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The next Southern Crossing Neighborhood Association board meeting is Thursday, November 16th at 5 p.m. All neighhbors in the Southern Crossing area are welcome to attend board meetings, which are held via Zoom. Email register@bendscna.org by noon the day before the meeting to request a Zoom invitation. If you would like to request time on […]

The eighth annual Central Oregon Fill Your Pantry event will be Saturday, November 11th from 11am to 3pm at the OSU-Extension parking lot at the Deschutes County Fairgrounds. Fill Your Pantry (FYP) is a yearly bulk-focused farmers market created to increase food security and resilience in Central Oregon by encouraging the community to load up […]

BEAT Children’s Theatre is thrilled to announce their Winter Musical – Junie B. Jones Jr – The Musical! Join Junie B. on her first day of first grade, where many changes are in store: Junie’s best friend Lucille has found new best friends -— and Junie B. makes friends with Herb, the new kid at […]

Economic Development for Central Oregon (EDCO) hosted the 20th Annual Bend Venture Conference (BVC) earlier this month at locations around Bend. During the conference, 14 finalists presented their ideas and business models to an audience of hundreds in hopes of gaining investment from prominent funds. Of those finalists, eight companies were awarded a total of […]

The effort to build the Central Oregon Center for the Arts took another step forward with the hiring of a consulting company to assist the COCA Board of Directors as it builds its operating and organizational infrastructure. This effort will be led by John C. Jepson, a Netzel Grigsby Associates executive who is based in […]

Twenty-eight Oregon arts organizations will each receive a $10,000 grant to strengthen arts education for K-12 students through $280,000 in Oregon Arts Commission Arts Learning Program funding for fiscal year 2024. All funded projects feature partnerships with Oregon schools within communities throughout the state. The High Desert Museum in Bend is the recipient of one […]

Kevin Pilla, owner of Budd + Finn in Portland is opening a second location in Bend’s Old Mill District in the coming weeks, replacing the Ticket Mill near REI. The Ticket Mill, which sells Old Mill District gift cards and Hayden Homes Amphitheater concert tickets, was absorbed into the district’s second-floor management office earlier this […]

KPOV 88.9 FM, High Desert Community Radio, announces two grants have been awarded to help build a new production studio. The project goal is to better serve Central Oregon by increasing the number of locally produced live talk and music shows and to build listenership. The Autzen Foundation awarded $3,375 toward the project. The Autzen […]

Join the Bend Young Professionals at their November Social for an evening of networking and connecting at US Bank’s Century Drive location. Food and drinks will be provided and if you bring your business card you’ll be entered to win a raffle prize. Register here. YP November Social Wednesday, November 15 5:00 pm – 7:00 […]

The Bend Young Professionals Expert Lab Series continues in November with Mind Management: the Scientific Reasons You Need to Increase Focus and Stop Task Switching with Dr. Mary Kelley. The event takes place Wednesdsay, Nov. 8 from 3pm to 5pm at COCC Health Careers Center #230. This lab will walk attendees through the neuroscience, offer […]