Mayor asks community to help beautify West University area Mayor Jim Torrey hopes this year’s volunteer cleanup will not he a repeat of last year’s By Eric Collins Community Editor Although willing and able to mow, sweep and weed the entire West University area by himself, Mayor Jim Torrey would really like to do as little work as possi ble on Oct. 18. This is not due to a lack of ini tiative or time; Torrey would simply like to see more residents and students, as well as business owners and community organi zations, take an interest along with him in cleaning up the area they either inhabit or pass through. “This is all our community,” Torrey said. "If we don’t keep it clean, it’s a license for people not to respect it.” As part of the second annual city-organized West University Neighborhood cleanup, volun teers are invited to beautify the area between Kincaid and Pearl streets and 12th through 19th av enues on Oct. 17 and 18. Torrey said last year he was disappointed at the turnout of volunteers, especially because many willing workers didn’t know about the event. On his hands and knees and dressed in a pair of jeans and an old sweat shirt, Torrey said he solicited the help of two University freshmen for three hours, even though the pair had no knowledge of the cleanup. “I believe that if we are going to make this work effectively, we’re really going to have to have [University] students partici pate,” Torrey said. Absent from the news confer ence were the ASUO and OS PIRG, who Thursday were un aware of the cleanup project. Erin Ivory, community service chair for the Interfraternity Coun cil, said fraternity members were involved last year, but the group had not decided if they would lend their participation this year because of a conflicting commu nity-service project. On Thursday, members of the community, including Torrey, gathered in front of Coffee Corner at 13th Avenue and High Street to publicize the West University Neighborhood cleanup a few weeks prior to the event, Kathy Leighton, owner of the coffee shop for 21 years, said keeping a business area clean and free from litter or graffiti is a big job but an important one to keep on top of because of the message it sends. She said she believed the cleanup was a good first step in getting some resi dents to take ownership of their community. Several churches located with in the area have also felt the run down atmosphere linger throughout the neighborhood. Steve Mathison-Bowie, associate pastor at Central Presbyterian Church, said last Thanksgiving he could remember members asking him if it was even safe to visit the church. While he agrees with the effort to beautify the area, he believes a gap exists between church mem bers and the street youth inhabit ing parts of the neighborhood. “It’s not just picking up trash,” Mathison-Bowie said. “It’s learn ing to live with a diversity of peo ple. “Cleaning up the neighbor hood doesn’t mean pushing these people out,” he continued. Although historically an annu al effort among neighborhood residents, the event became a city-organized project last year. It is sponsored by the Eugene Area Chamber of Commerce, Peace Health and the University Small Business Association, as well as others. For more information or to vol unteer, call Kathy Madison at the Eugene Area Chamber of Com merce at 484-1314. CHAD PATTESON/Emerald Mayor Jim Torrey speaks to community members in front of Coffee Comer at 13th Avenue and High Street in order to rally support for the upcoming West University Neighborhood cleanup. 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