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<br />New Neighborhood Matching Grant Cycle to Open July 1
<br />The next City of Eugene Neighborhood Matching Grants cycle opens on July 1, 2009, with $50,000 available in
<br />funding for neighborhood improvement or community building projects. Projects may include, but are not limited
<br />to:
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<br /> Physical improvements that involve recreation or
<br />public safety facilities, natural resource features,
<br />public art and spaces or community gardens
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<br /> Public school partnership projects that benefit
<br />school children and the immediate neighborhood
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<br /> Neighborhood-based events and celebrations
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<br /> Capacity-building initiatives that serve to create,
<br />diversify, or increase participation in a
<br />neighborhood-based organization or promote an
<br />understanding of issues important to
<br />neighborhood residents.
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<br />Grant guidelines and application materials are available
<br />at www.eugene-or.gov/matchinggrants, and at the Permit
<br />and Information Center, the Downtown, Bethel and
<br />Installation of kiosk by Friendly Area Neighbors as part of the Friendly
<br />Sheldon libraries, the Amazon, Hilyard, Sheldon, and
<br />Park improvements, a grant funded project completed in early 2009.
<br />Peterson Barn community centers and the Campbell
<br />Senior Center.
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<br />All applications will be required to undergo a pre-review by November 1, 2009. This process will help make sure
<br />the applications have all the required information. Final applications are due on February 1, 2010. Awards will be
<br />announced in March 2010.
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<br />For more information about the Neighborhood Matching Grants Program, contact Cindy Clarke, Neighborhood
<br />Services, 682-5272 or cindy.j.clarke@ci.eugene.or.us.
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<br />“Be Creative!” at Eugene Public Library
<br />In tune with this year’s Summer Reading theme, “Be Creative!” the downtown Eugene Public Library will host a
<br />lively night of local arts on First Friday, July 3. Toes start tapping at 6:00 p.m. with a free concert by The Oregon
<br />Old Time Fiddlers Association. Enjoy hoedowns, waltzes, cowboy songs, and more with this talented and
<br />experienced group of local musicians.
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<br />Meet local artists and see their work. Hanging in the spiral stairway,
<br />Judith Sparks’ giant, translucent silk paintings present viewers with
<br />two options: water full of salmon in their many incarnations, or
<br />water empty of salmon except for their bones and ghosts. The Plein
<br />Air Painters of Eugene-Springfield exhibit landscapes on the walls
<br />of the Magazines & Newspapers room, including works by Paul
<br />Bourgault, Bets Cole, Brooks Hickerson, Nancy Koblas and Jackie
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<br />Lukowski. Also on the 2 floor, display cases will be filled with a
<br />wide variety of pieces by the artists of Imagine Gallery, including
<br />Noelle Dass (paintings), Tim Giraudier (photography), Eli Mazet
<br />(glass), Josh Mazet (pottery), Toni Zybell (fused glass), and Shalini
<br />Palianio (tapestry bags).
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<br />While at the Library, sign up for Summer Reading. Adults will
<br />receive a coupon for a free coffee at Novella Cafe or $1 off books
<br />purchased at the Friends of the Library’s bookstore, Second Hand
<br />Prose. Reading ideas are offered in new booklists featuring novels about artists, characters re-inventing their lives,
<br />and other creativity-related themes. Later, use a new feature of the Library catalog: reader reviews. To share
<br />opinions and read thoughts, just find a title and click the review link under its image.
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<br />Coming up for adults in August: an illustrated talk and workshop on creativity by cartoonist and author Lynda
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<br />EUGENE CITY COUNCIL NEWSLETTER PAGE 2
<br />June 25, 2009
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