Eugene, Oregon: Difference between revisions

The [[List of cities in Oregon|second-most populous city]] in Oregon, Eugene had a population of 176,654 as of the [[2020 United States census]]<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.census.gov/quickfacts/eugenecityoregon |title=U.S. Census Bureau QuickFacts: Eugene city, Oregon |publisher=Census.gov |access-date=July 20, 2022 |archive-date=July 12, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220712232625/https://www.census.gov/quickfacts/eugenecityoregon |url-status=live }}</ref> and it covers city area of {{cvt|44.21|mi2|km2}}. The [[Eugene-Springfield, OR MSA|Eugene-Springfield metropolitan statistical area]] is the second largest in Oregon after [[Portland, Oregon|Portland]].<ref name=":1">{{cite web |title=U.S. Census website |url=https://www.census.gov/ |website=[[United States Census Bureau]] |access-date=January 5, 2016 |firstpublisher=U.S.United States Census |last=Bureau |archive-date=July 9, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210709054630/https://www.census.gov/ |url-status=live }}</ref> In 2022, Eugene's population was estimated to have reached 179,887.

Eugene is home to the [[University of Oregon]], [[Bushnell University]], and [[Lane Community College]].<ref>{{cite web |title=University of Oregon |url=http://uoregon.edu/ |website=uoregon.edu |access-date=January 6, 2016 |archive-date=January 5, 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160105093126/http://koch@uoregon.edu/ |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.nwcu.edu/ |title=Northwest Christian University - Private University in Eugene, Oregon |website=Northwest Christian University |language=en-US |access-date=February 5, 2019 |archive-date=February 7, 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190207020237/https://www.nwcu.edu/ |url-status=dead}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=Lane Community College |url=https://www.lanecc.edu/ |website=www.lanecc.edu |access-date=January 6, 2016 |archive-date=January 4, 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160104005051/https://www.lanecc.edu/ |url-status=live }}</ref> The city is noted for its natural environment, recreational opportunities (especially [[Cycling|bicycling]], [[running]]/[[jogging]], [[rafting]], and [[kayak]]ing), and focus on the arts, along with its history of civil unrest, riots, and green activism. Eugene's official sloganmotto is "A Great City for the Arts and Outdoors".<ref>{{cite web |title=Eugene dials back its slogan |url=http://www.oregonlive.com/news/index.ssf/2010/05/eugene_dials_back_its_slogan.html |website=OregonLive.com |date=May 7, 2010 |access-date=January 6, 2016 |archive-date=January 21, 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160121195738/http://www.oregonlive.com/news/index.ssf/2010/05/eugene_dials_back_its_slogan.html |url-status=live }}</ref> It is also referred to as the "Emerald City" and as "[[TrackTown USA|Track Town, USA]]".<ref>Caple, Jim (July 4, 2008). [https://www.espn.com/olympics/trackandfield/columns/story?columnist=caple_jim&id=3472344 "Why did we have to wait so long for the trials to return to Pre Country?"] . ESPN. Retrieved June 7, 2010.</ref> The [[Nike, Inc.|Nike corporation]] had its beginnings in Eugene.<ref name="History & Heritage">{{cite web |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100529002053/http://www.nikebiz.com/company_overview/history/1950s.html |url=http://www.nikebiz.com/company_overview/history/1950s.html |archive-date=May 29, 2010 |title=History & Heritage |publisher=Nike |url-status=dead}}</ref> In July 2022, the city hosted the 18th [[2022 World Athletics Championships|World Athletics Championship]].<ref>{{cite web |title=Eugene to Host 2021 Track World Championships |url=http://www.runnersworld.com/newswire/eugene-to-host-2021-track-world-championships |website=Runner's World |access-date=January 6, 2016 |date=April 16, 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171201082941/https://www.runnersworld.com/newswire/eugene-to-host-2021-track-world-championships |archive-date=December 1, 2017 |url-status=dead}}</ref>

Eugene has 2321 <ref>{{cite web |title=City of Eugene Neighborhoods |url=https://www.eugene-or.gov/4486/Neighborhoods |titleurl-status=City of Eugene Neighborhoods |publisherarchive-url=City of Eugene |accessarchive-date=February 22, 2021 |archiveaccess-date=January 25, 2021 |archive-urlwebsite=https://web.archive.org/web/20210125233156/https://eugene-or.gov/4486/Neighborhoods |url-statuspublisher=live }}</ref> neighborhood associations:

