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Neighbors press park purchase plan.

Publication: The Register-Guard (Eugene, OR)
Publication Date: 08-FEB-05 		Format: Online
Delivery: Immediate Online Access
Full Article Title: Neighbors press park purchase plan.(Government)(With a developer set to put homes on about 40 forested acres off Dillard Road, residents lobby the city to condemn the site)

Article Excerpt
Byline: Edward Russo The Register-Guard

Towering Douglas firs and craggy, moss-covered maples stand on the steep slopes of the second-largest privately owned, undeveloped parcel in south Eugene.

At almost 40 acres, the land has a running stream and wetlands. It is close to where Amazon Creek runs down from its headwaters in the south hills and empties into the narrow channel hemmed in by East and West Amazon drives.

Local residents want that 40 acres to remain in its present natural condition. Many of them walk the property, enjoying its tranquillity.

"You can stroll back here for an hour or so and get lost if you want to," said Lisa Warnes, who lives on Nectar Way, which backs onto the land.

But residents appear to face an uphill battle in their preservation efforts. The land is owned by an Aurora-based developer who plans to put houses on the property.

That's not stopping Warnes and other neighbors. They've started lobbying the City Council to...



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