Two developers hope for the chance to transform space along the Willamette River in Glenwood.
Glenwood Development, LLC, and LOCALIS Partners presented their plans to transform city-owned property along Franklin Boulevard on Monday night during a meeting of the Springfield Economic Development Agency.
One has proposed a development that would include the largest hotel and conference center between Portland and San Francisco.
The other has partnered with nearby property owners to propose a sports-anchored development that would help two local teams move up to a higher league of play and create a place for people to live, work and play.
1928-2020 ⢠La Grande
Richard Ansell, 92, of La Grande, died Dec. 9. Arrangements are by Tamiâs Pine Valley Funeral Home and Cremation Services, Halfway.
Richard was born Sept. 27, 1928, in La Grande, to Louis and Lucille Ansell. He was raised in La Grande and graduated from La Grande High school in 1947.
Richard married his high school sweetheart, Thelma Marquis, July 23, 1948. They had been married for nearly 71 years when she passed away May 11, 2019.
Richard had many exciting jobs during his life including logging with horses, being a mechanic for International Harvester and fighting fire with the U.S. Forest Service. He worked building bridges for Underwood and Richards in Central Oregon and then began his own construction company in Bend in 1972. He built homes in Sunriver, including condos and lodges. Proud accomplishments included supervising in the remodeling of the Sunriver Lodge and co-supervising construction of the Pines in Sunriver. He also remodeled th