THe Latest from Downtown Eugene

  • Community Collaboration Brings Holiday Cheer to Downtown Eugene

    Community Collaboration Brings Holiday Cheer to Downtown Eugene

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    Ethan Clevenger

    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…

  • Halloween Downtown Winners & Sponsors

    Halloween Downtown Winners & Sponsors

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    Ethan Clevenger

    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:

  • 2024 Downtown Program Fund Applications Open

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    Ethan Clevenger

    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…

  • Downtown Eugene Merchants Memberships Available Online

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    Ethan Clevenger

    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…

  • Construction Update – August 10th

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    Ethan Clevenger

    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…

  • Crowd Pleasers

    Crowd Pleasers

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    Elise Cullen

    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…

  • Tech Tours in downtown Eugene draws large crowd

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    Elise Cullen

    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…

  • City Efforts to Improve Downtown

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    Elise Cullen

     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…

  • Third annual Farmers Market Feast in downtown Eugene celebrates bountiful local harvest

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    Elise Cullen

    Downtown dinner serves as a chance to ‘thank a farmer’ By: Chelsea Deffenbacher Originally posted by The Register-Guard August 28, 2017 About 400 people gathered Sunday evening in downtown Eugene under the smoky pink sunset skies for a feast — a thanksgiving of sorts — to show gratitude for farmers in Lane County. Farmers and…

  • A Fresh Look for Downtown Garages

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    Elise Cullen

    Crews scrub 48 years worth of filth from downtown Eugene parking garages Take the oil marks on your driveway or garage floor and multiply by 48 years and thousands of vehicles. That was the scenario at the downtown Overpark garage. “This is all part of our downtown deferred maintenance program. It’s been on our list…