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High-tech park underway
By Paul Ertelt
Of the Emerald
Construction on a high-tech park in West
Eugene will create immediate jobs, but there is no
way to predict how many people would eventual
ly be put to work at the site, planners for the pro
ject say.
Construction on the first of five buildings
begins this week at Willow Creek Park at the site
off West 11th Street on Willow Creek Road. The
building and site work for a second structure are
due to be completed in November.
Developers of the project hope to attract
“clean” high-tech industries to the site, such as
manufacturers of computers, electronic equip
ment or pharmaceuticals, says Bill Sloat of the
city’s business assistance team. No tenants have
been lined up for the site yet, but several com
panies have shown an interest, he says.
The park is being heralded as an “incubator”
facility, for entrepreneurs setting up in business
for the first time, or for companies that have
started somewhere else and are looking for a bet
ter location.
“New business can hatch there or can move
there in the embryo stage,” Sloat says.
The building being constructed is basically a
shell that can be adapted to suit the needs of a
variety of tenants, says Tom Moreland, architect
for the project.
“It’s designed to be anything from an office
building to a shipping and receiving office,” he
says. “It’s designed for a mixture of uses; it’s very
flexible.”
Though the project is financed by private in
terests — Gonyea Associates of Eugene — the
developers have worked closely with city and
business leaders in planning the project. Since
the failure rate of new businesses is high, a com
mittee of local business people will screen pro
spective tenants to find businesses they believe
have the best chance of surviving.
Sloat says Eugene has several factors that
make it attractive to new businesses. One factor is
the area’s work force.
“The labor force here has been incredibly
solid,” he says. “We have a solid work ethic.”
Another factor is the proximity of both the
University and Oregon State University. The park
will not compete with the proposed research park
on the Willamette River, Sloat says, but will com
plement it.
Economic realities have changed many peo
ple’s attitudes in the last few years, and more peo
ple are open to this kind of development for
Eugene, he says.
“This city and county desperately need
jobs,” Sloat says. “Young people getting out of
college and high school will no longer have to
move away to find jobs.”
Sloat concedes that many of the newly
created jobs will be relatively low-paying
assembly jobs, but he believes jobs in any form
will be beneficial to the local economy. The na
tion as a whole is going through a “transitional
stage,” he says, and high paying industrial jobs
are fast disappearing.
Though plans have been made to develop on
ly 10 acres of the 210 acre site, Sloat envisions a
future community growing up around the park.
The project probably will cause a rise in local
population, Sloat says, but careful city planning
will prevent Eugene from becoming another
“Silicon Valley.”
Computers in education to be featured
Free computer data base searches, extensive
software and hardware exhibits, and showings of
the latest video and film materials await par
ticipants in the University College of Education’s
fifth annual summer conference.
Emphasizing practical educational applica
tions, “The Computer: Extension of the Human
Mind III” is scheduled for August 1-3 at the
Eugene Community Conference Center on 7th
and Oak. It is sponsored by the University’s
Center for Advanced Technology in Education.
“The conference will address the
significance of the computer as well as the critical
issues related to the impact of the computer in
education,” said Bruce McKinlay, a program
organizer at CATE. “It is for a wide variety of peo
ple, from computer coordinators to teachers and
administrators interested in what computers
mean for their students' futures.”
An exhibit hall will feature presentations by
hardware and software vendors. A theater show
ing the latest video and film materials related to
computers in education will also be available
throughout the conference.
Keynoting the conference will be David G.
Moursund, a University computer science and
education professor who is editor-in-chief of The
Computer Teacher magazine. He will examine
the potential impact of computers and how com
puters can improve education.
CATE will offer hands-on opportunities for
people with various levels of computer expertise
in pre- and post-conference workshops August 1
and 4.
The cost for the main conference is $95 and
$30-45 tor the workshops. Registered students
may attend the conference for $55. For more in
formation, call 686-3405.
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THE AMERICAN RKIJ CROSS
is holding an instructor training
class in home nursing. Anyone
with nursing or home health ex
perience is eligible to take the
course and become a volunteer in
structor. The class will meet from
July 27 to July 29, for a total of 15
hours. For more information, call
The American Red Cross at
344-5244.
THE INTERNATIONAL
TRADE ADMINISTRATION of
fers undergraduates and graduate
students majoring in trade-related
fields the opportunity to gain
paid, hands-on experience in
their field through their Co-op
Education Program. Students
rotate between periods of full- or
part-time work and full-time
study. Co-op employees may be
given the opportunity for employ
ment with ITA following comple
tion of their academic and work
experience requirements. Ap
plications are due on July 27.
Students interested in the pro
gram should contact the Interna
tional Studies Program, 837 PLC,
or call 686-5051.
THE LANE COUNTY SPECIAL
OLYMPICS needs volunteer,
coaches and aides for the Sports
Training Camp July 29 to Aug. 4.
The camp will run two three-day
sessions and will be held at Sky
Camp in Fall Creek. Volunteers
are also needed for summer fund
raising projects. For more infor
mation, call Toni or Cindy at
747-3536.
THE LANE COUNTY RED
CROSS CHAPTER will sponsor a
monthly blood pressure clinic at
the U.S. National Bank in the
Oakway Mall Wednesday beginn
ing at 10 a.m. The screening fee is
$1 per person. For information,
contact Linda Easton at 344-5244.
WHITEBIRD CLINIC will be of
fering their quarterly new
volunteer training program begin
ning July 19. Introductory train
ing is available in community ser
vice, crisis intervention, CPR and
first aid. Credit may be arranged
through the University and Lane
Community College. Please call
for an interview prior to training
sessions. For more information,
call 342-8255.
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