This week's newsletter includes important dates coming up over the next few weeks, including the closing of our last questionnaire and a revised City Council date of October 24 for multi-family housing options. This newsletter also includes information about the 7th pillar of Envision Eugene, Flexible Implementation and links to an exciting new project in Downtown Eugene. You can always find the latest information about Envision Eugene by visiting our website.

The Expansion Areas questionnaire will close at midnight on October 19th. Please watch this video, if you haven't already, complete the questionnaire, and share it with your friends. 

To learn more about this decision, visit our multi-family options website or watch this video. The agenda and materials for the work session will be available at this link on Friday, October 21st.  As always, visit our website for the latest information about Envision Eugene and don't hesitate to contact us with questions, concerns and input. Thank you!

The final pillar of Envision Eugene is Flexible Implementation. This pillar speaks to the need to monitor growth in the community and ensure that change and development are supporting the best outcomes of the six other pillars of Envision Eugene. 

We can forecast growth, plan for change and model the impacts of policies. But, as with any prediction, we don't always get it right and outside forces influence local trends. That is why we need to monitor growth, respond to emerging trends, and adjust our assumptions and our strategies when needed.

As part of Envision Eugene we will develop a growth monitoring program after we adopt our UGB. Council has directed that monitoring begin upon UGB adoption, and that the first reporting should occur within three years. Thereafter, the City should evaluate the effectiveness of our strategies every 5 years. We will collect and track key information related to our population growth, our supply of buildable land, housing trends, economic development, parks, 20 minute neighborhoods, and the effectiveness of our strategies to create more room for jobs and homes (e.g. development incentives and zoning code changes). And, we will make this information available in clear, publicly available reports.

You can click on the infographic to learn more about flexible implementation or visit our website at envisioneugene.org.

We thought you might also be interested in a new initiative in downtown Eugene. The City of Eugene is partnering with Project for Public Spaces to bring you Places for People, an effort  to make our downtown public spaces more safe, vibrant and welcoming.  There are a number of events happening in Eugene next week and an ongoing questionnaire. Check out the project website for more details.

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