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Show Wednesday. August 7, 1974, THE HERALD, Provo. Utah-P- age Expo '74 Works Miracle in Halting Urban Blight Spokane's - SPOKANE Expo 74, the World's Fair which opened here some say May 4, was a success a miracle long ago. If the fair's gates never opened, this city of some 250,000 in the heart of the Pacific Northwest would nevertheless have set an example of that others are almost certain to attempt to n just the face of a of size the Spokane city States' bicentennial successfully promoting a world's celebrations. It is also the first fair, although in the early stages, world's fair in which the U.S. has few really believed it could be participated under the auspices done. The miracle is what has of the Paris-base- d Bureau of International Expositions. happened to the city itself. The "miracle" often referred Facing the same urban blight to in connection with Expo 74 is that afflicts communities across By Act of Congress, it is an official event of the United the U.S., Spokane has pulled itself out of a slide toward central a city decay and become showcase of cooperation between little-know- businessmen local and concerned environmentalists. "We have condensed 25 years of urban development into fewer than three years," said Paul the Creighton of Yakima, '4"' follow. Spokane has renovated its blighted downtown area, cleared fifty acres in the heart of the city for a spectacular riverfront park, primed its economic pump for an infusion of about $700 million over the next decade and put itself on the map as a World's Fair city. Ten nations, a western states and Canadian provinces and dozens of industrial, commercial and cultural exhibitors will be here until Nov. 3. Foreign exhibits include Canada, the Soviet Union, Japan, West Germany, Australia, the Republic of China, the Philippines, Iran and the Republic of Korea. Expo 74 is the first world's fair dedicated to an environmental not S J f": World's Fair's site development director. "When the fair is over Spokane will have one of the finest riverfront parks and convention centers in the United the heart of the city. The plan was to turn the area into a park which would draw people back to the city's center and adjacent business rejuvenate announced it would participate development of the park site. Another $2 million, for park .with.Sf $11.9 million State ' acquisition came from the U.S. Pavilion which includes an opera of Housing and house and convention center. Department Urban Development, and the This is one of the few buildings feasible. From there, the idea of Federal Economic Development States." that will remain with the park. The idea for Expo 74 began turning the centennial into an Agency approved a $2.5 million Total funding for the fair, who environmentally with local businessmen oriented grant for the same purpose. revenues from including The next step was to obtain concessions, pavilion rentals and meant to use the city's centennial world's fair was bom. Businessmen underwrote an Bureau of celebrations as an economic International related exhibitor fees, comes to vehicle to clear the ramshackle initial $800,000 seed money loan Expositions approval for the fair. $78.4 million. assortment of railroad tracks, from local banks and sponsored a Then the U.S. Government Economic studies indicate that warehouses and other successful $5 million bond issue. agreed to build a $11.5 million Expo 74 has created some 7,200 dilapidated structures that had Through a special business and Federal Pavilion as a keystone to new jobs in the Spokane area and grown up to hide the scenic occupations tax, the city raised draw other nations to Expo 74. pumped $206 million directly into The State of Washington the city's economy. Spokane River falls and rapids in $5.7 million for acquisition and half-doze- n theme have AERIAL VIEW of the site of Expo '74 in Spokane, Wash., being held there through Nov. 3. 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