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Councilor <br />Chris Pryor <br />Ward 8 <br />Welcome to the Bethel Economic Development Task Team <br />Report-Building a Better Bethel. <br />Bethel is a great place to live, work, raise a family, <br />open a business, and enjoy your favorite activities. Our <br />community boasts excellent schools, vibrant businesses, <br />inviting open spaces and recreation facilities as well <br />as engaged and diverse neighborhoods and residents. <br />We also know there are opportunities to make Bethel <br />even better - supporting the creation of new jobs and <br />educational opportunities, building better transportation <br />connections, easing the path for redevelopment in key <br />areas, and strengthening business connections. <br />It is an exciting time for the Bethel area and that’s why it <br />is an important time for us to take a deeper look at how <br />we can build on our assets to encourage even greater <br />vitality in our community. The goal of the Bethel Economic <br />Development Task Team is to recognize what it will take to <br />turn our many opportunities into thriving realities. <br />The Task Team group included community and business <br />leaders who are passionate about making a difference in the <br />place where they live, work, play, and call home. We sincerely <br />appreciate the time and thoughtfulness they provided to <br />this task. Eugene is a community with a vibrant history and <br />a promising future, and we believe Building a Better Bethel <br />provides the critical next steps in realizing that future vision. <br />The goal isn’t to score a touchdown in one big play - Building <br />a Better Bethel is about realistic -doable-steps in the right <br />direction. Steps that build on our successes, develop trust, <br />and show progress. As we move forward, these actions <br />will engage community members, inspire new ideas, and <br />ultimately realize the potential of our community. <br />We are inviting you to join our team in this work, because it will <br />take all of us. Identify how you can participate, how you can <br />assist, how you can lend your hand in Building a Better Bethel. <br />BUILDING A BETTER BETHEL <br />Bethel Economic Development Task Team Report <br />Building a Better Bethel directly <br />aligns with our city-wide goals <br />to promote a safe community, <br />encourage sustainable development <br />and ensure accessible and thriving <br />culture and recreation. <br />Building a Better Bethel also <br />supports the Pillars of Envision <br />Eugene, our community vision of <br />how our city will grow over the next <br />20 years, and advances our regional <br />economic prosperity goals. <br />Envision Eugene Pillars <br />•Provide Ample Economic <br />Opportunities for all Community <br />Members <br />•Provide Housing Affordable to All <br />Income Levels <br />•Protecting and Enhancing <br />Neighborhoods <br />www.envisioneugene.org <br />Regional Prosperity <br />Economic Development Plan <br />•Grow Local Opportunities <br />•Provide Basic Business Needs <br />•Identify as a Place to Thrive <br />www.eugene-or.gov/prosperityplan <br />Councilor <br />Claire Syrett <br />Ward 7 <br />Councilor <br />Greg Evans <br />Ward 6 <br />2 April 15, 2019, Work Session – Item 1