City Politics

Sept. 28 City Council Meeting

The Monday meeting focused on approving the Willakenzie Landbank site to be transformed into an affordable housing cooperation for low-income families. The new housing complex will help combat homelessness in the city limits as well as provide homes for special-needs citizens.
Several community members spoke on behalf of different issues. A service worker from West [...]


City renames Autzen bridge after Frohnmayer

The Autzen Footbridge will now be called the Dave and Lynn Frohnmayer Pedestrian and Bicycle Bridge, a name selected when the City Council passed a resolution Monday. The decision was a result of a suggestion by a University community relations director. Here’s the Register-Guard’s article on the decision. Here’s the money quote from the resolution’s [...]