38. Both expansion of existing businesses through use of local capital and entrepreneurial <br />skills and the attraction of new employers offer realistic opportunities for economic <br />.development. . <br />4-99. The healthful environment of the metropolitan area can help attract industrial <br />development, hold workers, and attract convention- and tourist-related economic <br />activities. The concern for clean air and water is high priority with area residents. <br />4410. The provision of adequate public facilities and services is necessary for economic. <br />development. <br />4211. There are presently inefficiently used resources in the metropolitan area, including land, <br />labor, and secondary waste products. <br />4 12. Major employment areas include the Eugene and Springfield central business districts, <br />the University of Oregon area, Sacred Heart Hospital, the west Eugene industrial area, the <br />north Gateway and south Springfield industrial areas, the Highway 99N industrial area, <br />Country Club Road, Chad Drive, and the Mohawk-Northgate area. <br />4-413. The metropolitan economy is made up of a number of interrelated and important <br />elements, one of which is construction and construction related activities. Construction, <br />for example, is essential for all sectors of the economy, as well as for the provision of an <br />adequate supply of affordable housing. <br />-1514. The mixture of commercial and office uses with industrial uses can reduce or enhance the <br />utility of industrial areas for industrial purposes, depending upon circumstances. <br />Uncontrolled mixing creates problems of compatibility and traffic congestion, and may <br />limit the area available for industrial development. Limited mixing, subject to clear and <br />objective criteria designed to minimize or eliminate incompatibility, traffic problems, and <br />which preserve the area for its primary purpose, can mare an industrial area more <br />pleasant, convenient, economical, and attractive as a place to work or locate. <br />4-615. Canr1 usSpA^ industrial firms prefer city services. <br />4-716. Camp Spy 11g1rt industrial firms have varied site location requirements, prefer <br />alternative sites to choose fxom, and usually benefit from location of other special light <br />industrial firms within the community and within the same industrial development. <br />III-B-3 <br />Laurel Ridge Record (Z 15-5) Page 191 <br />