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EUGENE CITY COUNCIL NEWSLETTER <br />October 18, 2007 <br />City of Eugene <br />777 Pearl Street, Room 105 <br />Eugene, Oregon 97401-2793 <br />(541) 682-5010 <br />(541) 682-5414 (FAX) <br />www.eugene-or.gov <br />IN THIS WEEK’S EDITION <br />OREGON BUSINESS MAGAZINE TOUR OF EUGENE <br />EUGENE FIREFIGHTERS PARTICIPATE IN NATIONAL TERRORISM DRILL <br />FAMILY FIESTAS AT LIBRARY CELEBRATE DIA DE LOS MUERTOS/DAY OF THE DEAD <br />ORPA HONORS EUGENE’S “ARTS FOR ALL” PROGRAM <br />FREE “FUN NIGHT” GROWS IN POPULARITY <br />AROUND THE CITY <br />Oregon Business Magazine Tour of Eugene <br />th <br />On September 13, Oregon Business Magazine’s 25 Anniversary Tour <br />came to Eugene. Sustainable practices, green building and other business <br />innovations unique to the Eugene community were highlighted. <br />The tour started at the University of Oregon’s Hayward Field with a <br />welcome from Chamber of Commerce President Dave Hauser and <br />remarks from Frances Dyke, Vice President of Finance at the University of <br />Oregon, Greg Erwin, Chair of the Eugene ’08 Steering Committee, and <br />Julia Brim-Edwards from Nike. The delegation then toured the University <br />on bikes provided by Junk be Gone and Blue Heron, stopping at the Lillis <br />Business Complex, one of Eugene’s newest and most earth-friendly <br />buildings. At Lillis, Mayor Kitty Piercy gave an overview of her Sustainable <br />Business Initiative, and Dean James Bean spoke about the Lillis building's <br />features as well as the Lundquist College of Business' offerings. <br />From Lillis, the tour walked to Sacred Heart Medical Center’s Hilyard <br />Campus where the program director, a clinical director, and a fourth year <br />medical student spoke about the area’s first satellite site for the Medical Education Collaborative. Next, <br />the delegation hopped on the EmX bound for downtown with LTD General Manager, Mark Pangborn – a <br />highlight of the day. <br />From downtown, the tour loaded into a fleet of City hybrid automobiles and headed for Skinner Butte for <br />lunch and a bird’s eye tour of downtown given by Downtown Eugene, Inc. Director, Russ Brink. <br />Delegates continued in the hybrids for a tour of the West Eugene Enterprise Zone, hosted by Jack <br />Roberts, of Lane Metro Partnership, and Bob Warren, of Oregon Economic and Community Development <br />Department, with stops at Invitrogen and Hynix. <br />In the evening, tour delegates attended a social networking event at Lavelle in Fifth Street Public Market <br />with representatives from Eugene’s business community. Eugene’s tour organizers presented Oregon <br />Business with an honorary award for the work they do to promote Oregon’s industries. <br />Read what Oregon Business magazine had to say about the day by going to <br />www.oregonbusiness.com/tour and clicking on "Tour Blog." The tour ended on September 28. For more <br />information, contact Amanda Nobel, Community Development Division Loan Analyst, at 682-5535 or via <br />e-mail (amanda.r.nobel@ci.eugene.or.us). <br />EUGENE CITY COUNCIL NEWSLETTER PAGE 1 <br />October 18, 2007 <br />