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Findings <br />Withthesiteconditionsdescribedaboveinmind,ECONorthwestconducted15interviewswith <br />knowledgeablestakeholdersfromtheEugeneregionalcommunityinvolvedineconomic <br />developmentandaeronauticalbusinesses.Theinterviewsfocusedonquestionsabout <br />opportunitiesandconstraintsfordevelopmentofthesixairportsites,aswellasactionsthat <br />EugeneAirportmanagementcouldtaketoincreasethechancesfordevelopmentofthesites. <br />Thestakeholdersinterviewedfortheprojectwereselectedtoincludeawiderangeof <br />stakeholdersandgetavarietyofperspectivesoneconomicdevelopmentpotentialatthe <br />Airport.Thestakeholdersincludemanylocalandstateeconomicdevelopmentprofessionals,all <br />ofwhomworkwithbusinesseswhowanttogroworlocateinEugene,includinglocalandout <br />ofstatebusinesses.Wespokewithpeopleknowledgeableaboutthelocationalneedsof <br />aviationrelatedbusinesses,includingarepresentativefromthePortofPortland.Wespokewith <br />peopleknowledgeableaboutthehotelmarketinEugeneandSpringfieldregion,including <br />severaldevelopersofhotelsintheregion.Insummary,wespokewithstakeholderswho <br />understandtheconditionsandcharacteristicsthatbusinessesarelookingforwhentheyare <br />lookingfornewsites,bothforbusinesseslocatedintheEugeneandSpringfieldregionand <br />acrosstheState. <br />ColinSears,BusinessRecruitmentOfficer,BusinessOregon <br />DennyBraud,ExecutiveDirector,CityofEugenePlanningandDevelopment <br />Department <br />JeffMorton,President,InnClineManagement <br />JoshuaMonge,DirectorofEconomicDevelopment,EugeneChamber <br />KariWestlund,PresidentandCEO,TravelLaneCounty <br />KennethAnderton,SrMgr,IndustrialDevelopment <br />BusinessDevelopment&Properties,PortofPortland <br />KristinRetherford,UrbanDevelopmentDirector,CityofSalem <br />MattSayer,Director,TechnologyAssociationofOregon <br />MikeReightley,President,KawakAviationTechnology <br />PhillipBrown,ExecutiveVicePresident,MajesticRealtyCo. <br />SarahMeans,EconomicDevelopmentManager,LaneCounty <br />StephenBoulton,Director,LaneCommunityCollegeAviationAcademy <br />TadashiJones,VPContinualImprovement,RosenAviation,LLC <br />TinaPatel,ManagingDirector,ALKOHospitality <br />VonnieMikkelsen,PresidentandCEO,SpringfieldChamber <br />ZachGalloway,SeniorPlanner,CityofEugenePlanningandDevelopmentDepartment <br />Thefindingsinthissectionandtherecommendationsinthefollowingsectionarebasedonthe <br />conditionsattheEugeneAirport,discussionswithstakeholders,and <br />knowledgeofandexperiencewitheconomicdevelopment. <br />ECONorthwest 7 <br /> <br />