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Bend residents are invited to attend a public meeting at 3 p.m. on Wednesday, Dec. 12, in Council Chambers at City Hall, 710 NW Wall Street, to provide input on what affordable housing solutions could ease “rent burden” in Bend. More than 25 percent of Bend residents have a very difficult time paying for their housing…
Read MoreTwo winters ago, with record-breaking snow fall, the City identified locations where on-street parking contributed to increasingly narrow roads that became challenging for two-way traffic flow. During declared snow emergencies, the City will ask that those targeted streets be cleared of parked cars, to help crews plow from curb to curb and prevent unmanageable berms…
Read MoreOn Friday, Nov. 16, the state’s Land Conservation and Development Commission selected the City of Bend’s Affordable Housing Pilot Project proposal, as allowed under House Bill 4079. The pilot project allows the City to use a non-traditional Urban Growth Boundary (UGB) expansion process to increase the supply of affordable housing in Bend. A UGB expansion…
Read MoreThere’s a new road closure on O.B. Riley Road between Hardy Road/Glen Vista and Cooley Road to accommodate the installation of infrastructure (water lines, stormwater and road improvements) associated with the new elementary school near O.B. Riley and Cooley. The closure is expected to last all winter, with construction work happening over the winter and…
Read MoreHappy Thanksgiving as we embrace this season of gratitude, giving, and new year. We wish you and your family a safe holiday season and please take precautions in the Central Oregon cold weather. Congratulations to Bend’s first newly elected mayor in nearly a century, Sally Russell. Please also join us in welcoming Bend’s newest city councilor Genda Goodman-Campbell.…
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