City Council Newsletter - 08/16/07

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The Eugene tour will begin at 9 a.m. at the University of Oregon’s Hayward Field with a welcome from Chamber of Commerce President Dave Hauser. The delegation will then tour the university on bikes provided by Eugene’s Green Bikes, stopping at the Lillis Business Complex, one of Eugene’s newest and most earth-friendly buildings. At Lillis, Mayor Kitty Piercy will give an overview of her Sustainable Business Initiative and a representative from the University’s Lundquist College of Business will also address the delegation. The bike portion of the tour will end at Sacred Heart Medical Center’s Hilyard Campus where a PeaceHealth representative will talk about the area’s first satellite site of the Medical Education Collaborative. The delegation will then hop on the EmX bound for downtown. While downtown, delegates will tour Eugene’s federal courthouse, the Tate Condominiums, the public library and other downtown venues. From downtown, the tour will load into the City’s fleet of hybrid automobiles and head for Skinner’s Butte where participants will enjoy music and delectables while experiencing a bird’s eye view of downtown and the surrounding area. Delegates will then tour the West Eugene Enterprise Zone. In the evening, tour delegates will attend a social networking event with representatives from Eugene’s business community. Eugene’s tour organizers will present Oregon Business with an honorary award for the work they do to promote Oregon’s industries. City Councilors are invited to attend any and all portions of the tour and may schedule to speak at any of the tour destinations. For a more detailed schedule or other information, contact Amanda Nobel, Community Development Division loan analyst at 682-5535 or via e-mail (amanda.r.nobel@ci.eugene.or.us). Writers’ Fair at Eugene Public Library Get the inside story at Eugene Public Library's fourth annual free Writers’ Fair from 1 – 4 p.m. on Sunday, August 19, at the Downtown Library. Authors and publishers offer helpful perspectives on writing for kids, humor writing, historical writing, do’s and don’ts for submitting work, and more. Questions welcome! Expert panelists include: Linda Swanson-Davies co-founded and co-edits Glimmer Train, the highly-respected national literary magazine focused on “great short fiction by both familiar voices and fresh new ones.” Based in Portland, she also publishes the quarterly newsletter Writers Ask, and collaborated on the Glimmer Train Guides to Writing Fiction and the short story anthology Where Love Is Found. Bart King wrote the hilarious national kids’ bestseller The Big Book of Boy Stuff, which in June won a New York Book Festival Award. He has followed up with a companion volume, The Big Book of Girl Stuff. His work for adults includes An Architectural Guidebook to Portland. Linda Swanson-Davies Joe Blakely is the author of three books of Oregon history, including two about Oregon school basketball. The Bellfountain Giant Killers is subtitled "The Story of a Small Oregon High School and Its Miraculous Championship Season." The Tall Firs tells the tale of the University of Oregon Ducks team that won the first NCAA Basketball Championship in 1939. Lifting Oregon Out of the Mud recounts the challenges of building the Oregon Coast Highway. For more information, call the Eugene Public Library: 682-5450, or visit www.eugene-or.gov/library. Kendall Concierge Program A new program at the Eugene Airport offers passengers a way to have their car serviced while they’re away. Clients can leave their car at the Kendall Concierge Program reserved parking spots, catch a flight, and then pick it up on their return. While they’re away, Kendall will pick up their vehicle, service it, and return it fresh, washed and cleaned. EUGENE CITY COUNCIL NEWSLETTER PAGE 3 August 17, 2007