A โCommunity Building Communityโ Event
The COCC Small Business Development Center presents another session of the SBDC’s series, “Community Building Community.” ๏ปฟ Come learn from local marketing professional, Anne-Marie Daggett, who will focus on relationships with customers and the responsibility to be authentic and trustworthy to build customer advocates. In this very digitally focused world where information is inundating us,โฆ
Black Butte Ranch Elevates Current COO/CFO Kyle Cummings To CEO
The Black Butte Ranch board of directors announces the promotion of Kyle Cummings to serve as CEO for the resort. Cummings, chief financial officer and chief operating officer since August 2023 – roles he also served from 2011-2018 acted as Black Butte Ranchโs interim CEO while the resortโs board of directors performed its search toโฆ
19th Annual Backcountry Film Festival Returns To Central Oregon
Calling all skiers, backcountry adventurers, thrill seekers, and winter enthusiasts for the 19th Annual Backcountry Film Festival. This celebration of winter wildlands through a collection of short films returns to Central Oregon in person and indoors for the Winter Wildlands Alliance Backcountry Film Festival. This year offers three screenings in Bend, Sisters and Sunriver. Allโฆ
Bend Core Area Businesses Receive Grant Money For Improvements
Six local businesses in Bendโs Core Area will collectively receive $100,000 after the Bend Urban Renewal Agency voted to approve business assistance grants. The Bend Urban Renewal Agency, which is made up of Bend City Councilors, approved grant awards on Wednesday, Feb. 7 to support both internal and external building improvements. Examples include signage, exteriorโฆ
Bend Dermatology Clinic Opens New Redmond Location
Bend Dermatology Clinicโs new, modern facility at 440 NW Maple Ave. opened Monday, Feb. 17 and began accepting patients immediately. The new 5,134-square foot facility more than doubles care capacity with an additional two exam rooms and three Mohs Micrographic Surgery rooms, allowing providers to accommodate the ever-increasing need for dermatological care in the Centralโฆ
Bend Young Professionals March Expert Lab: The Language of Leadership
What do you do when someone (including your peers or boss) doesn’t do the thing, or does it late, or does it poorly? What do you say? How do you say it? What do you listen for? At Bend Young Professionals’ March Expert Lab: The Language of Leadership, you’ll learn what to say, and howโฆ
Whatโs Brewing: Trends In Business LendingโNational To Local Perspectives
Curious about what 2024 holds for the interest rates, access to capital and impacts on your business? Attend Bend Chamberโs Whatโs Brewing for an engaging conversation about fiscal and monetary policy from the Federal Reserve and lending trends with regional banking partners and community lenders. Whatโs Brewing: Trends in Business Lending February 22, 5:00pm โโฆ
Affogato al Caffรฉ
In honor of Source Weeklyโs Coffee Pages, it seems apropos to suggest a few coffee pairings. What does go well with coffee? Of course, there are some obvious answers to that question. Doughnuts, croissants, cookies, waffles and coffee cake are terrific choices on the sweet side. And you could never go wrong with chocolate, caramelโฆ
Deschutes County Grapples with RV Regulations
Deschutes County is considering the adoption of amendments that would allow RVs to be used as rental dwellings in rural residential exception areas, authorizing property owners to let someone in an RV live on the land and pay rent. After a recent County Planning Commission meeting, where the commission voted to not recommend the amendment,โฆ
On Homelessness, Major Strides in Kotek’s First Year
The pandemic years โ and the ones just after โ are a time we will remember for the rest of our lives. Between the rapid shift in lifestyles โ the shutdowns and restrictions, and the isolation and uncertainty, the advent of COVID-19 was history in the making. And then there was the aftermath โ theโฆ
Winter Walks along the Deschutes River
As winter continues, snow and ice create challenges for getting out to trails in the region. Dog walkers miss cleared sidewalks and some hikers lament breaking trail through deep snow. Not only can the trails get blanketed with snow, but some of the trailheads have limited parking making access difficult. Fortunately, there are options. Numerousโฆ
Caminatas de Invierno por el río Deschutes
Varias secciones del sendero del rรญo Deschutes ofrecen maravillosas alternativas para ir a caminar, correr o a esquiar durante el invierno. Algunas secciones estรกn labradas, lo cual ayuda a las personas que sacan a pasear a sus perros para hacer algo de ejercicio mientras que otras personas pueden ponerse los esquรญs, raquetas para la nieveโฆ
May the Source Be With You: February Edition
Everyone has different shows and movies that give them comfort when they’re sick, sad or some other combination of unpleasantness. I know people who have watched all nine seasons of “The Office” multiple times that treat the show like a cozy blanket on a cold night, although for my money “Parks and Recreation” is aโฆ
Epiphanies with Tyler Spencer
Tyler Spencer’s “Didgi-Beat-Fusion” performance, set for Sat., Feb. 17, is centered around the culturally rich aboriginal instrument, the didgeridoo. The instrument produces a distinctive, resonant sound that is used in traditional Australian/Aboriginal ceremonies but also in contemporary music. Breathing life into an ancient tradition, Spencer blends the instrument with rhythm, beats and synths to produceโฆ
Why Pre-Approval Is Even More Important This Year
On the road to becoming a homeowner? If so, you may have heard the term pre-approval get tossed around. Let’s break down what it is and why it’s important if you’re looking to buy a home in 2024. What pre-approval is As part of the homebuying process, your lender will look at your finances toโฆ
The Medicine Cabinet Within
While the experience of falling in love and connecting deeply with another person might be better left to the musings of philosophers and poets, the training of psychiatric professionals or the wisdom of gurus and clergy, one cannot help but be curious about the physiology of the experience we call love. It will come asโฆ
A Recipe for Rumpeppers
Local rock band The Rumpeppers were originally founded on two pillars, “we’re drunk and we’re hot,” lead singer Zeus Guelfex explained. The initial idea, a flame from Stratocaster-wielding guitar player Paul Streichan, helped launch the four-piece onto the Bend music scene as a force to be reckoned with. The band’s undeniable chemistry came from theโฆ
Coffee Town, U.S.A.
