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<br />Lane Business Link is a comprehensive, virtual, one-stop resource for businesses that combines local, state, federal
<br />and best-of-the-web resources to help them start and grow. Among its many features are:
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<br /> Government requirements for new and ongoing businesses, and for employers, including an interactive tool to
<br />select a business entity and links with all the forms to create the business entity.
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<br /> Funding programs available to businesses.
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<br /> Industry-specific resources, including tools for hospitality, manufacturing, agriculture, retail, youth, and more.
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<br />The site will be updated regularly with new resources and tools. To suggest changes and/or additions, or ask
<br />Lane Business Link
<br />questions regarding , contact Ben Sappington at 541-242-2359. For more information, contact
<br />Denny Braud at Denny.Braud@ci.eugene.or.us or 541-682-5536.
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<br />Bags, Coats and Boots to Beat the Cold Weather
<br />For the fourth year in a row, Eugene Police Officer Randy Ellis has spearheaded a campaign to provide sleeping bags
<br />for people without homes as cold weather hits. His goal is to provide as many sleeping bags, shoes/boots, and coats
<br />for the homeless as possible.
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<br />This year, more than $6,000 was collected, including a $2,500 match from community member Don Dezarn, of Pacific
<br />Headwear. This was in addition to the many donations of coats, shoes, and sleeping bags. Thanks to the generous
<br />donations, Officer Ellis was able to take the money and purchase a good supply of cold weather items and distribute
<br />them through Sponsors, Whitebird, First Christian Church, and St. Mary’s Episcopal Church.
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<br />This year the donations purchased:
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<br /> 110 pairs of gloves 35 tarps
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<br /> 200 pairs of socks 50 rain ponchos
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<br /> 100 fleece blankets 45 hooded sweatshirts
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<br /> 100 stocking caps 75 jackets
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<br /> 75 sleeping bags 32 pairs of men’s boots
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<br /> 60 back packs 39 pairs of women’s shoes
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<br /> 14 bike locks 60 jeans/pants
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<br /> 55 fleece sweatshirts 18 sets of heavy rain gear
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<br /> 25 ball caps 10 sweat pants
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<br /> 60 McDonald’s gift cards worth $5 each 10 nylon rain pants
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<br /> 100 pairs of men’s underwear 160 pairs of women’s socks
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<br /> 80 men’s undershirts 125 pairs of women’s underwear
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<br />Clothing donations included: 75 pairs of boots/shoes, 20 30-gallon bags of miscellaneous clothing, 20 sleeping bags,
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<br />and 20 back packs. Donations can still be dropped off at the West University Public Safety Station at 791 East 13
<br />Avenue. For more information, contact Officer Ellis at 541-682-8350.
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<br />A Double-Header for Baseball Fans at Eugene Public Library
<br />Two free talks about baseball are coming up at the Downtown Library. On Tuesday, Nov. 1, at 6 p.m., hear the authors
<br />of the new book, “This Is Our Time: The Inside Story of the 2010 World Series Champion San Francisco Giants.” Chris
<br />Haft and Eric Alan tell the story of how, in uniquely wild style, the 2010 San Francisco Giants
<br />followed the 1969 New York Mets and the 1988 Los Angeles Dodgers into history as
<br />“impossible” World Series champions. Haft is the MLB.com beat writer for the San Francisco
<br />Giants. A pro sportswriter for 30 years, he’s reported on Major League Baseball full-time for the
<br />past twenty years. Alan is an author, lyricist, photographer, radio broadcaster, and longtime
<br />Giants fan.
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<br />On Friday, Nov. 4, at 6 p.m., Lee Lowenfish will give a talk titled “Conservative Revolutionary:
<br />How Branch Rickey’s Signing of Jackie Robinson Jump-Started the Modern American Civil
<br />Rights Movement.” Lowenfish is the author of four books about baseball, including “Branch
<br />Rickey: Baseball’s Ferocious Gentleman,” which won the Society for American Baseball
<br />Research’s Seymour Medal as Book of the Year. His talk is offered in connection with the
<br />traveling exhibit “Pride and Passion: The African-American Baseball Experience” at the University of Oregon’s Knight
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<br />Library through Nov. 18. For more information, please contact the Eugene Public Library at 541-682-5450 or
<br />www.eugene-or.gov/library.
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<br />EUGENE CITY COUNCIL NEWSLETTER PAGE 2
<br />October 27, 2011
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