02-15-17 City Council Agenda Packet

Home Browse Search

ISSUES AND OPPORTUNITIES IDENTIFIED BY THE PUBLIC DOWNTOWN Favorite Destinations: Power of Ten Several hundred workshop and pop-up station participants Dirty5.0% were asked to identify on a map their favorite downtown desti- Homeless 4.4% nations and the ones they think have the most potential. Favor- Unsafe 3.8% ites included the Eugene Public Library, the Fifth Street Market, Potential 2.8% and the Farmers and Saturday Markets. While the Farmers and Scary 2.3% Saturday Markets are not actual public spaces, many people Vibrant 2.0% acknowledged that they only used the Park Blocks or even came Busy 1.9% downtown in order to go to the markets. At other times, the Park Fun 1.6% Blocks could qualify as spaces with potential. This map summa- Interesting 1.5% rizes the Power of Ten data: Improving 1.4% Eclectic 1.4% listed as the favorite public spaces: PUBLIC SPACES Eugene Public Library 12.% Dirty5.35% Kesey Square 11.4% Homeless 5.24% Hult Center 8.9% Unsafe 5.07% Saturday Market 8.2% Scary2.61% Park Blocks 7.8% Drugs2.50% None 5.1% Potential 2.17% Farmers Market 4.9% Unwelcoming 1.89% 5th Street Market 2.0% Dangerous 1.70% Uninviting 1.54% Underutilized 1.02% Words that describe the downtown The survey asked several questions that were intended to Who is the downtown for? gauge overall impressions of the downtown and its public Nearly 91% of respondents answered that it is either important spaces. We asked which three words come to mind to describe or very important that downtown Eugene have comfortable, the downtown and the same for its public spaces. This was an accessible public spaces that are welcoming to all. Around 69% open-ended question with no prompts or choices. do on a daily basis. 18