LISTEN: Laura Handy, Executive Director Heart of Oregon Corps ๐ง
In this Bend Don’t Break episode, Source Weekly publisher Aaron Switzer converses with the Executive Director of the Heart of Oregon Corps, Laura Handy. Laura has served Heart of Oregon Corps for 16 years, led the organization for over 10 years, and has extensive experience networking in the community and building solid partnerships with localโฆ
LISTEN: Grand Craft Bend: Owner Andy Rhine & Brewmaster Ryan Schmiege, Cascade Lakes Brewing ๐ง
This episode of Grand Craft Bend welcomes Cascade Lakes Brewing’s owner, Andy Rhine, and brewmaster, Ryan Schmiege. We discuss what’s new with Central Oregon’s second oldest brewery that’s turning 30 years old, craft beer styles that have come, gone, and come back again during that time, and why the Rhine family recently converted it into Oregon’s second-ever not-for-profit brewery.โฆ
Deschutes County Considers More Oversight of Short Term Rentals
Deschutes County is considering more regulations on short term rentals in the unincorporated County. The process would allow the County to better enforce and monitor short term rentals outside of the Urban Growth Boundary. While the program would be aimed at increasing safety of STRs and decreasing risks, County staff believe this program could causeโฆ
New Photography Studio Set To Open In Bend
The Grand Opening of Miranda Keltonโs new photography studio will be March 21, 2024. The new studio location at 20370 Empire Ave., Suite C2 in Bend will be the site of the grand opening celebration. The festivities will kick off at 4:00 p.m. on March 21st with an o๏ฌcial ribbon-cutting ceremony hosted by the Bendโฆ
CBRE Announces $57.5 Million Sale Of 205-Unit Multifamily Community In Bend
CBRE has announced the sale of Outlook at Pilot Butte, a 205-unit multifamily community in Bend, Oregon, to an undisclosed buyer for $57.5 million. CBREโs Josh McDonald, Joe Nydahl, and Phil Oester represented the seller, Seattle-based Security Properties. The garden-style community was built in 2017 and is located at 2001 NE Linea Drive. It comprisesโฆ
SELCO Community Credit Union Launches โSELCO Steps Up,โ Reimagining And Expanding Its Community Involvement Efforts
SELCO Community Credit Union has reimagined and expanded its approach to community involvement with the launch of SELCO Steps Up. SELCOโs new program aims to create positive, innovative, and lasting change through community giving, volunteerism, financial education, and student and educator support. SELCO Steps Up not only significantly expands support for many of the creditโฆ
Compass Commericial Construction Services New VP, Rich Reese
Compass Commercial Construction Services announces a change in leadership following the retirement of Managing Partner Steven Hendley. Rich Reese, Vice President of Construction Services, assumed leadership on January 1, 2024. Reese brings over 35 years of experience in the construction industry, with a career completing various development projects worth over $2.1 billion. โWeโre very excitedโฆ
Apply Before March 7 For Bend Cultural Tourism Fund Grants
The Bend Cultural Tourism Fund, a Visit Bend project, is still accepting applications for its annual grant program. The project was created to enhance and support Bendโs cultural opportunities and offerings. The BCTF helps organizations, from musical productions to art exhibits to film festivals and more, leverage marketing resources to attract more cultural tourists duringโฆ
Bend Chamber Invites Local Businesses To Take 2024 Business Climate Survey
The Oregon Legislature is in the middle of another session, state agency rulemaking is underway for many new and revised policies, and a consequential election is around the corner. Oregon Business & Industryโin partnership with the Oregon State Chamber of Commerce and the local Bend Chamberโwants to hear from businesses across the state. They inviteโฆ
Volunteers In Medicine Clinic Of The Cascades Celebrates 20 Years
Volunteers in Medicine Clinic of the Cascades (VIM) is celebrating 20 years of providing medical care in its clinic to the uninsured and critically underserved in Central Oregon. Join volunteers, staff, and patients on March 20th from 5:30-7pm at the clinic, 2300 NE Neff Rd on the St. Charles Bend campus. Volunteers will offer clinicโฆ
Core Area Businesses Receive Funding for Improvements
Six businesses in Bend’s core area will receive funding through a City program aimed at enhancing the area. On Feb. 7, staff presented the Core Area Business Assistance Grant awards to the Bend Urban Renewal Agency for approval. The recommendation, showing how much money each business would receive, sparked questions surrounding program policy and awardingโฆ
A Push to Establish Statewide Ranked-Choice Voting
Oregon voters will soon have the choice to adopt a new method of voting in elections. Ranked-choice voting, a system that allows voters to rank candidates in order of preference, will appear on the ballot this November. If approved by voters, the measure would establish RCV for elections to federal and state offices and authorizeโฆ
With Affordable Housing, Why Are Deschutes County and the City of Bend Ignoring the Low-Hanging Fruit?
