At a special meeting Thursday, Oct. 2, the City Club of Eugene will team up with the Springfield City Club for the first of a two-part series focusing on riverfront development in the two cities.

The Thursday session, organized by the Springfield club, will focus on riverfront development in Glenwood and is scheduled for noon at Roaring Rapids Pizza Company, 4006 Franklin Blvd.

That meeting will explore the Glenwood Master Plan Area, one of Springfield’s top economic-development projects. The featured speaker is Allie Camp, who heads the city of Springfield’s economic development team and who has more than a decade of public- and private-sector experience with land use, planning, transit, construction and new development.

The second meeting is scheduled for noon Friday, Oct. 17, at WOW Hall, 291 W. Eighth Ave. in Eugene.

The Oct. 17 meeting will focus on Eugene’s riverfront and will feature Will Dowdy, community development director for the city of Eugene, along with other panelists.

Both meetings will be livestreamed on the City Club of Eugene’s Facebook page and YouTube channel. Club meetings are rebroadcast on Mondays at 7 p.m. on KLCC, 89.7 FM.

The City Club of Eugene will not meet Friday, Oct. 10, in recognition of Indigenous Peoples Day.

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Mike McInally is a Pacific Northwest journalist with four decades of experience in Oregon and Montana, including stints as editor of the Corvallis Gazette-Times and the Albany Democrat-Herald.