Officials extended a predevelopment loan and approved moving forward with a construction loan to help with plans for an eight-story mixed-use building.
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KLCC s Brian Bull updates a story about a mobile home park in Springfield that had been rezoned in 2019. Residents feared they d be left homeless, but some quick work and fundraising changed that scenario.
Since their park was rezoned in 2019, residents feared they’d be pushed onto the streets to make way for an upscale development.
Lane County Commissioner Joe Berney told KLCC their fortunes changed.
From left to right: Michelle Thurston, Rosa Ojeda, Lane County Commissioner Joe Berney, and Peter Hainley at this weekend s celebration for park residents.
Credit Provided by Joe Berney.
“What happened was a group that was established to assist residents of manufactured home parks form cooperatives, called CASA of Oregon was trying to cobble together an offer for public funds, at the same time help the residents organize a cooperative, said Berney. So there was a legal mechanism for them to assume ownership.”
Letters to the editor for Wednesday, April 21: Joe Biden, Springfield s school board race and land-use bills Register-Guard
Let me this straight .
Let me get this straight: When Trump announced the pullout of troops, the media announced this was the worst idea ever.
Now that Biden has announced the same thing, that same media thinks this is the greatest idea ever.
In other news, the media is flummoxed how their trustworthiness poll numbers can be so low.
Bob J. Taylor, Eugene
Mason will build on foundation
Voters in Springfield are fortunate to have the opportunity to elect a dynamic, first-time candidate to our school board. Because I care about the quality of our schools, I’m excited to vote for Kelly Mason, who is running for Springfield School Board in Position 6.
by Henry Houston
Looking toward Lane County’s climate in 2040 sounds like the setting of a dystopian sci-fi novel. According to Phase One of the Climate Action Plan paid for by the county, summer temperatures could be 10 to 12 Fahrenheit degrees hotter, and there could be a 400 to 500 percent increase of wildfire surface area and no more snowpack in the Cascades.
But Lane County is at last taking action.
With recent reports inventorying the county government and countywide greenhouse gas emissions, Lane County is beginning to address climate change, tackling its part in humanity’s greatest existential crisis. Earlier this year, the county hired a climate strategist, Mark Nystrom. He says the county is in a unique position to find ways to address climate change in rural areas, and he wants solutions to put priority on equity over lowering the carbon footprint.