Cottage Grove, Oregon

8 CIVIL AND MUNICIPAL VOLUME 3, ISSUE 10 Relationships with organizations such as the Bohemia Foundation, and the Faye and Lucille Stewart Foundation are a valued asset to the community. An ongoing partnership with Weyerhaeuser is also significant, not only for their role in storing the beams for the new bridge, but also a recent donation of a pavilion from their property to replace an old one in the city’s Prospector Park. Weyerhaeuser has also sold a property to the City of Cottage Grove to be developed into a trail connecting the south part of the city. “We’re acquiring it for $5,000 and it’s far more valuable than that. It goes along the Coast Fork further south a little way and joins the middle school and some neighborhoods to Bohemia Park as well. We are really excited about some of those partnerships,” asserts Meyers. Another Cottage Grove industry, PAC Tech, a packaging manufacturer, is working with the city on the remodelling of the Armory building. In true small-town spirit, these partnerships extend to the businesses themselves, with Weyerhaeuser offering the use of their rail access for PAC Tech, enabling them to bring their manufacturing facility to the city’s industrial park. Enhanced broadband is in the plans for Cottage Grove, completing a project that was started in 2006. Meyers recounts, “At that time, we took the initiative and funded the development of a Wi-Fi COTTAGE GROVE , OREGON GROW IN THE GROVE A FAVORABLE CLIMATE FOR ECONOMIC AND EMPLOYMENT GROWTH The Cottage Grove Community Development Corporation is dedicated to supporting job creation in Cottage Grove, Oregon. Since its inception in 2011, our driving force is the belief that Cottage Grove is a destination location for businesses where their potential can be cultivated and realized. To learn more, please visit: www.cgcdc.org at home in nature ™ hom in F rom seaside getaways to mountain retreats, the Pacific Yurt goes where you want to be. www.yurts.com Price and design your yurt at