Scattered between the many residential homes, the Amazon neighborhood is over-flowing with community social groups, recreational activities, and local businesses. Because it is such a nice spot to relax, work, and play, many reviews on such services do exist on websites like Things to Do In Amazon. Feel free to visit them when searching for things to do, places to eat, and things to see! But for now, you can start here:
Recreation:
2600 Hilyard Street
(541) 682-5350
Amazon, Rexius, Adidas Trails, Pick your season and sights.
Map of Amazon Park
2700 Columbia Street
(541) 484-4653
2709 Willamette Street
(541) 344-0404
2580 Hilyard St.
541-682-5311
Located at the Hilyard Community Center, Eugene’s Adaptive Recreation Services provides recreational, social, and educational programs for local Eugene children, teens, and adults with disabilities. Open from 9 a.m.- 5:30 p.m. Monday- Friday, Adaptive Recreation offers endless opportunities with courses like biking, aquatics, rowing, beach picnics, yoga, rodeo, kayaking, cooking, and much more, with participants ranging from war veterans to brain injured teens to children with cerebral palsy. For more information about Adaptive Recreation and its services, volunteer opportunities, or scholarships, call 541-682-5311, or e-mail programmers Patty Prather or Carly Schmidt. You can also find them on facebook at www.facebook.com/eugeneadaptiverec. (LN)
Participants of Adaptive Recreation rock-climbing. (Photo Courtesy of City of Eugene Adaptive Recreation Services)
2520 Harris St.
541-342-2859
The Reach Center Eugene (Neighborhood Activity Center)
2520 Harris St.
541-342-2859
Places of Worship:
25th Ave & University Street
2274 Onyx St
(541) 343-3840
1175 E. 29th Ave
541-485-7218
1050 E 23rd Ave
(541) 345-8741
Schools:
Far Horizons Montessori School:
2490 Hilyard St.
541-485-0521
2839 Willamette Street
(541) 485-6284
680 E 24th Ave.
541-790-8500
Located on 680 E. 24th avenue, Roosevelt offers a nearby and accessible place for Amazon residents to enroll their children in school. The school, which enrolls 578 students, boasts a 87 percent graduation rate and just over a 20 to 1 student teacher ratio. Roosevelt also ranks 28th out of 360 middle schools in Oregon. The school accepts applications every fall, and serves as one of the best place for children living in the Amazon area to attend class before moving on to other nearby high schools including South Eugene High which is located at 400 E 19th. (BN)
1150 East 29th Avenue
(541) 790-8800
1328 East 22nd Ave.
(541) 790-8900
Edison Elementary School (Photo courtesy of http://schools.4j.lane.edu/edison/)
While Amazon Neighborhood has more recreational activities than government and nonprofit services, Edison Elementary on East 22nd Ave. recently received a grant to begin a garden and composting project. With the $1,000, the students will have hands-on experience on the care and upkeeping of their local garden that will blend in with their school cirricula and other activities. Experienced gardeners in the neighborhood are encouraged to help with the care of the garden, which will reduce cafeteria waste and teach the students valuable lessons in growing food, recycling, and caring for the Earth. For more information visit: http://www.myeugene.org/wp-content/uploads/2012/01/Compost-Manual_2012.pdf (EF)
Community/Government Organizations:
Amazon Neighbors for Sustainability:
Community Group for the neighborhood’s efforts to “go green.” Subscribe and ask questions on their website.
South Hill Rehabilitation Center:
1166 E 28th Ave
(541) 345-0534
2580 Hilyard St.
(541) 682-5311
AMAZONBEES@GMAIL.COM
Arts and Outdoor Eugene Community:
777 Pearl St. Eugene
541-682-5010
Restaurants and Food Stores:
Sundance Natural Foods And Wine Cellars:
748 E. 24th Avenue
541-687-9463
(541) 484-4497
2435 Hilyard St
2495 Hilyard St.
(541) 485-9560
2445 Hilyard St.
(541) 868-1528
2465 Hilyard St.
(541) 344-0221
Located in the Amazon neighborhood is one of Eugene’s hot spots for pizza, pasta, baked goodies, coffee and bread. Everything is made fresh in their traditional wood-fire oven that uses recycled wood for the oven, and the bakers use local organic grains when available. Pizza nights for the family take place on the patio starting in the spring through the fall. Saturdays from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. Hideaway Bakery hosts the farmer’s market. Regular store hours are Sunday-Monday 7 a.m. to 4 p.m. and Tuesday-Saturday 7 a.m. to 6 p.m. Hideaway Bakery is located at 3377 E. Amazon Dr. Call for more information 541-686-1982. (HR)
Photo Courtesy of Hideawaybakery.com
Stores:
2433 Hilyard St.
(541) 485-0985
2467 Hilyard St.
(541) 484-3777
(Multiple Locations)
(541) 485-7915
2480 Alder Street
(541)342-6155
Alder St.'s location of Paul's Bicycle Way of Life. (Photo courtesy of http://bicycleway.com/)
Entertainment:
2350 Hilyard Street
Box Office Phone: (541) 344-7751
2520 Harris Street
(541) 431-1177
2441 Emerald Street
(541) 683-6280
Main Community News and Information (Surveys about the neighborhood):
Amazon Reosurces: http://www.amazonneighbors.org/AmazonResources.html
Detailed Profile: http://www.city-data.com/neighborhood/Amazon-Eugene-OR.html
Neighborhood Data Profile: http://www.eugene-or.gov/portal/server.pt/gateway/PTARGS_0_2_361271_0_0_18/Amazon_SumrRsults.pdf
