NEWS:

New “Eye to Eye” Campaign to Help Make Roads Safer (GEARS, August 12,2008)
Eye to Eye is a new multi-city road safety campaign created to foster a culture of awareness and respect on our roadways and shared paths and to make the streets of our communities safer for motorists, cyclists and pedestrians. The City of Eugene is partnering with the Greater Eugene Area Riders (GEARs), the Bicycle Transportation Alliance (BTA) and other groups to launch this campaign. (more...)

Editorial: Headwaters head-spin - Controversial deal will be part of mayor’s race (Register Guard - August 8, 2008)
The next generation of Eugene voters will surely thank Mayor Kitty Piercy for supporting the $1.6 million purchase of 40 acres in the Amazon Creek headwaters. As population increases and development continue to gobble up precious urban open space and drive up land prices, preservation of the pristine forestland in Eugene’s south hills will look wiser with each passing year. (more...)

Mayor supports downtown crackdown (Register Guard - August 9, 2008)
The Eugene City Council appears ready to pass a scaled-down ordinance to let judges ban people from downtown for committing certain crimes. (more...)

Mayor Kitty Piercy praises EWEB at national public utility conference (EWEB Newsletter July 24, 2008)
Mayor Kitty Piercy discussed the many ways the City of Eugene and EWEB
collaborate to “Build a Sustainable Community for the Future” in front of a
crowd of more than 500 industry professionals at the American Public Power
Association’s (APPA) 2008 National Conference in New Orleans this past
June. (more...)

City approves Amazon deal (Register Guard - August 6, 2008)
"My two objectives all along have been to preserve this piece of the Amazon Creek head waters property for future generations and to do so while honoring the voters’ intent for all the uses of the parks bond funds,” Piercy said. “This acquisition achieves both of those purposes. I greatly appreciate the ad hoc advisory committee for helping to clarify the issues and also the staff’s work as good stewards of public resources in successfully negotiating this purchase.” (more...)

Expanded Pothole Program Hits the Streets
Eugene’s expanded pothole repair program is gearing up and will hit the streets next week. (more...)

Council chooses developer (Register Guard - July 31, 2008)
Presented with two strong downtown development proposals, the Eugene City Council on Wednesday picked a local developer to build apartments and offices at West 10th Avenue and Charnelton Street. (more...)

The source of the oil matters (Register Guard - July 29, 2008)
“As I work here at home to reduce our carbon emissions and become less dependent on fossil fuels I have learned more about how we need to think about the best options to pursue,” Mayor Piercy told me. “I’ve learned we need to be more transparent in how we make decisions about what we purchase.” (more...)

Downtown plans gain traction - Portland developer buys empty pit, vacant building (Register Guard - July 12, 2008)
Many see a trash-strewn empty pit and a vacant building at Broadway and Willamette street, in the heart of downtown Eugene.

“This is a great day for Eugene...an important point in the redevelopment of our downtown.” --Kitty Piercy, MAYOR (more...)

Next up: City planners endorse proposal for student apartments (Register Guard - July 12, 2008)
Eugene planners recommend that the City Council pick a Portland developer to build 201 student apartments on the excavated pit and parking lots north of Eugene’s public library. (more...)

City plans to repave roads plus fill hole (Register Guard - July 7, 2008)
With an extra $1 million to spend during the next 12 months, Eugene’s public works crews could patch a lot of potholes. (more...)

Guest Viewpoint: Let’s cooperate to solve traffic problem.
By Kitty Piercy and Jack Roberts (Register Guard - July 7, 2008)
What can people accomplish when they put differences behind them and look for solutions together? Perhaps they will be able to solve the serious long-term traffic and transportation problems in west Eugene. (more...)

What Lies Ahead - Truth spins out in mayor race (Eugene Weekly - June 12, 2008)
From police to potholes, slippery spin abounds in the tight race that continues on to November between Jim Torrey and Kitty Piercy. 

What follows is a guide to rhetoric and reality for voters to avoid the hazards to truth on the road to the run-off election for mayor. (more...)

New challenges call for a fresh approach to governing By Kitty Piercy and Marie Due (Register Guard - June 6, 2008)
Challenges offer opportunities for people to talk and work together, and to do things better and smarter. We in Lane County have the opportunity to choose how we manage the challenges confronting us. (more...)

Police review needs time - Eugene activists offer a timely defense of the system (Register Guard - June 5, 2008)
“...Piercy has left no doubt about her unqualified support and her resolve to give the system the time and backing it needs to build a solid foundation. Without such support from the mayor and other officials, there’s little chance the system can provide the accessible, impartial and transparent oversight that’s essential to restoring and maintaining this community’s trust in its police.”

“Torrey says police oversight has been turned into a “political football” by its proponents and the union. He’s right about the union, although it’s unclear what auditor proponents have done other than back a system mandated by voters. Actually, it’s Torrey who is playing punt and catch with the program by proposing that a citizen panel review it and recommend changes, instead of giving a system that’s still in its infancy time to mature.”   (more...)

The development firm on Friday signed a long-awaited deal with the city of Eugene, clearing the way for the $3.6 million purchase of properties at Broadway and Willamette Street. (more...)

Hospital revisits Eugene’s city center (Register Guard - May 23, 2008)
McKenzie-Willamette Medical​ Center is looking again at downtown Eugene for its new hospital site.

McKenzie-Willamette officials on Thursday said they are interested in building on property in downtown Eugene that includes a medical clinic operated by PeaceHealth — McKenzie-Willamette’s chief rival in the local health care market. (more...)

Those conditions are part of a proposed deal between the city of Eugene and Beam Development of Portland to buy and renovate the Centre Court building at Broadway and Willamette Street, in the heart of the city. (more...)