8A | THURSDAY, DECEMBER 19, 2019 | COTTAGE GROVE SENTINEL
SVRA receives donation from
Trinity Women In Mission
S
outh Valley Resource Alliance (SVRA) Board
President Sara Simochko receives a check
for $1,750 from Peggy Brown (back) of Trinity
Women in Mission. SVRA Board members Lois
Inmann (left), Eileen O’Rourke (center) and
Megan Vanderpool (right) joined in the presen-
tation. Trinity Lutheran Church members raised
the funds from their Christmas Treasures Sale
and donated half to SVRA to continue its efforts
to feed local residents. SVRA holds a
twice-monthly free food distribution for
income-eligible community members who are
hungry or have food insecurity. The food distri-
bution program is held the first and third
Fridays of each month at the Cottage Grove
Community Center, 700 E. Gibbs Ave. For more
information about SVRA or to donate, visit
www. southvalleyresourcealliance.org
541-726-7689 541-942-9635
Eugene/Springfi eld Cottage Grove
What’s
Rotary?
We focus our time, energy, and efforts on
service projects encompassing:
Local Projects: High School Scholarships, Bike
Helmets for Lincoln Middle School, Literacy,
Aquatic Center Mural, downtown Bike Lockers
and Playground Equipment for Coiner Park
Global Projects: Thai Library Project, Clean
Water in Central America
Become a member today.
Rotary Club of Cottage Grove meets
every Thursday at Noon at
El Tapatio Mexican Restaurant.
Contact Karol Kuhn Simons
rotary424cg@gmail.com
Service Above Self
COURTESY PHOTO
MUPTE from A1
analysis released this year
recommended that the city
would have to build 69
units per year to meet its
20-year housing goals.
The housing needs anal-
ysis also identifi ed a partic-
ular need for housing that
is affordable to low- and
middle-income households
as well as a greater range
of housing types.
“It’s
desperate
out
there,” said Councilor
Mike Fleck during the
council meeting. “I’m
here to tell you it’s a huge
problem and we need to
do something about it.
We have also not built an
apartment complex in this
town since the 1980s. …
And we need a carrot to
incentivize these kinds of
developments.”
While the MUPTE pro-
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gram exempts qualifi ed
developments from paying
property taxes for up to 10
years, its core theory rests
on the idea that the exemp-
tion will generate more tax
revenue in the long run by
making projects fi nancial-
ly feasible. Without fi nan-
cial feasibility, the projects
may not be built and the
city would ultimately miss
out on the potential tax
revenue. In effect, it would
reduce the opportunity cost
of a stagnating develop-
ment rate.
“If you truly have an is-
sue in which lots are not
being developed … they
are going to sit at their
current tax vacancy for a
long-term duration,” said
City Planner Amanda Fer-
guson. “[MUPTE] is basi-
cally to create an environ-
ment in which those larger
developments can occur,
because otherwise the
properties are just going to
sit vacant.”
A downtown lot on Main
Street between Sixth and
Seventh streets, for exam-
ple, has remained vacant
since 1985.
“It’s been really chal-
lenging trying to encour-
age developers, particu-
larly from out of town, to
come to Cottage Grove,”
said Ferguson. “Because
without any recent exam-
ples of multi-family hav-
ing been built, you can’t
get any cross-compara-
bles. ... It’s a catch-22 that
we’re caught in. We need
to fi gure out some way to
change that paradigm to
encourage that fi rst set of
people who are going to
build multi-family.”
Similar programs have
been implemented in Sa-
lem and Eugene with
apparent success. Since
1978, Eugene’s MUPTE
program has incentivized
28 residential projects,
adding 1,490 units to its
housing stock. Salem has
seen seven residential proj-
ects since 1976, creating
748 units in its downtown
core.
The Cottage Grove pro-
gram is intended to enable
a denser downtown as
well, which would hypo-
thetically reduce the av-
erage vehicle usage in the
city and encourage more
economic activity in the
city center.
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COTTAGE GROVE:
6th & Gibbs Church of Christ
195 N. 6th St. • 541-942-3822
10:00am
Christian Education:
