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Political Science Prof. Dan Goldrich hopes to aid the return of local
political leverage through establishing a community development cor
poration in the Whiteaker neighborhood.
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Political science prof puts
ideas to work in Whiteaker
By JACK CONDUFFE
Of the Emerald
Community economic develop
ment offers one of the few availa
ble solutions to a number of U S
economic crises, according to
University political science
professor Dan Goldrich.
Goldrich is testing that idea
with practice in the Whiteaker
neighborhood, which is working
to found a Community Develop
ment corporation that would set
up cheap, affordable cooperative
housing and acquire property for
business development.
Goldrich says communities are
extremely dependent on global''
corporations.
“That dependency means a
community's fate is in the hands
of absentee decision-makers, " he
says, adding that these decision
makers have an "exploit and run"
attitude
The purpose of establishing a
CDC in the Whiteaker Neigh
borhood, Goldrich continues, "is
to gain leverage over local
resources to make the economy
function on behalf of local
needs.”
The acquisitibn of property for
development, Goodrich says,
would be used to develop
business wanted by community
residents. He says residents
would be able to use criteria that
corporations often ignore, such
as land use and environmental
concerns.
But the actual acquisition of
property and development of
cooperative housing probably is
still a year off, at least, Goldrich
says. He explains that a tremen
dous amount of groundwork
remains.
determine residents' atti
tudes about the kind of develop
ment they would like to see,
Goldrich is offering a class in
which students will do field work
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in the Whiteaker Neighborhood
as well as study the general is
sues involved in community
economic development.
Goldrich views the class, en
titled "Community Politics" (PS
491), as an opportunity for
students to work in one of the
most dynamic of Eugene's
neighborhood groups. "This is an
organized opportunity for
students interested in the com
munity to work with the Whiteaker
neighborhood through the
University,” he says.
In the meantime, the Whiteaker
Community Council is studying
funding possibilities for its
proposed projects. Currently, the
neighborhood receives federal
Community Block Grant funds
and Goldrich has received a Na
tional Science Foundation grant
for his participation in the neigh
borhood group’s efforts.
Possible funding sources for
the housing cooperative, accord
ing to Goldrich. include the
Federal Housing Act of 1950 and
programs administrated by the
State Housing Authority. For
property acquisition and
development, the neighborhood
is currently looking to the Small
Business Administration.
Goldrich hopes the ground
work, which he says is being done
slowly and methodically, will help
alleviate concerns city officials
and other neighborhood or
ganizations have over Whiteaker
neighborhood's plans.
Since this is precedent setting
in Eugene," says Goldrich,
There's been some apprehen
sion over its feasibility. We need
to develop these plans on a sound
basis and to communicate the
need and the soundness to other
people, including city officials."
Teacher corps
gets $111,445
to bolster 4-J
The U S. Office of Education
has granted $111,445 to the
University for support of the
Teacher Corps Training Program
— a federal effort to improve
education for the poor — in the
Churchill region of the Eugene
School District 4-J
According to Richard Arends,
professor of education and co
director of the TCTP. the federal
government provides the funding
in accordance with the Elemen
tary and Secondary Education
Act, which requires equal educa
tion for all persons. The current
focus of the program, he says, is
to re-train teaches already
teaching in schools in low income
areas
The University's role in the local
project is two-fold, Arends says.
First, it is working with teachers
at Churchill High School and Jef
ferson and Kennedy Junior High
Schools, providing in-service ad
vice on curriculum development
and new teaching strategies
Secondly, he says, the Univer
sity is training four "corpsmen,'
chosen from a national pool in
much the same way as Peace
Corps volunteers, to serve as in
tern teachers in the same
schools At the end of two years
the corpsmen who also do
graduate study, will be eligible for
a master's degree from the
University, Arends says.
This year marks the 12th cycle
of TCTP since its inception in
1965, according to Arends. Half
of the funding is allotted to the
University and half to the School
District 4-J, he says.
Co-director of the TCTP is Bill
Kutz of the 4-J district.