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Residents urge high-quality gateway project that draws visitors off Highway 70; wide-ranging public input recorded
Summary
At a public-input session on the Gateway Project, dozens of residents and stakeholders urged the council to seek a developer and design that will connect the riverfront to historic downtown, suggesting hotels, restaurants, sports and youth facilities, and cautioning against low-end retail or housing on the site.
Dozens of residents, local businesspeople and community groups spoke during a public-input session on the city’s Gateway Project, urging the council to pursue a high-quality development that draws travelers from Highway 70 into Oroville and connects the riverfront to the historic downtown.
At the start of the in-person public comment period, Natalie Sheard, speaking as a resident, said, “The residents want a stellar gateway project that travelers off the 70, celebrates the waterfront, and connects the river to our historic downtown.” She urged the city to insist that any development spend money on architectural details, open spaces and public art appropriate for a gateway rather than treating the parcels as ordinary commercial lots.
Other speakers echoed that view and offered specific ideas. John Zilic urged a…
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