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Source Weekly Update Podcast 7/1/20 ๐ŸŽง

A look into Redmond’s economy and Redmond’s new innovative ways to keep the fourth festive.

In this weeks Source Weekly update were focusing on Redmond: why Redmond’s economic recovery is looking stronger than Bend’s, how Central Oregon’s tourism-driven economy is responding to COVID, and new innovative ways Redmond is keeping the fourth of July festive while adhering to COVID restrictions. All in this week’s Source Weekly Update. Source Weekly – […]

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The Long Slog Back to Baseline 🎧 [with podcast]

In Redmond, an economic recovery thatโ€™s looking slightly stronger than Bend

Adapt. Evolve. Support. These words were a common theme among Redmondโ€™s small business owners who have turned towards one another and the City of Redmond for support during the darkest economic times in a nearly a century. Jon Cruz, along with his wife Katie, owns HIIT Logic, a boutique gym that hosts small workout classes […]

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Source Weekly Update Podcast 6/24/20 🎧

The story behind Bend’s “Rock Box” party bus, campers leave Juniper Ridge and more in this week’s Source Weekly Update

In this week’s podcast: Local runners adjust their training with no Olympic Trials, Juniper Ridge campers move on, and the story behind the “Rock Box,” the party bus that rolls around Bend, all in this week’s Source Weekly Update. Source Weekly – Bend, Oregon ยท Source Weekly Update 6/24/20

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A Central Oregon “Dreamer” on the Supreme Court’s DACA Decision 🎧

A local college student shares her reaction to the recent ruling by the nation’s highest court

Liliana Bernabe was featured in the 2018 Source Women’s Issue, sharing her story of living in the U.S., after coming to the country from Mexico as a young child. The Source checked back in with Bernabe following the U.S. Supreme Court ruling against the Trump Administration’s effort to end the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals […]

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Paralytic Economy: A State Economist’s Predictions for Recovery ๐ŸŽง [with podcast]

Josh Lehner takes a deep dive into the economic impacts of declining tourism revenues, Oregon’s “kicker” tax and remote workers

For this week’s “Bend Don’t Break” podcast, our guest is Josh Lehner, an Oregon state economist whose work has been published in the New York Times, NPR and the Washington Post. With a particular focus on the outlook for Central Oregon, Josh talks about the regionโ€™s strong professional services sector and how these types of […]

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Source Weekly Update Podcast 6/17/20

C.O. Pride goes virtual, investigating a knee-on-neck incident in Deschutes County and more in this week’s podcast

In this week’s podcast: Investigating a knee-on-neck incident in Deschutes County, Central Oregon Pride goes virtual and zero cases of COVID-19 found in the OSU TRACES study. Source Weekly – Bend, Oregon ยท Source Weekly Update 6/17/20

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Source Weekly Update Podcast 6/10/20 🎧

Body cams for Bend PD, budget cuts elsewhere for the City of Bend, and updates on the COVID-19 sewer study

In this week’s Source Weekly Update podcast: Body cams for Bend Police, but budget cuts for other City of Bend departmentsโ€”and an update on what researchers studying Bend’s sewage are finding in regards to COVID-19! Source Weekly – Bend, Oregon ยท Source Weekly Update 6/10/20

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Moving Forward Together 🎧 (with podcast)

A chat with our 2019 Woman of the Year and the founder of the Love Your Neighbor project

Erika McCalpine, a business professor at Oregon State University-Cascades, was our 2019 Woman of the Year. This February, McCalpine and the Source launched the Love Your Neighbor project, highlighting the experiences and voices of people of color in Central Oregon. This week, I sat down with McCalpine to talk about this moment in history. Source […]

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