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.
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Dec. 5-6 from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m.
and on Monday, Dec. 7 from 10
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children only on Monday) at the
Drain Civic Center, 205 West
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www.ndpac.org or on Facebook
at North Douglas Performing
Arts Council.
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