Pre-K through 5th
www.6thandgibbs.com
First Presbyterian Church
3rd and Adams St
541-942-4479
Rev.: Karen Hill
Worship: 10:00am
Sunday School: 10:00am
fpcgrove.com
Calvary Baptist Church
77873 S 6th St • 541-942-4290
Pastor: Riley Hendricks
Sunday School: 9:45am
Worship: 11:00am
The Journey: Sunday 5:00pm
Praying Thru Life: Wednesday 6:00pm
Hope Fellowship
United Pentecostal Church
100 S. Gateway Blvd.
541-942-2061
Pastor: Dave Bragg
Worship: 11:00am Sunday
Bible Study: 7:00pm Wednesday
www.hopefellowshipupc.com
“FINDING HOPE IN YOUR LIFE”
Church of Christ
420 Monroe St • 541-942-8565
Sunday Service: 10:30am
Cottage Grove Bible Church
1200 East Quincy Avenue
541-942-4771
Pastor:Bob Singer
Worship 11am
Sunday School:9:45am
AWANA age 3-8th Grade,
Wednesdays Sept-May, 6:30pm
www.cgbible.org
Cottage Grove Faith Center
33761 Row River Rd.
541-942-4851
Lead Pastor: Kevin Pruett
www.cg4.tv
Full Childrenʼs Ministry available
Services: 9:00am & 10:45am
Delight Valley
Church of Christ
33087 Saginaw Rd. East
541-942-7711 • Pastor: Bob Friend
Two Services:
9am - Classic in the Chapel
10:30am - Contemporary in the
Auditorium
First Baptist Church
301 S. 6th st • 541-942-8242
Pastor: David Chhangte
Sunday School 9:30am
Worship Service 10:30am
Youth Wednesday 6:30pm
cgfi rstbaptist.com
St. Philip Benizi, Creswell
552 Holbrook Lane
Sunday 8:30 AM
St. Andrews Episcopal Church
1301 W. Main • 541-767-9050
Rev. Lawrence Crumb
“Church with the fl ags.”
Worship: Sunday 10:30am
All Welcome
Seventh-day Adventist Church
820 South 10th Street
541-942-5213
Pastor: Kevin Miller
Bible Study: Saturday, 9:15 am
Worship Service: Saturday, 10:40
Mid-week Service: Wednesday, 1:00
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community have voiced
support for the program.
“The high cost of hous-
ing in Cottage Grove has
restricted growth and has
been a hindrance to the
health and vitality of our
community,” wrote Cot-
tage Grove Community
Development Corporation
Chair Matt Parsons in a
letter to the city. “Allow-
ing for different housing
options encourages devel-
opment, not only for low
income, but affordable
housing for all.”
Local developer Len
Blackstone raised the des-
perate need for housing in
the community at the Dec.
9 City Council meeting.
“The vacancy factor in
this community is zero,
practically speaking,” he
said. “It’s actually negative
if there’s the possibility of
having negative vacancy
because … every year we
lose about 15 school teach-
ers in our school district
because they can’t fi nd
housing.”
Former Mayor Jim Gil-
roy also spoke in support
of the program, encourag-
ing the council to consider
the housing health of the
community.
Outgoing Chamber of
Commerce
Executive
Director Travis Palmer
praised the program as
well, citing the program’s
strength in addressing the
city’s needs.
“Housing is incredibly
tight in Cottage Grove,”
he said. “We need hous-
ing and we need it yester-
day.”
Come experience our new laser
Living Faith Assembly
467 S. 10th St. • 541-942-2612
Trinity Lutheran Church
Worship Services Sundays: 9a & 11a 6th & Quincy • 541-942-2373
Youth Worship Sundays: 11a (all
Pastor: James L. Markus
ages welcome)
Sunday School & Adult Education
Mondays: 5:30p (6th-12th grades) 9:15am
Sunday Worship 10:30 am
Non-Denominational
Comm. Kitchen Free Meal Tue & Thur
Church of Christ
5:00pm TLC Groups
1041 Pennoyer Ave
tlccg.com
541-942-8928
Preacher: Tony Martin
United Methodist Church
Sunday Bible Study:10:00am
334 Washington 541-942-3033
Sunday Worship:10:50am & 5:30pm New Pastor Craig Pesti- Strobel
www.pennoyeravecoc.com
Worship 10:30am
umcgrove.org
Old Time Gospel Fellowship
103 S. 5th St. • 541-942-4999
“VICTORY” Country Church
Pastor: Jim Edwards
913 S. 6th Street • 541-942-5913
Sunday Service: 10:00am
Pastor: Barbara Dockery
Join in Traditional Christian Worship Worship Service: 10:00am
Message: “WE BELIEVE IN
Our Lady of Perpetual Help MIRACLES”
and St. Philip Benizi
Catholic Churches
1025. N. 19th St.
541-942-3420
Father John J. Boyle
Holy Mass:
Saturday Vigil – 5:30 PM
Sunday – 10:30 PM
For weekday and Holy Day of
Obligation schedule see website
OLPHCG.net
Confession: 4 PM to 5 PM
Saturdays or by appointment
CRESWELL:
Creswell Presbyterian Church
75 S 4th S • 541-895-3419
Rev. Seth Wheeler
Adult Sunday School 9:15am
Sunday Worship Service 10:30 am
website www.creswellpres.org
Brent Bitner, DDS
Our Worship Directory is a weekly feature in this
newspaper. If your congregation
would like to be a part of this directory,
contact us today!
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