*[[Harlow, Eugene, Oregon|Harlow]] Neighbors

*[[Industrial Corridor, Eugene, Oregon|Industrial Corridor]] Community Organization(Inactive)

*[[River Road, Oregon|River Road]] Community Organization

*[[Santa Clara, Eugene, Oregon|Santa Clara]] Community Organization (including [[Irving, Eugene, Oregon|Irving]])

*[[West Eugene, Eugene, Oregon|West Eugene]] Community Organization

| 1860 = 1183

| 1870 = 861

| 1880 = 1117

|1900 1890 = 32362177

|1920 1900 = 105933236

|1930 1910 = 189019009

|1940 1920 = 2083810593

|1950 1930 = 3587918901

|1960 1940 = 5097720838

|1970 1950 = 7902835879

|1980 1960 = 10566450977

|1990 1970 = 11266979028

|2000 1980 = 137893105664

|2010 1990 = 156185112669

|2020 2000 = 176654137893

|estyear 2010 = 2022156185

|estimate 2020 = 179887176654

In the 1970s, Eugene was packed with cooperative and community projects. It still has small natural food stores in many neighborhoods, some of the oldest student cooperatives in the country, and alternative schools have been part of the school district since 1971. The old Grower's Market, downtown near the [[Amtrak]] depot, is the only food cooperative in the U.S. with no employees. It is possible to see Eugene's trend-setting non-profit tendencies in much newer projects, such as [[Square One Villages]] and the [[Center for Appropriate Transport]]. In 2006, an initiative began to create a tenant-run development process for downtown Eugene.

Eugene is home to numerous cultural organizations, including the [[Eugene Symphony]] (whose previous music directors include [[Marin Alsop]], [[Giancarlo Guerrero]], and [[Miguel Harth-Bedoya]]); the [[Eugene Ballet]], a professional full-time touring company; the [[Eugene Opera]], the [[Eugene Concert Choir]], the Bushnell University Community Choir, the [[Oregon Mozart Players]], the [[Oregon Bach Festival]], the [[Oregon Children's Choir]], the [[Eugene-Springfield Youth Orchestras]], [[Ballet Fantastique]] and [[Oregon Festival of American Music]]. Principal performing arts venues include the [[Hult Center for the Performing Arts]], [[The Shedd Institute|The John G. Shedd Institute for the Arts]] ("The Shedd"), the [[McDonald Theatre]], and [[W.O.W. Hall]].

The [[University of Oregon School of Music and Dance]] also attracts world class performers and teaching artists throughout the year, many of whom perform at [[Beall Concert Hall]]. The university campus also frequently hosts performances at [[Matthew Knight Arena]] and the [[Erb Memorial Union]] ballroom.

A number of live theater groups are based in Eugene, including [[Free Shakespeare in the Park]], [[Oregon Contemporary Theatre]], [[The Very Little Theatre]], [[Actors Cabaret]], [[LCC Theatre]], Rose Children's Theatre, and [[University Theatre (University of Oregon)|University Theatre]].<ref>[http://pages.uoregon.edu/theatre/ University Theatre] {{Webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110818190549/http://pages.uoregon.edu/theatre/ |date=August 18, 2011 }}. University of Oregon.</ref> Each has its own performance venue.

Eugene is home to "[[Classical Gas]]" Composer and two-time Grammy award winner [[Mason Williams]] who spent his years as a youth living between his parents in [[Oakridge, Oregon]] and Oklahoma. Mason Williams puts on a yearly Christmas show at the Hult center for performing arts with a full orchestra produced by author, audio engineer and University of Oregon professor [[Don Latarski]].<ref>{{cite web |date=January 2005 |title=Mason Williams biography |url=http://www.masonwilliams-online.com/mwguitarbio05.pdf |access-date=March 11, 2013 |publisher=MasonWilliams-online.com |pages=2, 11 |archive-date=November 15, 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121115041904/http://www.masonwilliams-online.com/mwguitarbio05.pdf |url-status=live }}</ref>

Eugene's miles of running trails, through its unusually large park system, are among the most extensive in the U.S.{{Citation needed|date=July 2022}} Notable trails include [[Pre's Trail]] in Alton Baker Park, [[Rexius Trail]], the [[Adidas Oregon Trail]], and the [[Ridgeline Trail]]. There is also an extensive network of trails along the Willamette River that reaches into neighboring Springfield, as well as along Amazon Creek in the southern and western parts of town.

