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98. Both expansion of existing businesses through use of local capital and entrepreneurial <br /> skills and the attraction of new employers offer realistic opportunities for economic <br /> development. <br /> <br /> 40__9. The healthful environment of the metropolitan area can help attract industrial <br /> development, hold workers, and attract convention- and tourist-related economic <br /> activities. The concern for clean air and water is high priority with area residents. <br /> <br /> The provision of adequate public facilities and services is necessary for economic <br /> development. <br /> <br /> 4-3.1...!~. There are presently inefficiently used resources in the metropolitan area, including land, <br /> labor, and secondary waste products. <br /> <br /> -1-3.1..;2. Major employment areas include the Eugene and Springfield central business districts, <br /> the University of Oregon area, Sacred Heart Hospital, the west Eugene industrial area, the <br /> north (Gat~a.y)..and south Springfield industrial areas, the Highway 99N industrial area, <br /> Country Club Road, Chad Drive, and the Mohawk-Northgate area. <br /> <br /> -14!3. The metropolitan economy is made up of a number of interrelated and important <br /> elements, one of which is construction and construction_-related activities. Construction, <br /> for example, is essential for all sectors of the economy, ~s well as for the provision of an <br /> adequate supply of affordable housing. <br /> <br />-1-51..3. The mixture of commercial and office uses with industrial uses can reduce or enhance the <br /> utility of industrial areas for industrial purposes, depending upon circumstances. <br /> Uncontrolled mixing creates problems of compatibility and traffic congestion, and may <br /> limit the area available for industrial development. Limited mixing, subject to clear and <br /> objective criteria designed to minimize or eliminate incompatibility, traffic problems, and <br /> which preserve the area for its primary purpose, can make an industrial area more <br /> pleasant, convenient, economical, and attractive as a place to work or locate. <br /> <br />46.!..5. C...am_p__u_s~ industrial firms prefer city services. <br /> <br /> e~:,l light industrial firms have varied site location requirements, prefer <br />-1-71~. Camvuso~ ..... <br /> alternative sites to choose from, and usually benefit from location of other special light <br /> industrial firms within the community and within the same industrial development. <br /> <br /> III-B-3 <br /> <br /> <br />