KO Kevin
At the risk of beating this to death, there are 6 Metropolitan Statistical Areas in Oregon, as determined by the US Department of Urban Development (In alpha order): Bend MSA, Corvallis MSA, Eugene-Springfield MSA, Medford MSA, Portland-Vancouver-Beaverton MSA, Salem MSA. Portland-Vancouver-Beaverton is the most populous (by far) and Eugene-Springfield is the second most populous MSA in Oregon.
Kevin
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2000 population top ten ranking, by county:
1. Multnomah 662,400
2. Washington 449,250
3. Clackamas 340,000
4. Lane 323,950
5. Marion 286,300
6. Jackson 182,200
7. Deschutes 116,600
8. Linn 103,350
9. Douglas 100,500
10. Yamhill 85,500
2040 estimated population top ten ranking, by county:
1. Washington 920,852
2. Multnomah 842,009
3. Clackamas 620,703
4. Lane 471,511
5. Marion 448,671
6. Jackson 297,496
7. Deschutes 257,088
8. Yamhill 166,776
9. Linn 146,260
10. Douglas 140,619
Source: Oregon Office of Economic Analysis
KO Kevin wrote:
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
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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
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>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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