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<br /> <br />EUGENE CITY COUNCIL NEWSLETTER <br /> <br />June 11, 2009 <br /> <br /> City of Eugene <br />777 Pearl Street, Room 105 <br /> <br /> Eugene, Oregon 97401-2793 <br /> (541) 682-5010 <br /> (541) 682-5414 (FAX) <br /> www.eugene-or.gov <br /> <br />IN THIS WEEK’S EDITION <br />CITY’S DOWNTOWN LOAN FUELS ARTISTS’ KILN <br />ALLEGIANT AIR BEGINS SERVICE TO OAKLAND <br />DEPUTY FIRE CHIEF TO CHAIR STATE EMERGENCY MEDICAL SERVICE COMMITTEE <br />CITY JOINS FILING OF COMPREHENSIVE NATIONAL BROADBAND COMMENTS WITH THE FCC <br />RASOR MIXED USE CENTER PLAN NEARS COMPLETION <br />SHARING ROAD SAFETY MESSAGE GOES FROM BIG SCREEN TO LITTLE SCREEN <br />ART SHOW AND SILENT AUCTION BENEFITS CITY CENTER SKATEPARK CONSTRUCTION <br />“BEACH READS” BOOK SALE <br />WE ARE BETHEL CELEBRATES COMMUNITY <br /> <br />AROUND THE CITY <br />City’s Downtown Loan Fuels Artists’ Kiln <br />th <br />Walking by the Studio West Art Gallery on 8 Avenue downtown, one can watch art in progress. The elegant <br />shapes and fantastic colors of glass art are not only displayed at the gallery, but many are also made there, thanks <br />to a recent $38,000 loan from the City’s Downtown Revitalization Loan Program. The loan helped fund the <br />necessary improvements for a full production glass studio. The studio is now viewable from the gallery floor and <br />the public is invited to watch resident artists create their work every Friday and Saturday night. <br /> <br />Studio West is owned and curated by Conrad Williams <br />and Erin Dougherty Williams. “We are excited about <br />the opportunity to initiate a new conversation within <br />our arts community, and we invite patrons to <br />experience the creation of both functional and fine art <br />glass created in our studio,” said Williams. “We plan <br />on enhancing this educational experience with visiting <br />artists, lectures and artist discussions that are open to <br />the public.” <br /> <br />Richard Herman, executive director of Metropolitan <br />Affordable Housing which owns the recently <br />th <br />completed WestTown on 8 building, noted that <br />businesses like Studio West, “serve as a catalyst for <br />other downtown development. We greatly appreciate <br />the City of Eugene’s positive work to develop <br />downtown.” <br /> <br />The Downtown Revitalization Loan Program is designed to encourage investments downtown that contribute to the <br />economic vibrancy and density goals for the area. Loan funds are used for building rehabilitation or renovation, <br />façade improvements, tenant improvements, pedestrian cover, historic preservation or accessibility <br />improvements. For more information, contact Denny Braud at 682-5536 or denny.braud@ci.eugene.or.us. <br /> <br />Allegiant Air Begins Service to Oakland <br />Allegiant Air began service between Eugene and the Bay Area of California on Monday, June 8, 2009. The new <br /> <br />EUGENE CITY COUNCIL NEWSLETTER PAGE 1 <br />June 11, 2009 <br />