A recent story in The Register-Guard describes efforts to visualize Springfield’s future:

SPRINGFIELD—City officials agree that their city is going to grow—the question is how and where.

With sights set on expanding the urban growth boundary, members of the City Council and Planning Commission on Monday discussed their vision for the city’s economic future.

One year after the state Senate approved a bill that will allow Springfield to set and expand its growth boundary without the approval of adjacent Eugene, a joint work session began identifying just what kind of industry they’d like to have in a potentially larger city.

What are your ideas for the future of Springfield? Is Springfield better off taking charge of its own destiny, or would it make more sense to link its future to those of neighboring communities?