Events

New Coulter Grove Park & Deschutes River Trail South Open Houses

By Southern Crossing Neighborhood Association / March 17, 2026 / Comments Off on New Coulter Grove Park & Deschutes River Trail South Open Houses

Bend Park & Recreation District (BPRD) is holding a series of Open House events to get community input on two projects important to Southern Crossing   Coulter Grove Park As previously announced, Southern Crossing is getting a new neighborhood park! Coulter Grove Park will be located at 20185 Reed Lane. This 3.17-acre site will provide a…

Parks & Rec Seeks Input on New Park in Southern Crossing

By Southern Crossing Neighborhood Association / January 16, 2026 / Comments Off on Parks & Rec Seeks Input on New Park in Southern Crossing

A new neighborhood park is coming to Southern Crossing, and the Bend Park & Recreation District (BPRD) wants your input on design concepts. Coulter Grove Park will be located on the 3.17 acre property at 20185 Reed Lane. In this round of outreach, BPRD wants to learn what kind of features and amenities folks would…

2025 Summer Block Party Thanks

By Southern Crossing Neighborhood Association / July 18, 2025 / Comments Off on 2025 Summer Block Party Thanks

More than 140 SCNA neighbors came together to celebrate the start of summer at our second annual Block Party on Saturday, June 21 at Blakely Park. The day’s festivities kicked off with giant bubble making and hula hoop dancing on the park’s expansive lawn, with both kids and parents getting into the action. Neighbors had…

Neighborhood Forum Examines Bend’s Wildfire Risk

By Southern Crossing Neighborhood Association / April 16, 2025 / Comments Off on Neighborhood Forum Examines Bend’s Wildfire Risk

You are invited to the Wildfire Forum organized by Old Farm Neighborhood District on Thursday, April 24 at 5:30 pm at the Larkspur Community Center (located at Reed Market Road and 15th Street). Doors open at 4:30 pm. As Bend grows ever closer to the wildfire-susceptible Deschutes National Forest, what is being done to protect our community?  This event…

Annual Fire Free Yard Debris Disposal Event

By Southern Crossing Neighborhood Association / April 13, 2025 / Comments Off on Annual Fire Free Yard Debris Disposal Event

Deschutes County is once again conducting a FireFree 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 event…