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About Oregon daily emerald. (Eugene, Or.) 1920-2012 | View Entire Issue (May 7, 1992)
Citv Council candidates plan to aid economy By Gerr ! Koepp ’ q , n ■■■ , I R#f As t h f rare lor the I. u g « ri a (lily ( uititi Wald H sent Ilf.Its Up, i t) f ipiestion nl 1 h i: vi a \ serins to be how to revitalize the ailing duwmtow n r< • aiomy bai li ot the four (andldates has put forward plans In solve wh.it all agree is a pressing problem Thomas Slot aim ■ ml down town needs to emphasize and I'm on rage ( ommeli ia I develop men! to hall what he calls an urban spraw l of mini marts and shopping ( enters He said more people working downtown would ( reale ih( reased truffli that would stimulate business es Me said plans that stmiulat ed nfllv retail businesses are part of tile reason lugnne is falling As an example. Sim mu men Miiry HiKi/iktowcz tiol.i .I j.,i: ;1 >; I!i iltm II liiM ii l.ugenr vs fin h In- i .il it■■ 1 .in unfiiit siib-Milv fur rriiiilrrs Sim um said dmvntuwn jimp crtv iiwihth wen tusrd to suji jiiirl Ini parking in dmvnluwn Kugrnr fur retail i tisiutni'rs. .shill- l OUillii'M l.l I i lll|)lm ITS still had tu fun !• r tlunr i-m Jill >\ ITS j nit > . I i . ■ i III 1 II N tsillij.il- ' ' i'-.ivn ill -.s nli.vs n iinii thus hri'-in tin' Thomas Slocum iitri'iil d<iwim ml spiriil, Slo ( ill!) said ! i;i [irtm.irv fanl! !>>r this is in j -r udnunisimtiun and 1m i .ms*- i ShxIv vs.uiis lo under si . .1 trliill doesn't lifivi' ,l dnwntuvs n. Slot uni said M.irv Hiniztkit'vvH / also has i i.u: ! ; tlii- downtown area she -,a : in sJimulale ni’arhv : .. I)! i\ r Street, which i-d i u (hi , should be Nancy Nalhanson reopened to automobiles She also san) she would support the opening of a runs downtown h hrarv "I would like to i rente a unti|ueness to downtown, Hudzikiewu / said Part of that, she said, would ini hide Irving to create a Satur day Market 'feel to the down town area by encouraging such businesses as speciality restnu f* *1rf' * v* TW H* CtfftyM ^ GO AHEAD. MAKE YOUR DAY. Nutt 1!i' K ir >:.!• s .l ir jw-rv.na! ; .vr T! al's right Vv, w; |i-w 1 □ ~3 "1 □ (it ■! *•> !(»• das the Wtvk. tiii >r Hit- wln'i*’ yr.tr \ m i ,u (’hit: in r* ' urru.y .••! : ,t wtvkly hi so > Ms '>r ' ' !:.S ! l.lSlN n 'int aianns to k«*p fn>n» ■ fiti'itin.t; tiling \i *i *11ij! *s \ Mb from .t menaf! * * * ■ t .t! n:'a!>'ii i haractm that .«• r.t!:i!: :: ap|»'.train t‘s i>ti . >t;r M-reeii. N a' i’ : s . d aa'days • \s ssi.i: you run out of trt ".ins' In-' -ui a n-fiii and • 0 .tils in . me!-, at it v rati h ,i aits 'hr oitih ai. tii'T soar ama/.fliic Mac DO S W*do*’ *• ► ^ Tin- F;ir Side i <>mputer Calendar isa\.i.;.t!>l»‘at ><»ur dealer Ureal 1 MKI :k»T-4S02 lH*pU‘(). If We Wl*rv >(>U,We Wouldn't wait another day TV--days,max I **spf\4 F&toad ■ ■: •*-. .**•*; Su*.:* : jmt tfu+f**rk i* rants i alike s!t« utn. sfn- fccis residential .uni small retail should he em i aged i< . hard S/.akulski said l! w i aid i ■ a waste ol badly needed mnne\ to open Olive street He also said bugene did not have enough funds at this ; i me to open a new library Thev’re going to have to raise property taxes to pay for it. and this vs ill mean pric ing people out ol the market." S/akalski said I he result, he said, would be even more damage to the downtown area S/akalski has other plans He said he would save liugem: money by privatizing the Hull ( enter and eliminating the sis tercity projer t Any programs we had going need to lie looked at structural ly and need to lie examined to see if there is any overlap," S/akalski said Nancy Nathanson said a good deal, of downtown's problems lie in the lethargy of ( ity gov ernment When the process gets bogged down, voters get dis mayed and the economy fal ters," Nathanson said She vowed to streamline the i ity council and lead it in more aggressive dei isiotr making But the downtown economy is tus! one ol the issues facing these candidates Nathanson is also pushing lor the opening of a fire station within Ward H, which she said would tor rease lire and modi cal response lime Another goal is to improve and beautify the Amazon yva lerwttv. so it is valued (or more than a flood-control ditc h, she said 1 want H in In' a source ol [iruic lor hugene.” Nathanson said S/akalski has u plan lor homeless families His plan rails lot a program that would loan homeless families enough money for deposit and hrst arid last-month's rent on an apartment or house Hi' said families couId pay ba( k the money when they are able TO rats e r e v e n u e . H., !/:klew ir/. said she would a i votrale a . ounly yy ule s.i irs tax Ini! is opposed to taxing businesses inuimi1 (ould also be gath ered by raising the rental his for the Hull < enter, hut she said site would try to keep the rent stable for groups th.it are un able to pay higher rents She also i ailed for the promotion of the Kiyerlront Research Park as a way to stimulate the local e. onomy Cash For Textbooks Mon. Sat Smith Kamil\ Bookstore 768 E. 13th 1 Block From Campus 345-1651 '^FTookmg for a good <J—P Chock tho Emormtd ADS