Bowerman also invented the waffle sole for running shoes in Eugene, and with Oregon alumnus [[Phil Knight]] founded shoe giant Nike. The city has dozens of running clubs. The climate is cool and temperate, good both for jogging and record-setting. Eugene is home to the University of Oregon's Hayward Field track, which hosts numerous collegiate and amateur track and field meets throughout the year, most notably the [[Prefontaine Classic]]. Hayward Field was host to the 2004 [[AAU Junior Olympic Games]], the 1989 [[World Masters Athletics Championships]], the track and field events of the 1998 [[World Masters Games]], the 2006 [[Pacific-10 Conference|Pacific-10]] track and field championships, the 1971, 1975, 1986, 1993, 1999, 2001, 2009, and 2011 [[USA Track & Field Outdoor Championships]] and the 1972, 1976, 1980, 2008, 2012, and 2016 [[United States Olympic Trials (track and field)|U.S. Olympic trials]]. Eugene iswas the host of the delayed [[2021 World Athletics Championships]].<ref>{{cite web |title=Eugene awarded 2021 IAAF World Championships |url=http://www.iaaf.org/news/press-release/eugene-awarded-2021-iaaf-world-championships |access-date=April 16, 2015 |archive-date=September 27, 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190927102357/https://www.iaaf.org/news/press-release/eugene-awarded-2021-iaaf-world-championships |url-status=live }}</ref> The city bid for the [[2019 World Athletics Championships|2019 event]] but lost narrowly to [[Doha]], [[Qatar]].

Eugene's [[Oregon Ducks]] are part of the [[Pac-12Big Ten Conference]] (Pac-12). [[American football]] is especially popular, with intense rivalries between the Ducks and both the [[Oregon State University]] [[Oregon State Beavers|Beavers]] and the [[University of Washington]] [[Washington Huskies|Huskies]].<ref name="raley">{{cite news |last=Raley |first=Dan |title=Nothing neighborly about Huskies vs. Ducks |url=http://www.seattlepi.com/default/article/Nothing-neighborly-about-Huskies-vs-Ducks-1157934.php |access-date=June 14, 2011 |newspaper=[[Seattle Post-Intelligencer]] |date=October 28, 2004 |archive-date=October 18, 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121018005836/http://www.seattlepi.com/default/article/Nothing-neighborly-about-Huskies-vs-Ducks-1157934.php |url-status=live }}</ref> [[Autzen Stadium]] is home to Duck football, with a [[seating capacity]] of 54,000 but has had over 60,000 with standing room only.<ref name="goducks">{{cite web |url=http://www.goducks.com/ViewArticle.dbml?DB_OEM_ID=500&ATCLID=22175 |title=Autzen Stadium |publisher=GoDucks.com |access-date=October 29, 2007 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150915045417/http://www.goducks.com/ViewArticle.dbml?DB_OEM_ID=500&ATCLID=22175 |archive-date=September 15, 2015}}</ref> The basketball arena, [[McArthur Court]], was built in 1926.<ref name="the pit">{{cite news |first=Mark |last=Baker |title=What counts about The Pit |newspaper=[[The Register-Guard]] |date=February 18, 2007 |url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=6V1WAAAAIBAJ&pg=4529,4188771&dq=what-counts-about-the-pit&hl=en |access-date=February 20, 2007 |page=G1 |archive-date=April 27, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210427113927/https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=6V1WAAAAIBAJ&pg=4529,4188771&dq=what-counts-about-the-pit&hl=en |url-status=live }}</ref> The arena was replaced by the [[Matthew Knight Arena]] in late 2010.<ref name="kmtr">{{cite web |url=http://www.kmtr.com/news/local/story/Matthew-Knight-Arena-ready-for-debut/GCOmoRhQ0kK6aR-ehNn00A.cspx |title=Matthew Knight Arena ready for debut |date=January 13, 2011 |access-date=January 13, 2011 |publisher=KMTR.com |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110727144713/http://www.kmtr.com/news/local/story/Matthew-Knight-Arena-ready-for-debut/GCOmoRhQ0kK6aR-ehNn00A.cspx |archive-date=July 27, 2011}}</ref>

| style="text-align:left;" |[[National Collegiate Athletic Association]]: [[Pac-12Big Ten Conference]]

| style="text-align:left;" |[[Morse Event Center]]

| style="text-align:left;" |[[Rexius Event Center]]

||[[Eugene Gentlemen]]

| style="text-align:left;" |[[Pacific Northwest Rugby Football Union]]

| style="text-align:left;" |[[Morse Event Center]]

| style="text-align:left;" |[[Junior A Tier III-League Hockey]]: [[Northern Pacific Hockey League]]