Over the past several years, state and local governments have spent a lot of time, energy and money trying to solve Oregon’s massive shortfall of housing. “Oregon needs to develop more than 550,000 new housing units across income levels to accommodate 20 years of population growth and account for current underproduction,” read a June 2023โฆ
LISTEN: John J. Graham, Executive Director CBIPD At COCC ๐ง
Source Weekly publisher Aaron Switzer visits with the new executive director of the Center for Business, Industry and Professional Development at COCC, John J. Graham. John talks about his new position and why he was lured out of retirement to take it … and also dives into AI and the exciting ways he thinks itโฆ
Hot Spring Hype
Whether day tripping or planning a perfect weekend getaway, nearby hot springs offer Central Oregonians a comfortingly warm escape from the winter cold. These geothermally heated, mineral-rich waters rise out of the earth’s interior through fissures and cracks after making contact with very hot rocks deep below, and in the right conditions pool โ naturallyโฆ
No Love for the Snubs
Working in a movie theater (Tin Pan) that’s showing several of the Best Picture nominees means that I get into a lot of discussions about what I think the actual best movie of the year is, out of the 10. Don’t get me wrong, most of the nominees this year are fine examples of theโฆ
Spitting Fire
American rapper Matisyahu, born Matthew Paul Miller, has long captivated audiences with his distinctive fusion of infectious reggae and thought-provoking lyrics. “When I started out, I had this punk-rock attitude of f*ck the world, that people weren’t good and everything was shallow,” Matisyahu said. “Even though I sing about unity and about everyone coming together,โฆ
Un impulso para instaurar en todo el estado el voto por orden de preferencia
Los votantes de Oregรณn pronto tendrรกn la opciรณn de adoptar un nuevo sistema para votar durante las elecciones. El voto por orden de preferencia (RCV por sus siglas en inglรฉs), un mรฉtodo que permite a los votantes clasificar a los candidatos por orden de preferencia, aparecerรก en la boleta electoral de noviembre. Si los votantesโฆ
A Bit More On Escalation Clauses
The other week I responded to a reader’s question about why real estate brokers don’t like to use escalation clauses, and this sparked several additional readers to ask questions about escalation clauses, so I figured the best way to answer those questions, in lieu of another mailbag, would be to write an article about them.โฆ
Source Warmup
Crews Dismantle Historic AJ Tucker Building Crews began dismantling and cataloging the blocks of the front of the historic AJ Tucker building in downtown Bend on Feb. 19. While the stone from the front facade is going to be stored for potential future reconstruction, the remainder of the building will be demolished. The dismantling, whichโฆ
Winter at the Largest Dam Removal Project in History
-Part One of a three-part series on the dam removal and restoration of the Klamath River along the Oregon-California border. Millions of pounds of algae-filled sediment. Thousands of fish. Thousands of homes, no longer powered by hydro. Dozens of deer. A handful of residential wells. For some, these are the casualties of the largest damโฆ
The Third Act
I have a feeling none of you currently have (or ever had) “Eats, Shoots & Leaves” on the top of your must-read list, especially considering the subtitle: “The Zero Tolerance Approach to Punctuation.” It sounds boring but trust me, Lynne Truss’s book, first published in the early 2000s and still going strong, is hysterically funny. Theโฆ
Mountainfilm on Tour 2024
An annual rendezvous with breathtaking stories and awe-inspiring documentaries is just around the corner as The Environmental Center brings Mountainfilm on Tour back to Central Oregon on Friday and Saturday, Feb. 23-24. This film event promises an evening of adventure, climate change revelations, cultural exploration and resilient tales from every corner of the globe. Mountainfilmโฆ
Chocolate Marshmallow Cake Recipe
I grew up eating this chocolate marshmallow cake in all its gooey wonder. It was one of my grandma’s go-to desserts. It’s a simple cake to mix up, rich and chocolate-y, made with ingredients you’re likely to have on hand. It’s very rich and if you’re making it for a party you could even cut itโฆ
Into the Breach with Gabe Johnson
Over the years, Parallell 44 Presents has promoted over 1,200 concert events in Central Oregon. Gabe Johnson, affectionally referred to by some as “Brother Gabe,” has been the promoter of Parallel 44 Presents since its inception and served as a talent agent for agency group In the Pocket Artists. If that wasn’t enough, Johnson alsoโฆ
Small Business Grows with Kindness, Goodwill, and a Few Good Books
It’s industry conference season! The American Bookseller Association annual trade conference occurs every year in February. This year I joined 950 other independent booksellers from across the nation in Cincinnati, along with 600 other industry professionals that included authors, publishers and vendors. I know what you’re wondering, and the answer is, YES! We do getโฆ
Horoscope Week of February 22, 2024
PISCES (Feb. 19-March 20): Unlike the Pope’s decrees, my proclamations are not infallible. As opposed to Nostradamus and many modern soothsayers, I never imagine I have the power to definitely and absolutely decipher what’s ahead. One of my main mottoes is “The future is undecided. Our destinies are always mutable.” Please keep these caveats inโฆ
Letters to the Editor 02/22/2024
Misinformation To justify imposing the “Transportation Utility Fee” on all Bend residents and businesses, the City of Bend has consistently stated that “gas tax revenue is declining.” This is the Oregon Highway Fund that supplies about a third of Bend’s Street Operations budget. BUT the 10/2023 ODOT “City and County Apportionment forecast” CLEARLY shows thatโฆ
Bend Brewfest is Back and Taking Brewer Applications
Between a major stage upgrade to a new entrance, a new title sponsor and a slew of more bike parking, a lot has changed at Bend’s amphitheater over the last several years. With the changes โ and the arrival of a global pandemic โ one beloved event at the Old Mill District went by theโฆ
Redmond Shelter Expands to 24/7 Shelter
Shepherdโs House Ministries, a local nonprofit providing shelter services, recovery programs and support for individuals experiencing homelessness, announced on Feb. 12 that it expanded its Redmond Center to now offer daytime services. Before opening the space as a permanent, year-round shelter in Redmond, it was limited to an annual overnight winter shelter four months outโฆ
