City officials anticipate major developments in the area they are planning on annexing in Glenwood.

GLENWOOD, Ore.-- In about a month, the City of Springfield will decide if it will bring a chunk of the neighboring Glenwood district into its city limits. For years Glenwood has had differing jurisdictions and now Springfield wants to develop it.

Springfield city officials see untapped potential in the Glenwood which is why they're planning on annexing 21 acres of northeast riverfront land. This would include land from Roaring Rapids Pizza company to Trak Powersports and everything in between. Tom Sievers is the senior planner for the City of Springfield and brought about the plan of annexing the land for the city. Sievers said once the land is annexed, all kinds of developments could be put in place.

"I think there's a loose vision right now I have not seen any concrete proposals because we’re not there yet because we're going through annexation right now,” Sievers said. “I'm sure the private sector has their ideas."

The City of Springfield feels that they can developed the area once the annexation is approved.

For years Glenwood has been stuck between two cities…technically part of Springfield but the stores and businesses there have Eugene addresses. With all of the empty land in the area, businesses said it has created some interesting situations. General Manager of Trak Powersports Jason Howe said on one encounter, a person had drove their R.V into one of the empty lots and tried living there.

“There was a person who moved in a motor home and literally looked like it was running, and they drove it into the sticker bushes as deep as they could…and then they started a fire,” Howe said.

With the City of Springfield now looking to make this land part of the city, some locals are concerned over what developments will be made to the land while others are hopeful to see a job spike. Howe said the more jobs the better especially to help Glenwood become part of Springfield proper.

"Jobs are always great for a community’s stability whoever's going to build something down there in that area,” Howe said. “That’s giving hopefully a local build company you know a job to bid on or at least a couple of companies some jobs to bid on."

The 21 acres of land planning on being annexed spreads north of Franklin Blvd.

With the annexation process taking years to set up, so too are the plans for the area should it be approved. So, it is important for people to know that change won't be immediate if the plan is approved. Sievers said this will quite literally take years for the area to be completely developed.

"The arc of development and everything this is, there’s the long-range planning that's just envisioning things then there's annexation,” Sievers said. “Yeah, it will be some time I'm not sure how it will be…for the foreseeable future we will be seeing changes on the riverfront."

Springfield's city council make a decision on the annexation request at their April 7 meeting.