner on Feb. 28. The two were credited <br />for working together on Lane Community College’s (LCC) new downtown campus, which is serving as a significant catalyst <br />for downtown’s recent wave of redevelopment. <br /> <br />Spilde and Ruiz provided an outstanding example of individual leaders <br />reaching across traditional boundaries to join forces for the greater public <br />good. As a result of some outside-the-box thinking in 2009, they presented <br />to the LCC board, the City Council and the community, a vision for a new <br />Lane Community College downtown campus to replace one of the city’s <br />worst eyesores, the pit where an old Sears store once stood. Now, a $53 <br />million campus has emerged, including a first-ever student apartment <br />building for the college, and an innovative new academic, business and <br />community building. <br /> <br />Both buildings are models of sustainability in keeping with goals and <br />values held by the City, the college and the entire region. The housing <br />building meets LEED Gold energy efficiency standards, and the academic <br />building will earn the rating system’s highest level - LEED Platinum. The downtown campus will directly serve more than <br />8,000 students annually, helping Lane better serve the rest of its 37,000 students per year throughout the district. <br /> <br />The project is bringing new residents downtown, including students from across the country and the world, as well as new <br />businesses, new shoppers, and new visitors. All are contributing to the diversity of the community, the growth of the local <br />economy, and an improved downtown Eugene. <br /> <br />For more information, contact Jan Bohman at Jan.L.Bohman@ci.eugene.or.us or 541-682-5587. <br /> <br />Sister Helen Prejean Speaks at Eugene Public Library <br />In connection with the citywide “Prisons, Compassion, and Peace” project, Sister Helen Prejean, <br />author of “Dead Man Walking,” will give a free talk at the Downtown Eugene Public Library on <br />Saturday, Mar. 16, at 2 p.m. Books will be available for sale and signing courtesy of the UO Duck <br />Store. <br /> <br />Sister Helen Prejean has been instrumental in sparking national dialogue on the death penalty and <br />helping to shape the Catholic Church’s newly vigorous opposition to state executions. She considers <br />herself a southern storyteller and travels around the world giving talks about her ministry. <br /> <br />EUGENE CITY COUNCIL NEWSLETTER PAGE 1 <br />March 7, 2013 <br />