Spencer Butte Park at the southern edge of town provides access to Spencer Butte, a dominant feature of Eugene's skyline. [[Hendricks Park]], situated on a knoll to the east of downtown, is known for its [[rhododendron]] garden and nearby memorial to Steve Prefontaine, known as [[Steve Prefontaine#Death|Pre's Rock]], where the legendary University of Oregon runner was killed in an auto accident. [[Alton Baker Park]], next to the Willamette River, contains Pre's Trail. Also next to the Willamette are Skinner Butte Park<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.eugene-or.gov/Facilities/Facility/Details/55 |title=City Facilities - Skinner Butte Park |date=2014 |access-date=August 24, 2014 |website=Eugene, OR |archive-date=August 26, 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140826114931/https://www.eugene-or.gov/Facilities/Facility/Details/55 |url-status=live }}</ref> and the Owen Memorial Rose Garden, which contains more than 4,500 roses of over 400 varieties,<ref>{{cite web |title=Owen Rose Garden |url=http://www.eugene-or.gov/facilities.aspx?RID=124&Page=detail |publisher=City of Eugene |access-date=December 31, 2012 |archive-date=October 25, 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121025040936/http://eugene-or.gov/Facilities.aspx?Page=detail&RID=124 |url-status=live }}</ref> as well as the 150-year-old [[Black Tartarian]] Cherry tree,<ref>{{cite web |title=Black Tartarian Cherry at Owen Memorial Rose Garden |url=http://www.waymarking.com/waymarks/WM4KCG |publisher=Waymark.com |access-date=February 11, 2009 |archive-date=June 6, 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110606202917/http://www.waymarking.com/waymarks/WM4KCG |url-status=live }}</ref> an [[Oregon Heritage Tree]].<ref>{{cite web |title=Oregon Heritage Trees |url=http://ortravelexperience.com/oregon-heritage-trees/ |publisher=Oregon Travel Experience |access-date=January 6, 2012 |archive-date=April 14, 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120414072740/http://ortravelexperience.com/oregon-heritage-trees/ |url-status=live }}</ref>

[[Eugene-Springfield Fire Department(Oregon)|Eugene-Springfield Fire Department]] is the agency responsible for emergency medical services, fire suppression, HAZMAT operations and water/Confined spaces rescues in the combined Eugene-Springfield metropolitan area.<ref>{{cite web |title=City of Eugene Fire and Emergency Medical Services |url=https://eugene-or.gov/120/Fire-and-Emergency-Medical-Services |access-date=May 2, 2021 |archive-date=May 2, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210502181920/https://eugene-or.gov/120/Fire-and-Emergency-Medical-Services |url-status=live }}</ref>

The largest library in Oregon is the University of Oregon's [[Knight Library]], with collections totaling more than 3 million volumes and over 100,000 audio and video items.<ref>{{cite web |title=UO Libraries quick facts |publisher=University of Oregon |date=March 12, 2009 |url=http://library.uoregon.edu/bmis/library_facts.html |access-date=May 1, 2009 |archive-date=January 17, 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130117055340/http://library.uoregon.edu/bmis/library_facts.html |url-status=live }}</ref> The [[Eugene Public Library]]<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.eugene-or.gov/index.aspx?nid=130 |title=City of Eugene Public Library home page |access-date=December 31, 2012 |archive-date=December 25, 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121225115233/http://www.eugene-or.gov/index.aspx?NID=130 |url-status=live }}</ref> moved into a new, larger building downtown in 2002. The four-story library is an increase from {{convert|38000|to|130000|sqft|m2}}.<ref>{{Cite news |first=Noriko |last=Miyazaki |title=New Eugene public library celebrates its first birthday |newspaper=The Daily Emerald |date=January 12, 2004 |url=http://dailyemerald.com/2004/01/12/new-eugene-public-library-celebrates-its-first-birthday/ |access-date=May 28, 2007 |archive-date=August 14, 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120814035945/http://dailyemerald.com/2004/01/12/new-eugene-public-library-celebrates-its-first-birthday/ |url-status=live }}</ref> There are also two branches of the Eugene Public Library, the [[Sheldon Branch Library]] in the neighborhood of Cal Young/Sheldon, and the [[Bethel Branch Library]], in the neighborhood of Bethel. Eugene also has the [[Lane County, Oregon|Lane County]] [[Law Library]].

