This document provides a description of KWG’s vision for the West Broadway project that City Counselors narrowed to two developers on Monday.

According to the Eugene Weekly “News” (or is it an editorial..I can’t tell), city staff had recommended one developer, KWG. Counselors decided on two. This was so that another developer (Beam) could renovate two buildings, and create a single-story building for commercial use. This development would obviously cost the City less, but would it be the best thing for the community? Maybe..or maybe not.

One thing I would like to hear is a common sense debate about what defines a historic building. The rumor going around, fair or not, is that Whole Foods pulled out of the IHOP purchase because many of the decision makers believed that the IHOP on Franklin was worthy of historic status, ergo, protection. The other part of that rumor is that Whole Foods found the pre-development process to be onerous, costly, and in the end, not worth their time or money.

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