Everyone could probably concur that the PNW’s love affair with coffee started with the opening of the first Starbucks in Seattle in 1971 in Pike Place Market. But come to find out, Seattle’s first commercial roasting operations actually started over 100 years ago. By the 1960s the coffeehouse scene had blossomed and with it aโฆ
Source Warmup
$14 Animal Adoptions for Valentine’s Day Starting on Feb. 12, the Humane Society of Central Oregon is reducing its adoption fee to $14, not including a dog license) on all animals six months and older through Saturday, Feb. 17. On Valentine’s Day, people can visit the HSCO for sweet treats and a photo opportunity inโฆ
Monkless Prepares to Open The Abbey
Monkless Belgian Ales has been crafting Belgian-style beer since 2014 and slinging mussels with frites plus Liege waffles at its Monkless Brasserie since late 2019. Now, owners Robin and Todd Clement are bringing their abbey-style ales to, well, their very own Abbey. Just as it’s not uncommon for brewers to jump from one brewing companyโฆ
Destroying the Curve with the “Science Comedian”
Ben Miller, a former materials scientist turned comedian, brings his acclaimed show, “Stand-Up Science,” to Bend for a night of wit, humor and a dash of scientific curiosity. Armed with a degree in materials science and engineering, Miller explored the field of laboratory-grade biopolymers and 3-D printing during his time at Columbia University. “I wentโฆ
What Teachers Want You to Know
Recent rounds of union bargaining in Oregon have shined a spotlight onto issues educators deal with in their day-to-day lives. For over three weeks in November 2023, Portland Public Schools teachers embarked on an unprecedented strike in an effort to come to an agreement with the PPS district. On Nov. 26, the district and theโฆ
Horoscope Week of February 15, 2024
AQUARIUS (Jan. 20-Feb. 18): Poet Anna Akhmatova (1889โ1966) lived till age 76, but her destiny was a rough ride. Her native country, the authoritarian Soviet Union, censored her work and imprisoned her friends and family. In one of her poems, she wrote, “If I can’t have love, if I can’t find peace, give me aโฆ
Letters to the Editor 02/15/2024
Guest Opinion: Expanding Commissioners Years ago, while working as a reporter in Oregon, I was tasked with covering the county commissioners. At the time, I had very little understanding of who the county commissioners were or what their jobs entailed. Like a lot of voters, I trusted that these public servants were doing their bestโฆ
Eat Your (Local) Veggies
Last week, farmer Megan Kellner-Rode of Boundless Farmstead wrote to the farm’s followers, celebrating Imbolc, that time halfway between winter solstice and spring equinox, where we find ourselves right about now. With spring on the brain, she wrote these recommendations for local community-supported agriculture programs locals can take advantage of right now. With Boundless Farmstead’sโฆ
Nature’s Ecosystem Engineers
In late fall, while pronghorn prepare for winter migration and sagebrush lizards enter hibernation, beavers are hard at work. They’re ferrying across waterways, cutting down streamside trees with their teeth and submerging their stock into shallow water. Neither hibernators nor migrators, they’ll subsist off this wet pantry of live wood and green bark until springโฆ
Next Steps for Bend’s Tree Code
The Bend City Council held a work session on the Bend tree code for the first time since the 14-member Tree Regulations Update Advisory Committee recommended updates to the code on Dec. 5, 2023. Committee members and City staff presented the recommendations to councilors on Feb. 7, making plans for community outreach before a hearing.โฆ
