The Santa Clara Community Organization joins with the River Road Community Organization in a grant from the City Of Eugene Neighborhood Services.  The grant is called the Strategic Neighborhood Assessment and Planning grant (SNAP).  Both groups have been working together for the the last 10 months in a comprehensive education and outreach project to both neighborhoods.  This will be the opening phase of an action plan for the community to address concerns in the areas of transportation, land use, governance, and parks and recreation and any other issue that rises as a concern

The Santa Clara Community Organization voted at its November 4 meeting to permit the River Road/Santa Clara Joint Strategy Team to file an application for a  SNAP grant (Strategic Neighborhood Action Plan) through the Eugene Neighborhood Services office.  A team to realize the goals of this grant was formed in January, with 6 representatives from Santa Clara and 6 from River Road.  The group titled the project the Santa Clara/River Road Outreach and Learning project (SCRROL).  They have been meeting weekly since then and have adopted the following mission statement:

Lead in story... Santa Clara joins River Road and North Eugene High School to host National Night Out

Additional items in the newsletter.

• A Stroll with SCRROL
• Envision Eugene -- summer open houses
• Santa Clara's first Concert In The Park
• September general meeting -- a presentation by Weave

Solutions for Santa Clara IQ test, attached

The origin of Spring Creek is not known.  Today it begins not far from Spring Creek Elementary School and flows relatively north; though in past decades, maps show it starting much farther south.  Spring Creek is part of the Upper Willamette Valley flood plain, including Willamette River tributaries. (See Attachment)

Santa Clara is a community on the northern fringe of the City of Eugene, Oregon. It began its existence as a sleepy outpost farming community and officially became Santa Clara in 1890 when Colonel A.J. Straight bought a large chunk of land here and named it after his home in California. The area’s identity became attached to Eugene as large suburban development began here between 1960 and 1975. Today there are about 12,000 residents and about 43% of the area is incorporated with the City of Eugene.