How YOU can help!
Thank you for visiting our site and being interested in the of things that you can do to help.
There is a long list of things that you can do. If you complete any of these items, you will greatly help to advance this cause. We recommend the following order of operations in order to minimize your time spent and maximize your effect.
- Sign the petition- let them know how many people share a greater vision.
- Contact new UO President Richard Lariviere.
- Contact the Director of ORI, Cynthia Guinn.
- Contact your elected officials, including Mayor Piercy and City Council members.
- Visit the site, and spread the word to your friends and neighbors.
- Help us organize events and campaigns, or contribute a skill to our overworked team!
Thank You–from ConnectingEugene, your community, generations long gone and those to come, and of course, our majestic Willamette River.
Welcome to our site. We care about the Willamette River and we care about it’s intertwining history and future with the people of Eugene and Springfield. We have a vision–of open space and civic space, of wildlife and pedestrian corridor –along the banks of the Willamette River. We have a vision of connectedness–between the City of Eugene with the University, of the people of Oregon with their Willamette River–and we share this vision with the vast majority of our fellow citizens.
We are an organization of concerned citizens, faculty, students and alumni of the University of Oregon who are deeply troubled by the University’s current development trajectory along the banks of the majestic Willamette River. We come from surprisingly different backgrounds, and resonate with vastly different aspects of the River. However, we share common goals: We are an organization for building bridges between parties with disparate priorities. We are an organization for voicing our shared concerns, highlighting our shared desires, and shining new light on old problems. We are an organization for connecting Eugene. We are ConnectingEugene.
ConnectingEugene has come together at a critical time to support a new riverfront master plan for the 21st century. A parcel of land, a critical riverfront intersection between the University and the Eugene downtown is under pressure for development under the University’s Master Plan for the Riverfront Research Park. The plan shows it will be filled with a large suburban-style private office building and a misplaced 2-acre parking lot. Let this be clear: we are not opposed to development in general, but we are deeply troubled and saddened by these immediate plans which threaten our precious riverfront, especially at this time when a greater vision is possible.
The University’s Master Plan for the Riverfront Research Park is over twenty years old and fails to respond to significant changes in the surrounding areas, which have taken place between 1989 and today. We insist that the University of Oregon needs to create a new master plan that fits our current goals and ideals. We support a new Master Plan that will provide a lifelong connection to the river for the future generations. We demand a new master plan for the 21st Century.
We are a small organization. We are ConnectingEugene. We need your help in connecting Eugene.
