A new affordable housing development in the works in Springfield will be called Sawyer Station as a nod to the city’s lumber heritage.
That’s according to Darcy Phillips, executive director of Cornerstone Community Housing, the local affordable housing developer working on the project. Phillips said Sawyer Station will bring a new vibrant community to Main Street.
“[Sawyers] were the craftsmen who cut and shaped the timber,” Phillips told Lookout Eugene-Springfield. “It was so central to the city’s early growth, and we just felt like that nod really made sense for honoring the legacy and heritage of Springfield.”…