Resources

This page lists several civic resources useful for maintaining our quality of life in Friendly Neighborhood.

Points of Interest in Friendly

The Friendly is known for creativity and community. Little free libraries, tiny art galleries, and poetry stations dot the neighborhood. Artwork can be found while walking along the streets. Check out our community contributed map for neat stuff. Contact us to add your point of interest to the map.

Parks and Schools

  • Adams Elementary School - Playfields, play areas, basketball, and running track are available.
  • Amazon Park - Multi-use paved path runs along the entire east border of the Friendly neighborhood. It also has a wood chip running path, a huge off-leash dog park with water and a separate small-dog area, skate park, amphitheatre, pool, community center, and play areas.
  • Civic Park - offers comprehensive youth sports programs, and flexible event spaces. This new complex was built on the site of the former Civic Stadium, which was destroyed by fire in 2015.
  • College Hill EWEB Reservior - This part of our public water supply infrastructure is owned by Eugene Water and Electric Board, and is under reconstruction from 2024-2027.
  • Friendly Park - Play area, exercise stations, picnic tables.
  • Jefferson Memorial Park - borders the Friendly neighborhood to the north. It has an open field, a dog park, and a portion of the Fern Ridge Path runs through it.
  • Madison Meadow - Saved from development by members of the Friendly neighborhood starting in 2004.
  • Washington Park - Ball fields, basketball, paths, play area, water spray play, restrooms.
  • Washington Park  Center - Eugene's first community center. Meeting rooms, wifi, kitchen, tables and chairs.
  • Wayne Morse Family Farm - Although one block outside the Friendly neighborhood, this park has lovely foot paths that meander along a seasonal brook and through a natural wooded area with oak and douglas fir trees, ferns, and berries. A huge off-leash dog park has a large meadow surrounded by gravel paths and with water for hot summer days. Restrooms, a picnic shelter, grass field, and a historic house are also available.
  • Westmoreland Park - A former airport, now has wood chip and paved trails, disc golf course, ball fields, play areas, track, exercise stations. Adjacent to the park is 4J's Arts and Techology Academy middle school.
  • Willard School - after serving as the temporary location of Camas Ridge and then Edison Elementary Schools, this is now the location of the 4J Japanese Immersion School.

Neighborhoods

The Eugene Neighborhood Leaders Council is a civic organization composed of each of Eugene's 23 recognized neighborhood associations. The group meets monthly to discuss current topics, learn about programs and services, work collectively on issues, share ideas and information, and to promote the interests of Eugene Neighborhood Associations. FAN participates by sending a representative to its meetings.

The City of Eugene maintains information about all neighborhood associations.

Elections

Residents of Lane County, Oregon, may register to vote and obtain information about elections through the Lane County Elections web page. Lane County conducts all elections by the United States Postal Service.

Transportation

Systems

  • Lane Transit District (LTD) - public bus system for Lane County, includes the EmX routes.
  • Eugene Airport (EUG)
  • Amtrak - Eugene is located on two main routes, Amtrak Cascades (Vancouver, BC, to Eugene, OR, with multiple daily departures) and Coast Starlight (Seattle to Los Angeles, with single daily departures). Amtrak also provides thruway bus connections directly from Eugene westward to Florence, Reedsport, and Coos Bay, and eastward to Sisters, Bend, Burns, Vale, and Ontario. Additional bus and train connections expand across Canada and America.
  • Greyhound - Nationwide bus route coverage.

Publications, Information, and Reporting Issues

City of Eugene

Friendly Area Neighbors