Seattle last month cleaned up its famous chewing gum wall, leaving China with no competition in the “Walls That People Travel to See” category. If we can solve our wall problem, the square problem may solve itself.
Kesey Square: Up Against The Wall
December 4th, 2015 No Comments
Tags: Ali Emami · Chewing Gum Wall · Eugene Saturday Market · Kesey Square · micro-retail
W2W: Eugene’s Pretty Good Idea
October 16th, 2015 No Comments
A string of government centers — city, county and courts all have Eighth Avenue addresses — cannot make a Great Street. Unless your civic buildings are so monumental that people will walk to gawk, people won’t want to go there. They’d rather shop or eat or drink.
Tags: Brian Obie · Eugene Oregon · food trucks · Kesey Square · Ruth Bascom · Valley River Mall · Willamette River · Willamette Valley
Earning a Raise Requires Earning Trust First
October 2nd, 2015 1 Comment
Voters taxed themselves (twice) to expand the park system. Voters approved the money with relatively few restrictions, trusting city officials to be inventive and opportunistic. The city has leveraged those funds with creativity and consistency.
Tags: Civic Stadium · Eugene City Council · Eugene Oregon · Kesey Square · Parks and Open Space Division · Ridgeline Trail · Ruth Bascom Riverbank · Ruth Bascom Riverbank Trail · Spencer Butte · Willamette Valley
Housing, Havens and Hash
July 25th, 2014 No Comments
Economists have a charming term for this cascading causality: creative destruction — “destruction” because the status quo crumbles, “creative” because something new takes its place.
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