THe Latest from Downtown Eugene
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Eugene Marathon in Downtown Eugene
Eugene Marathon is once again here in Tracktown! We’re excited to welcome nearly 15,000 participants from 29 countries to Eugene for this truly special event. Locals and visitors alike running one of the 4 races this weekend are invited to visit Downtown Eugene. Downtown is home to the best shopping, dining and performing arts that…
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April 2025 Placemaking Update
Just over a year ago, we met at the Farmers Market Pavilion to explore placemaking between 5th Ave and the core of downtown along Oak and Pearl. Since then, we’ve taken incremental steps to stitch downtown together through a more cohesive and inviting public realm, and I wanted to provide a brief update on those…
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Community Collaboration Brings Holiday Cheer to Downtown Eugene
Eugene, OR – December 5, 2024 – The Eugene Area Chamber of Commerce, in partnership with Downtown Eugene Merchants, Downtown Eugene Inc., Sierra Pacific Foundation, Lane Community College and EWEB, is proud to announce the arrival of a holiday tree in Kesey Square. This festive addition symbolizes the power of community collaboration and marks the…
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Halloween Downtown Winners & Sponsors
Thank you to everyone who came out for Halloween Downtown, an incredible event put on by the City of Eugene’s Cultural Services team. This event wouldn’t be possible if not for the incredible downtown businesses who contributed prizes and open their doors for eager trick-or-treaters. Prize baskets included: Thank you to all of our sponsors:
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2024 Downtown Program Fund Applications Open
Each year, the City of Eugene’s Cultural Services division awards grants for programming downtown. Up to $5,000 will be awarded per project to individuals or organizations who wish to produce their own quality programming in public spaces. The goal of the grants is to fund cultural events and art installations within downtown Eugene. More details…
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Downtown Eugene Merchants Memberships Available Online
To ensure that being a Downtown Eugene Merchants member is easy and accessible to all business owners downtown, we’ve moved our membership management online! Your DEM membership will now be managed at downtowneugene.com by clicking “Member Login” in the bottom right corner. You can also simply bookmark this link. Here in 2024, as everyone comes…
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Construction Update – August 10th
You can click on the hyperlinked Street Name to access the project info sheet. If you have questions about a given project, please email the associated project manager. To request to be added to the mailing list for these updates, email whamilton@eugene-or.gov. 8th Avenue Update for 8/10 – Project Manager: Rachael Love – rlove@eugene-or.gov Wildish…
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Crowd Pleasers
The Davis Restaurant’s diverse menu has something for everyone BY CARA ROBERTS MUREZ For The Register-Guard MARCH 7, 2018 Original story ran here. The Davis Restaurant has evolved since it first opened in 2007. The name — for one — is different. It used to be Davis’ Restaurant, but people found that harder to…
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Tech Tours in downtown Eugene draws large crowd
Tech tour showcases fastest-growing, highest-paying sector of Eugene economy Karen Richards, KLCC September 20, 2017 Original link here Tech companies are more common in Lane County than you might expect, and industry jobs are not all about programming computers. That’s the message the Technology Association of Oregon wants to deliver at Thursday’s tech tours in…
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City Efforts to Improve Downtown
Downtown Eugene is showing signs of improvement Originally posted by, KVAL August, 2017 After years of people feeling unsafe and uninterested, the City of Eugene spent the summer trying out some different strategies to improve the area. “We want to have this be a space that everyone feels like is their space,” said Sarah-Kate Sharkey, Manager…