Saturday, September 15, 2018

Civic Park Groundbreaking Celebration!


After two+ long years of design and permitting work, it’s hard to believe construction of Eugene Civic Park is about to begin. Mark your calendars: The Eugene Civic Alliance (ECA) invites everyone in the community to celebrate the project’s groundbreaking on Sunday, October 7 at 2:00 PM.

To properly launch the construction of a facility as unique as Civic Park, this won’t be a run-of-the-mill groundbreaking ceremony. Make sure you bring a shovel with you! While the event will begin with the requisite words about Civic Park from ECA team members and stakeholders, the real fun will immediately follow. To commemorate the event and provide it with a fitting flourish of community fanfare, everyone will have a chance to find his or her own place on the site, dig in, and ceremonially break ground for the Civic Park project! 

The groundbreaking will mark the start of the project’s initial phase. Earlier this year, the ECA board of directors decided to construct the facility in two separate packages over time. Phase 1 will include the KIDSPORTS fieldhouse, parking lots, and the synthetic turf, all-weather playing field. The second phase will consist of a capacious grandstand and associated concourse, restrooms, press box, ticket office, and other amenities. The two-phased approach leverages the funds and pledges ECA already has in place to bring critically needed facilities online as quickly as possible.  

ECA is lining up a roster of special guest speakers, as well as food and beverage vendors for the groundbreaking, so it’s certain to be a spirited event. There’s no doubt this is an exciting milestone for the project, one that I as one of the architects involved have personally looked forward to for a long time.

Play On!



What:  Civic Park Groundbreaking

When:  Sunday, October 7; 2:00 PM

Where:  The Civic Park site, at the former Civic Stadium location between Willamette Street and Amazon Parkway south of 20th Avenue in Eugene.

Cost:  Free

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