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About Oregon daily emerald. (Eugene, Or.) 1920-2012 | View Entire Issue (Oct. 29, 1981)
Residents suggest ways for county to lure dollars By MARIAN GREEN Of ttw Emaraid Lane county citizens got a chance to voice their ideas for economic diversification and im provement at a meeting sponsored by the United Lane Forum Wednesday night The United Lane Forum, an organization open to the public that works to promote positive economic growth anu diversification in Lane County, is composed of citizens, government officials and labor/business officials ‘ You're here to speak to the record which will be distributed to the decision-makers in this community," forum organizer Tom Moreland told the more than 300 audience members at the Lane County Fairgrounds For the next 1'/? hours of the meeting, Mo reland got what he asked for — citizen participa tion ■ All of this (economic diversification plan ning) is of no avail if we don't have access to a lot of creativity — that's what this meeting is about." he said The forum, entitled "A Healthy Economy — Why Is It Important7," included preliminary remarks by Eugene City Council member Gret chen Miller and Oregon AFL-CIO Chairman Irv Fletcher and others Citizens tossed out ideas calling for more positive emphasis on the community by the media, increased support for local small busin esses, expanded agricultural exportation and less reliance on outside forces for community survival Other suggestions included advertising Lane County as an ideal industry location in national magazines and newspapers, borrowing other cities' strategies for economic development and broadening the provincial image of Oregon and Lane County to lure more industry Richard Hersh, University associate provost for graduate research, 6aid the University is a powerful magnet" for attracting industry — such as research organizations — that although labor intensive, do not require special land sites or zoning Furthermore, for years prior to the county's economic downturning, University scientists and researchers have talked with out-of-state organ izations at conventions and seminars Those organizations have expressed interest in locating in Eugene Outside the state, we re acknowledged as one of the best research universities in the country," Hersh said, noting that many industries want to locate near universities with schools of business, science, and law Hersh proposed an on-campus organization to contact those types of industry Audience member Scott Foster received a round of applause for his plan to promote cleaner air by banning cars one Sunday a month from Lane County and to encourage self-sufficiency by growing more organic foods ' People will travel from all over to see what we re doing here," which would bring in more outside money, Foster said In addition, automobile ban violators would be fined $100 (except for medical emergencies), adding even more dollars for the community Eugene resident B J Jones said he and a friend called ABC's 20-20 and Nightline programs to tell them of Lane County's economic problems and were awaiting a reply Jones said he wouldn't give up "I'm from Burns, and I'm not going back I'm staying here no matter what happens." he said enthusiastically The Lane Economic Forum will hold its next forum on diversification Nov 11 Approval is unanimous Law clinic gets faculty OK The faculty of the University law school voted in favor of a resolution supporting the Envir onmental Law Clinic Wednes day An hour's worth of discussion brought suggestions that, if there is no outside funding for the Pacific Northwest Re sources Center, the school would be "cannibalizing Itself by recommending that funds be found regardless of extenuating circumstances After a "straw vote," in which two amendment proposals and several variations of the amendments were considered, the faculty decided unanimous ly in favor of a proposal that kinko's copies »*4f TV &ervi<\ • computerized Xerox • reduction • 2 sided copies • binding • lamination 344-7894 764 E. 13th incorporated suggestions from taw Prof Clark Chapin and several other faculty members The resolution states, in part. 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