FIRE EVACUEES OFFERED FREE WORKSPACE AT COTTAGE GROVE’S BANK BUILDING Located just 20 minutes from the Eugene-Springfield area, the Bank Building in downtown Cottage Grove is currently offering free office workspace for those recently evacuated from their homes or have lost power as a result of Oregon’s unprecedented wildfires. During this crisis, the Bank …
Future of Bank Building looks bright Damien Sherwood – COTTAGE GROVE SENTINEL – Aug 13, 2020 After 18 months of construction and renovation, the Bank Building has re-opened for business — and business is booming. The man behind the project, local developer Len Blackstone, took on the building project in a bid to improve the …
STEP INTO YOUR NEW OFFICE Bank Building offices filling fast! We’ve celebrated many move-in days at the Bank Building, and the fun is just beginning! In recent months, the Bank Building’s upstairs apartments have become a downtown home for their new residents. Soon, these residents will be able to buy a slice in their building, …
PIZZA OVEN FINDS A NEW HOME HERE Can’t you almost smell the fresh-baked pizza? It’s been a moving day of sorts here at the Bank Building, where key elements of a kitchen under construction arrived this morning courtesy of Emerald Moving & Storage, Inc. Most notably, the crew delivered an impressive oven to 609 Main …
Thanks for Your Support, Cottage Grove! All Bank Building Apartments Have Been Rented. It still doesn’t seem like long ago that we began our journey toward the revitalization of this historic building. Since then, there have been many discoveries made, challenges overcome and hours of hard work by a talented, dedicated staff of professionals. A …
Apartment 202 is Calling You! UPDATE: All apartments are rented. Who will it be? The corner of Sixth and Main streets in downtown Cottage Grove has hummed with new activity for well over a year now, and it’s all leading up to a series of magical moments — when downtown’s newest residents come home! The …
Bank Building Apartments Nearly Ready to Welcome You Home! The year 2019 has been very good to the Bank Building — and all signs point to an even brighter 2020! This outlook is evident when touring the building’s upstairs apartments, where one can witness firsthand the remarkable progress made there over the past few months. …
In the century-plus that the Bank Building has stood at the corner of Sixth and Main Streets in downtown Cottage Grove, it has served as a vessel for human life in its community. Since the building’s construction, countless parades have marched past. Businesses have begun, grown, changed and ceased to exist, their influence transforming Main …
Here’s a fascinating article about one of the Bank Building’s most iconic residents — who remembers the ice cream at Gustafson’s? GUSTAFSON’S: THE BEGINNING OF AN EMPIRE Ice Cream Shop at Sixth and Main Was Origins of Dutch Girl By Tony Hazarian For the Sentinel Elmer Gustafson swears he still can remember the way a …
It’s been many decades since the western bay window — one of two that originally adorned the facade of the Bank Building in downtown Cottage Grove — looked out over Main Street, as historical photos can attest. Its restoration there now stands as one of the more visible achievements so far of what will amount to the complete renovation of this historic building.