You’ve
heard the debate about South Willamette Street, but you may not know that the
community and the city have been working together to create a long term vision
for the broader South Willamette District.
The vision has high aspirations for a gradual redevelopment of the district as
an even better “twenty minute neighborhood” where people can live, work, walk
to services and enjoy a vibrant community. A draft Design Code is being
developed and includes piloting new concepts, such as:
- Active retail frontage
- A shopping alley
- Single family options, a mix of smaller dwelling types
- Row-house character
- Building scale
transitions and articulation
The City of Eugene and the Southwestern Oregon Chapter of the American Institute of Architects are seeking a few more volunteers to help
"test drive" the draft of the new design code. The test will last a
week, beginning June 12th and wrapping up on the 19th. Experience working with
the land use code will be helpful. Please follow this link to
sign up.
The goal is to test the draft code against existing
and potential projects, providing essential input on shaping the future of this
unique district. The City is looking forward to learning from this exercise and
refining the code with the input of the volunteers. For more information about
the project background and Concept Plan, click the following URL:
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