Southern Crossing Neighborhood Association

Bend Shelter Code Amendments Public Hearing

By Southern Crossing Neighborhood Association / April 21, 2022 / Comments Off on Bend Shelter Code Amendments Public Hearing

The Bend City Council will hold a single public hearing on amendments to the Bend Comprehensive Plan and Bend Development Code for three permanent shelter types (Group, Multi-Room, and Outdoor) and two temporary shelter types (Temporary and Hardship Housing). This will be a hybrid hearing, taking place on Wednesday May 4 at 7pm. You can…

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Request a Neighborhood Speed Radar

By Southern Crossing Neighborhood Association / April 15, 2022 / Comments Off on Request a Neighborhood Speed Radar

The neighborhood speed radar program is five mobile speed radar signs that rotate to different neighborhood streets and serve as an education tool encouraging motorists to drive the speed limit. The radars are placed from May through October at locations selected by the Neighborhood Associations. To request a speed radar, tell us of a specific…

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Fire Free Event

By Southern Crossing Neighborhood Association / April 14, 2022 / Comments Off on Fire Free Event

Deschutes County is once again conducting a Fire Free event this spring. The usual fee at Knott Landfill will be waived so that you may dispose of yard waste for free. This includes grass clippings, brush, plant prunings, pine needles, pine cones, weeds, trimmings, and branches, stumps or trees no larger than 12” diameter. This…

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Bend Houseless Strategies Town Hall

By Southern Crossing Neighborhood Association / April 14, 2022 / Comments Off on Bend Houseless Strategies Town Hall

Two town hall meetings are being hosted by several Neighborhood Associations and a group of Bend residents. The objectives of these meetings are to educate Bend residents on the proposed shelter code amendments (information here), describe programs that successfully serve the houseless, discuss with the panel their expectations related to the proposed changes, and engage…

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Public Meeting for 8 Unit Apartment Building in Old Mill District

By Southern Crossing Neighborhood Association / February 9, 2022 / Comments Off on Public Meeting for 8 Unit Apartment Building in Old Mill District

There will be a public meeting for a proposed 8 unit residential apartment building on the vacant lot located at the corner of SW Upper Terrace Drive and SW Bond Street in the Old Mill District. Download the meeting notification here. The planning pre-application web page has additional information and diagrams. The virtual meeting will…

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