About the area |
With over 150,000 people living in it; Eugene is the second largest city in Oregon. Eugene is the home of the University of Oregon whose Museum of Art has an extensive and world reknowned Asian art collection. Its various schools ; Architecture and Allied Arts, Arts and Sciences, Education, Law, Business, Journalism and Communication, and Music and Dance offer both Undergaraduate and Graduate programs. In athletics the school fields top Football and Track teams. Two of the city's spectacular parks are the Owen Memorial Rose garden and Alton Baker park. The Rose garden, which lies close to the Willamette river, covers overs over 7 acres and displays over 400 varieties of roses and other ornamental plants. Alton Baker park, on the North bank of the Willamette river has duck ponds, trails for running, biking or walking, a dog park, picnic areas, amphitheater and a small scale model of our solar system. It also has an over 200 acre natural area. |