EUGENE, Ore. – The possibility of a new e-commerce facility in Eugene is sparking debate among local residents. While details remain unconfirmed, the community is actively discussing the potential impacts.
At a recent Eugene City Council meeting, resident Shelly Devine voiced strong opposition to the rumored project.
“GTFO fascists and Amazon and the likes of Jeff Bezos and all these billionaire oligarchs like they don’t have any business here,” Devine said.
Amazon has not officially confirmed any project plans. However, Farah Jad, an Amazon spokesperson, addressed the speculation.
“We’re always exploring the possibility of opening operations facilities – from small to large in scale – in communities across the U.S. We’ll share more as additional progress is made and we have something confirmed to announce,” said Jad.
Residents Laurie Edwards and Keith Miller are open to exploring the idea, emphasizing potential job opportunities.
“I think we need to reserve judgement to find out, you know, first of all if it’s really them, but just because it’s some big rich company doesn’t mean it’s bad, and how many jobs is it going to provide? There’s a lot of people looking for good family wage jobs,” Miller said.
Edwards expressed concerns about infrastructure.
“And I would certainly hope that if it is a large entity such as Amazon, that they would negotiate with the city to make any traffic improvements on Beltline to accommodate the extra traffic,” Edwards said.
Attempts to get comments from Eugene Commercial Real Estate’s John Erving and Brent McLean were unsuccessful as both cited non-disclosure agreements preventing them from discussing the property.
There is no official date for when any new facility might begin construction.
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