Evolution of Eugene City Projects

growing we could all be looking forward to seeing different things in the future.

Eugene has grown a lot over the past decade. This can be a positive thing for Eugene as lots of new buildings are built and new opportunities created too, but this can also lead to some side effects.

Junior Andrew Carsner feels “that it would be nicer to spread out and have more variety and more people.” Eugene growing larger could lead to a lot more traffic if the city doesn’t end up building more roads.

Senior Skai Jenkins said, “I think that it’ll be nice to put more things in and expand so there’s more availability for things.”

The experience of Eugene is different for everyone. Jenkins said, “I think it’s got some fun things to do, some good food spots and has some good places to hangout.” Carsner said, “The roads in Eugene aren’t the best; there’s never that much heavy traffic.” With the city

More things to do in Eugene would be nice because as much as there is to do it can sometimes feel like there isn’t much opportunity for things to do. Carsner would like “more shopping centers; there’s mainly just mall stores and few malls in Eugene overall.” More malls could encourage people to spend time outside their houses during the weekends.

Junior Kellen Von Klein said that he wishes there were “more parks and activity centers to add to Eugene.” Eugene already has some activity centers, but it would be better if there were extra parks and a few more activity centers that have things that bring the community more together. Like team sports, participating in events and socializing, it would bring the community together with more things to do.

Eugene is a popular city but there’s definitely areas in the city that are slightly more popular than others. For example areas on the other side of town could be less popular. Von

Klein said, “I would think that the U of O campus mainly would be more popular because of the college students on campus.”

With Eugene becoming a bigger and bigger city, not only do more buildings get built, but more people also add to the population. This could cause Eugene to get crowded or just get bigger with expanding city limits. Jenkins said, “I think that there’s lots of people but not too many, not too little.” Eugene will continue to grow as needed, to accommodate for more moving in.