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8A COTTAGE GROVE SENTINEL November 18, 2015 B EYOND THE G ROVE LORANE COUNTRY NEWS Impactful news from Lane County and surrounding communities Development of Creswell's economy gets a hand BY JON STINNETT The Cottage Grove Sentinel T ourism and economic development initiatives in Creswell are getting a boost from a brand-new position cre- ated specifi cally by the City of Creswell for the purpose. Maia Hardy came to Creswell from Multnomah County last September as the city’s RARE (Resource Assistance for Rural photo by Jon Stinnett Environments) intern, and she’s been hired full-time to encour- Maia Hardy was hired full- age economic development ef- time to promote economic development and tourist fective Oct. 1. Hardy explained that she’s initiatives in Creswell. been hired to provide capacity at both the City and Creswell’s Chamber of Commerce, in ad- dition to serving as a liaison between the two organizations. “Creswell doesn’t have an organization News and notes from our neighbor to the north that focuses on eco- nomic development,” ment.” she said. “There are new board Recent initiatives have in- members and a new adminis- cluded bringing a foreclosure trator at the Chamber, and I’ve prevention workshop to town, been helping them incubate a lot in addition to a micro-enter- of projects.” prise workshop that took place And according to City Ad- last month. Grant funding for ministrator Michelle Amberg, tourism initiatives is also being Hardy is “doing a great job.” sought, funding that is slated to “These are things that always fund a partnership with Travel needed to be done, but there Oregon to create a “passport” was never anyone who had the program that will encourage time to do them,” Amberg said. visits to Creswell-area farms “We’ve needed to add people in and other businesses, the “Farm, the area of economic develop- Forks and Fermentation” pro- Concerning gram. Amberg said that Hardy has also worked to identify and help promote Creswell’s un- der-utilized commercial lands and buildings, which includes the effort to bring an Oregon State Police command center to the old Ray’s building. The City hopes to hear news of that effort in the near future. Hardy and City Planner Maddie Phil- lips are working together on an economic development analysis for the City’s comprehensive plan that should be completed in December, and students from Oregon State University have helped work on a plan to pro- mote development at the Creswell Airport. Hardy explained that economic devel- opment in Creswell has been “very touch and go.” A few years ago, Bi- Mart and Ray’s went up and things explod- ed,” she said. “But then the bub- ble burst. In the last two years, though, there’s been a lot more development. Creswell has also struggled with retail leakage, as about 2500 people leave here every day to go work, and often shop, in Eugene and Springfi eld. We’re pushing projects that we think are important to this com- munity, that we haven’t had the staff to support.” BY LIL THOMPSON For the Sentinel T hose who missed the meeting on Mon- day at Lorane Grange can attend the next one on Thursday, Nov. 19 at Applegate Elementary at 5 p.m. It aims to provide infor- mation on prospective improvements to Crow High School and Applegate Elementary and an opportunity to learn about the master plan and meet the architect. I hope to see everyone at the Lorane Grange spaghetti dinner and bingo night this Friday, Nov. 20. Dinner is at 5:30 p.m. with bingo beginning at 6:30 p.m. Be sure to put non per- ishable goods for the Christmas baskets in any of the boxes in the organizations in the Lorane Community. These will all go into for those within the community in Lorane. Those who know of anyone in need can call Jim Baylor or the district offi ce. Everything is kept in the strictest confi dence. Crow High School se- nior class is taking orders for two different sizes of Christmas wreaths to be picked up on Sun- day, Dec. 7. One is a basic 22-24-inch wreath for $20, and the other is 26-28 inches for $35. Order forms can be fi lled in and dropped off with payment by noon on Nov. 30. Another dental visit? Turns out, you have better things to do with your time. Creswell R estaurant The North Douglas Perform- ing Arts Council and The Drain Chamber of Commerce presents a model train show, the Holiday Preview for Train Lovers of All Ages, on Saturday and Sunday, Dec. 5-6 from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. and on Monday, Dec. 7 from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. (for grade-school children only on Monday) at the Drain Civic Center, 205 West A Street in Drain. Admission is free. Questions can be di- rected to Joe and Jackie Burres, 541-836-2505 or the website at www.ndpac.org or on Facebook at North Douglas Performing Arts Council. G U I D E Drain train show We know your time is valuable. 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