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Healthy Trees, Healthy Bend!

By Southern Crossing Neighborhood Association / April 10, 2026 / Comments Off on Healthy Trees, Healthy Bend!

Bend’s new Urban Forestry program is embarking on an ambitious project to create the most comprehensive inventory of the City’s trees… and you can be part of it. What is the Bend Tree Project? A volunteer-based community effort to count trees along city streets, in the right-of-way or on other city property, led by Bend…

New Coulter Grove Park Open House and Survey

By Southern Crossing Neighborhood Association / April 10, 2026 / Comments Off on New Coulter Grove Park Open House and Survey

  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 new neighborhood park for surrounding residents. Park features may include open lawn, picnic and gathering space, play area, trails and pathways. Bend Park & Recreation District is conducting…

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…

Help Save the Canopy Trail (step 2)

By Southern Crossing Neighborhood Association / August 10, 2023 / Comments Off on Help Save the Canopy Trail (step 2)

The future of one of the major trails on the Central Oregon Irrigation District (COID) property in the Deschutes South Canyon is being decided now. Known by many as the Canopy Trail, it includes the trailhead on Brookswood Boulevard and the tree-lined footpath that connects to the Deschutes River Trail. This is the next step…

Help Save the Canopy Trail

By Southern Crossing Neighborhood Association / June 14, 2023 / Comments Off on Help Save the Canopy Trail

We need your help to urge Bend Park and Recreation District (BPRD) and Oregon Parks and Recreation Department (OPRD)  to preserve the Canopy Trail in the Deschutes South Canyon (aka COID property). The Canopy Trail includes the trailhead on Brookswood Boulevard and the tree-lined footpath that connects it to the trail leading to the Deschutes River…