Rick Johnson
2000 population top ten ranking, by county:
- Multnomah 662,400
- Washington 449,250
- Clackamas 340,000
- Lane 323,950
- Marion 286,300
- Jackson 182,200
- Deschutes 116,600
- Linn 103,350
- Douglas 100,500
- Yamhill 85,500
2040 estimated population top ten ranking, by county:
- Washington 920,852
- Multnomah 842,009
- Clackamas 620,703
- Lane 471,511
- Marion 448,671
- Jackson 297,496
- Deschutes 257,088
- Yamhill 166,776
- Linn 146,260
- Douglas 140,619
Source: Oregon
Office of Economic Analysis
KO Kevin wrote:
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Eugene/Springfield
is the second largest
metropolitan area in Oregon.
Yes, it’s larger than Salem/Keizer. And because the only thing that
separates the two cities is the width of I-5, it makes a hell of a lot
more
sense to say Eugene/Springfield than Seattle/Tacoma or Portland/Salem.
We
are, indeed, joined at the hip. Yes, there has been talk at the
grassroots
level about building a velodrome in our area. And you are correct that
it
really comes down to a matter of dollars and cents.
I don’t
doubt that the population of
our area can support a velodrome. I do have concerns whether we can
generate
the public funding support for such an undertaking. A private/public
partnership is more likely to yield results. A reasonable scenario is
if
the public sector put up the land and provide management/maintenance
services
through a parks district, and funding for design and construction be
raised
through private donors.
I would love
to see something like this
gain momentum in Eugene/Springfield. And yes, I would donate my time
to
help it happen.
Kevin Ko
From:
obra-bounces@list.obra.org [mailto:obra-bounces@list.obra.org] On Behalf Of Kevin Van Dyke
Sent: Tuesday, March
13, 2007 4:25
PM
To: obra@list.obra.org
Subject: [OBRA Chat]
velodrome
No offense intended, but Eugene
is not
the second largest city, Salem
is. Eugene is the third largest in Oregon. Saying
Eugene-Springfield is almost as irritating as saying Seattle-Tacoma.
You
might as well say Portland-Salem. Sorry, I digress.
Eugene
is centrally located? Tell that to Bend
(or Prineville!) If by centrally located you mean the center of
population, it's not that either. There is a comparitively large
population in the Portland
metro area that skews your claim.
Regardless of size of a city, or geographic
location, it boils down to
dollars and cents. There must be a large enough population close
enough
to your proposed venue that are willing to foot the bill, either
through tax
support, or admissions and sponsorships, or combination of all three.
Has anyone ever talked about building a
velodrome in Eugene?
Probably.
Talk however is cheap........... facilities
are built with
dollars.
Like I said, no offense intended whatsoever.
I just want to help
clarify some reasons why it hasn't happened.
Kevin
>
>Doug Turnbull wrote:
> After reading all these excited emails about building two new
>velodromes in Portland and southern
Oregon,
I am curious as
to why
>Eugene
is
not one of the proposed sites. Eugene/Springfield is the
>second largest city in the state, we have a large cycling community,
>and we are centrally located geographically. I certainly think the
>proposal to build more velodromes is fantastic, but I am just
>wondering (with a bit of jealousy) why Portland
and southern Oregon
>were picked instead of my town. Has there ever been talk of building
>one here?
>
>-Doug
>
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