With a vote Monday, Eugene city councilors made a substantial investment in downtown’s future.
How substantial? About $8.6 million more substantial than they thought.
The councilors made the right call in coughing up more urban renewal funds to get the 1059 Willamette project over its financing hurdle. With the money now in hand, developers could start work in August turning the former Lane Community College downtown center into 133 units of market rate and low-income housing…