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Springfield busily woos hospital for Glenwood.

Publication: The Register-Guard (Eugene, OR)
Publication Date: 30-SEP-05 		Format: Online
Delivery: Immediate Online Access
Full Article Title: Springfield busily woos hospital for Glenwood.(Health)(City officials offer to use condemnation and to set up meetings between developers and the Triad chain)

Article Excerpt
Byline: Joe Harwood The Register-Guard

SPRINGFIELD - When Triad Hospitals Inc. opened the door last week to building a new McKenzie-Willamette Medical Center in Glenwood, city officials quickly sought to pull them in.

Not only would a $225 million for-profit health care facility inflate Springfield's tax base, it could ignite redevelopment of the shabby Glenwood district, further helping city coffers.

With such a huge payoff within its grasp, Springfield intends to compete vigorously for the hospital, Mayor Sid Leiken said Thursday.

To facilitate a deal, city officials will set up meetings between Triad executives and developers interested in working in Glenwood, according to a letter the city sent Triad last week. In the same letter, in response to questions from Triad, the city outlined how redevelopment in Glenwood might work, and noted that the City Council could use condemnation to assemble a hospital site.

Triad initiated...

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