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It’s been one damn thing after another for Eugene’s planned professional soccer franchise, since it was first announced last summer. The original owner parted ways with the club. Its first season was delayed a year. And co-founder/coach John Galas died of cancer in March, at 53. But now, a new owner, with Eugene roots, has stepped in with an upbeat take on the future. Bill Cornog says he’s in it for “joy,” not money. He does seem to have plenty of the latter already. Lookout sportswriter Tyson Alger had a chance to sit down with Cornog and has delivered a nice piece about the new boss and his vision for Sporting Cascades FC as the team looks to begin play in 2027, with a home pitch at Eugene’s Civic Park.
If your comings-and-goings involve Chambers Street over the railroad tracks onto River Road, your 14-month ordeal is over. The gauntlet of orange barrels. The lane diversions. Yes, the city says the seismic retrofit of the Chambers Street bridge is complete — and that whatever “normal” means, we should be back to it. Correspondent Lillian Schrock-Clevenger has the story.
Education correspondent Lilly St. Angelo reports that board members at Eugene School District 4J unanimously approved a $531.9 million budget for next school year. That’s 5.2% less spending than the current year, achieved through layoffs and other cuts. And still the district had to pull $16.4 million from savings to cover a remaining shortfall.
Who is in our Community Voices section today?
- Columnist Joshua Purvis argues that taxpayers and parents deserve answers after Oregon “poured record money into its schools” and has not much to show for it.
- Eugene resident Marilou Heriot congratulates Springfield voters for choosing Sean VanGordon over David Loveall to represent them on the Lane County Board of Commissioners.
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New owner of Eugene’s upcoming pro soccer club says he’s in it for the joy, not the money
By Tyson Alger
Bill Cornog wants Sporting Cascades FC’s games at Civic Park to feel distinctly local — but he also sees the team as part of a global player-development pipeline.
A year later, Chambers Street bridge construction is finished, city says
By Lillian Schrock-Clevenger
After more than a year of closed lanes and project delays, the city of Eugene announced this week that seismic updates to the Chambers Street bridge at Roosevelt Boulevard are complete.
Enjoy your evening,
Bob
