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Here I am, sitting in my apartment on West Broadway between Lincoln and Lawrence, and I let my guard down for one minute, and this place becomes a polluted thoroughfare. This is West Broadway, downtown. Unfortunately, I have bad respiratory allergies and sensitivies. And, a nose like bloodhound, which actually, saves me from the possible asphixiation of passing smokers on the street, and the motor vehicles with broken tail

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Marketing ... 4 reasons why CBAs are needed Community Benefits Agreements (CBAs) represent a way to bring local benefit to development projects. Typically, they involve a contract negotiated between a developer and a community-labor coalition. The aim is to ensure that an economic development project benefits local community residents instead of just investors. Writing for the Neighborhood Funders Group (NFG), Greg LeRoy and Anna Purinton of Good Jobs First offer several reasons why CBAs are b… Continue

* Jeff Petry of the City of Eugene parking program answered questions in a back-and-forth over the issue of free downtown parking. Jeff Petry's page at Eugene DNA * Organizers of the Meet Your Maker craft show introduced their event: an occasional downtown indoor show of handcrafts by part-time artisans. Meet Your Maker * Mary Archer of LTD answered questions about the public inp… Continue

The WG response to the RFP for 10th & Charnelton has been unanimously endorsed over the Opus proposal. Continue

Just a note for downtown organizers: Eugene '08 Olympic organizers who spoke at the General Meeting asked us to make our events extra special, during the last week of June and the first week of July. If your event is sufficiently cooked, and you want to get it into the program, use this link to submit: Lane County events calendar submission Continue

Greg can you post the DNA bylaws? I was reading them at the meeting and they are very informative and could answer many questions people may have about DNA. Also you should try to get some of the past DNA history on the site like past newsletters and minutes. Continue

Tom Kamis, Chair
William Kennedy, Vice Chair
Sherrill Necessary, Secretary
Charles Hollands, Treasurer
Greg Bryant, At Large
Angela Henderson, At Large
Shelly Richardson, At Large
Larry Holbrock, At Large
J.D. Olson, At Large Continue

At the Steering Committee meeting, May 8. Friday June 13, 2008 See the MySpace page Continue