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Maurie Jacobs Park construction moving along
By Pat Malach
l meraid Associate hd>u
Construction on the first phase ot .1 three year plan tor the
Maurie ]<tt ohs Park, is under wav
The park, whit h is named alter Kugene business man Maurie |a
cobs, is located along the south hank ot the Willamette River .it the
north end of Adams Street near the ( hvens Rose (larden
Parks Planner |ohn l.ttei said the first phase ot the prujei t is
about half finished lie said the rest of the park plans include 1 ou
st rue ting an 80-( ar parking lot on River Road near the fir Pane six
1 ei field, making lands! aping improvements around the 1 omnium
t\ gardens. 1 onstrm ting a grassy heat h aci ess adding some picnic
tables and paving the north end of Polk Street
' ’ IU that time we should have used up all of tie funds l.ttei
said.
I lie total 1 osl lor all phases ol the prnjei t is estimated at
StLIO.OOO So lai $4811.000 has been raised through private dmia
lions and state funding from the state parks budget Kttei said
about one third ol the monev has come from local businesses and
triends of |ai ohs
Although everything has been going as planned there have been
some complaints raised bv neighbors who want to see the land that
the park will sit on left as it is
It is not a neighborhood park said huge no (its C .mine i I worn
an. Ruth Hasconi. "It is a 1 it\ park for use by everyone U. did
work with neighborhood groups to hear their coni erns lint it is
not a neighborhood park for them to sav to leave it the wav it is
Hast 0111 said part of the controversy stems from the belief that
the park is planned to he a large memorial to |a< ohs I lie park is
furthering the W illamette (ireenwav and honoring one ot the pun
1 ipal pushers for that." she added
jacobs was instrumental in persuading private parties to donate
the land along the Willamette to the city .4 I tigene a I aue 1 nun
ty Has! urn said He also worked with Alton Baker to gain m 1 to
t'h«tn hv Hifll M*illhpHH
Work /jus begun on Mamie jatohs Park, dedtt ated to the
mcmor\ ot the Lite hugene businessman, (tn the \\ illamette
River neat the rose gardens in northeast Pugene.
t!t*■ park lands winch hears Maker s name ‘Without his efforts
there would he no public land along the river, it would all he pi 1
\ ale
He twisted arms raised money and got owners to believe the
land should he publn property Hast om said "lie nrvrr did it lor
his own good hut out of t one ern tor the publn interest
Rut her than have one memorial. Mamie would rather see < on
tinned park development, l.tter said
He added that the memorial portion of the park used only one
sixth ot the projei ts budget
The small promontory, winch will cost $t>H.l~l overlooks the
river and is intended to he .in intimate spate Lite! said It you
had six people out there you would tee! t rowded
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