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Empty storefronts filled with shops, pits filled with mixed use housing and business. All <br />buildings maintained, blanket vendors up on tables, sidewalks clean, more middle <br />income residents. <br />I would like the residents of Eugene to take a greater pride in what makes Eugene so <br />wonderfully unique by drawing on local talent instead of outside of Eugene – what we <br />have here is special. <br />Everyone would be working together for the good of the community, doing the right <br />thing just because it feels so good.Police would work with the community, not against <br />it. <br />Sidewalks crowded with pedestrians (tourists and townies) enjoying the wonder of <br />Eugene. <br />Downtown is a place of civic pride, filled with a healthy mixture of retail, restaurants, arts <br />and culture, government services, private business, and housing.Sidewalks bustle with <br />a blend of shoppers, downtown employees and area residents. There is more foot <br />traffic on downtown streets than there is car traffic in the strip malls along Coburg Road <br />or in Southtowne. Buildings are fully occupied and vagrancy is imperceptible to all but a <br />very few visitors. Businesses find it profitable to be open into the evening hours <br />Monday-Friday as well as daytime hours on Saturday and Sunday. Cultural attractions <br />make downtown a first stop destination for both locals out of town guests. When <br />storefronts experience temporary vacancies, there are programs in place to support <br />attractive well maintained window displays that enhance downtown’s vibrancy. Rental <br />rates for building owners are competitive with other prime commercial real estate and <br />justify the maintenance and development that have made downtown thrive. A healthy <br />balance of green space has been maintained as downtown has been revitalized. <br />My image of downtown is one where all of our residents are welcome, active and <br />visible. The downtown core expands upon existing key cornerstones (the library, E. <br />Broadway shopping district, the Downtown Athletic Club, the future Lord Leebrick <br />Theater location and the Hult Center). The expansion does not run our less attractive <br />community members (homeless adults, the mentally ill, youth, and other street people) <br />off the streets, but creates a community where aggressive pan-handling, blatant <br />violence, drug dealing, and out of control behaviors are not accepted. I have an image <br />that the downtown looks like First Friday Art walk and celebrations everyday, where <br />people of many backgrounds venture into the area for shopping, dining, work, living and <br />community events. Where security and police presence are accepted, but not required; <br />where there are incentives for people who live on the north side of town want to come <br />downtown; and where social service providers work along-side police and parole & <br />probation to find solutions to the most extreme people and situations. <br />My vision for downtown is simple. <br />п¹»¤ë <br />