*[[KHWB-LD]] (channel 38) ([[Trinity Broadcasting Network|TBN]])

*[[KPNW (AM)|KPNW]] 1120 Eugene – NEWS/TALK (BicostalBicoastal Media)

*[[KEPW-LP]] 97.3 Eugene - PeaceWorks Community Radio (Eugene PeaceWorks)

Air travel is served by the [[Eugene Airport]], also known as Mahlon Sweet Field, which is the fifth largest airport in the Northwest and second largest airport in [[Oregon]]. The Eugene Metro area also has numerous private airports.<ref>{{cite web|title=Appendix N Privately Owned Private Use Airports with Three or More Based Aircraft|url=https://www.oregon.gov/aviation/plans-and-programs/Documents/Land%20Use%20Compatibility%20Guidebook/ODA_Land-Use_Guidebook_Appendix%20N.pdf}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=City of Eugene Announcement of Opening: Airport Manager |url=http://www.eugene-or.gov/portal/server.pt/gateway/PTARGS_0_2_191084_0_0_18/airportmanagerbrochure.pdf |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110721035612/http://www.eugene-or.gov/portal/server.pt/gateway/PTARGS_0_2_191084_0_0_18/airportmanagerbrochure.pdf |archive-date=July 21, 2011 |publisher=City of Eugene}}</ref> The Eugene Metro area also has several [[heliport]]s, such as the [[Sacred Heart Medical Center Heliport]] and Mahlon Sweet Field Heliport, and many single [[helipad]]s.

Two hospitals serve the Eugene-Springfield area. [[McKenzie-Willamette Medical Center]] and [[Sacred Heart Medical Center at RiverBend]] are in Springfield. Oregon Medical Group, a primary care based multi-specialty group, operates several clinics in Eugene,<ref name="OMG">{{cite web |title=About Oregon Medical Group |url=http://www.oregonmedicalgroup.com/index.cfm/fuseaction/site.content/type/59710.cfm |access-date=April 28, 2010 |archive-date=April 6, 2010 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100406101301/http://www.oregonmedicalgroup.com/index.cfm/fuseaction/site.content/type/59710.cfm |url-status=dead}}</ref> as does PeaceHealth Medical Group.<ref>{{cite web |title=PeaceHealth Medical Group |url=http://www.peacehealth.org/phmg/Pages/default.aspx |access-date=August 11, 2011 |archive-date=August 21, 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110821021238/http://www.peacehealth.org/phmg/pages/default.aspx |url-status=dead}}</ref> White Bird Clinic provides a broad range of health and human services, including low-cost clinics.<ref name="whitebird">{{cite web |title=White Bird Clinic |url=http://whitebirdclinic.org/ |access-date=April 28, 2010 |archive-date=April 12, 2010 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100412225254/http://whitebirdclinic.org/ |url-status=live }}</ref><ref name="healthcare">{{cite web |title=Doctors and Hospitals: Health Care Resources |url=http://www.planeteugene.com/health-care.htm |publisher=PlanetEugene.com |access-date=April 28, 2010 |archive-date=July 21, 2010 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100721225444/http://www.planeteugene.com/health-care.htm |url-status=live }}</ref> The Volunteers in Medicine & Occupy Medical clinics provide free medical and mental care to low-income adults without health insurance.<ref name="VIM">{{cite web |title=Volunteers in Medicine |url=http://www.vim-clinic.org/ |access-date=April 28, 2010 |archive-date=March 8, 2010 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100308123654/http://www.vim-clinic.org/ |url-status=live }}</ref><ref name="OM">{{cite web |title=Occupy Medical |url=http://occupy-medical.org/ |access-date=April 4, 2017 |archive-date=April 3, 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170403014632/http://occupy-medical.org/ |url-status=live }}</ref>

*The [[Vertigo Comics|DC Vertigo]] [[comic book]] series ''[[iZombie (comic book)|iZombie]]'' is set in Eugene.<ref>{{cite web |last1=Templeton |first1=Molly |title='I, Zombie': The undead roam Eugene in a new comic series |url=https://eugeneweekly.com/2010/05/17/i-zombie-the-undead-roam-eugene-in-a-new-comic-series/ |website=Eugene Weekly |date=May 17, 2010 |access-date=September 18, 2021 |archive-date=September 18, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210918155320/https://eugeneweekly.com/2010/05/17/i-zombie-the-undead-roam-eugene-in-a-new-comic-series/ |url-status=live }}</ref>