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as well as the system that is the Cottage Grove Plan-
ning Department. The project, since named Cottage
Village, has yet to apply for any permits to begin
construction within the city. Under the terms of the
grant received to purchase the land, Cottage Village
must be complete by the summer of 2018. An esti-
mated $800,000 is needed to complete construction
and while the project has since received additional
grants totaling $100,000, it is still short of its fund-
raising goal.
GREG LEE
Bohemia Mining Days garnered the same fl ood of visitors it has for
decades when it set up shop in Cottage Grove this summer.
school’s poor condition and inevitable repairs that
would have to be made to continue its operation.
Armed with the knowledge that some parents may pull
their students and enroll them in the new Harrison, the
board scheduled a more in-depth conversation for its
January meeting.
Douglas County Libraries
In January, the Douglas County Commission heard
from residents who had braved a snowstorm to beg the
body not to close the county’s library system. The de-
cision, however, was clear: there was no money to con-
tinue operating the facilities after voters turned down a
measure in November that would have levied a 44 cent
per $1,000 of homes assessed values. Libraries began
closing in May including facilities in Yoncalla and
Drain closed, as well as the main branch in Roseburg.
An effort to raise funds through taxes has cropped up
in Drain by Friends of the Margaret Whipple Library
while Yoncalla’s library is currently operating with the
help of volunteers.
Tiny Houses
It started with a contentious community meeting to
explain the mission: to create homes for the homeless.
Neighbors turned out in droves to hear what the Cot-
tage Village Coalition had to say about the then 14-
home project slated for E. Madison Ave. The coalition
had teamed with SquareOne, a Eugene-based nonprofi t
and used a grant awarded to the company to purchase
the lot on Madison—a move kept private until the sale
was fi nal. Residents of the neighborhood chastised the
group for not notifying homeowners in the area soon-
er while the coalition contended it was under no legal
obligation to do so. The project has since moved to
a 13-tiny home plan and has shifted from catering to
homeless individuals to those in danger of becoming
homeless or those on a fi xed income. The property,
according to neighbors, still has obstacles to overcome
including a fl ooding problem every winter and spring
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Faye Stewart
On March 21, former Lane
County Commissioner Faye
Stewart tearfully resigned his
county seat to take a position
with the city of Cottage Grove.
Stewart would head the newly
formed planning and commu-
nity development department
that was created after the
heads of both planning and community development
retired. Stewart’s resignation sparked a rush for his
seat which, under statute, was to be fi lled by the
commission. Cindy Weeldryer, Mike Fleck and Gary
Williams of Cottage Grove threw their hats into the
ring with half a dozen other applicants. After exten-
sive talk of diversifying the Lane County Commis-
sion, the body opted instead, to appoint Williams,
creating an all-male board.
During his nine months with the city, Stewart has
worked on multiple projects including a fencing
project for a new Bohemia Mining Days concert, a
sever water main break that caused residents to lose
belongings and suffer damage to their homes, and
working towards streamlining the planning process
for potential investors and builders.
Bohemia Mining Days
Every summer, Cottage Grove fi lls with tourists
seeking the same four-day event that has run for
more than four decades. Bohemia Mining Days
competes with the Oregon State Fair and the W.O.E.
Fair, costing organizers approximately $50,000 to
put on. This year, the BMD welcomed a private
concert by the band Home Free as a way to help give
the festival a fi nancial boost. Organizer and former
BMD board member Joel Reiten paid for the concert
out of pocket, promising to return all but what it cost
and 10 percent to the festival.
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