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In this episode of Bend Don’t Break, hear seasoned tourism veteran Patric Douglas talk about his life’s adventures, how he landed in Central Oregon and why he founded The Bend Social Co., of which he is the CEO (Chief Excitement Officer).

Douglas has 30+ years of experience traveling the globe and introducing others to amazing adventures including great white shark cage diving and backcountry helicopter tours. Listen to hear about his deep desire to foster a thriving community with newcomers and locals. The Bend Social Co. is a platform where individuals can, “come together, find their tribe, and forge meaningful connections.”

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This article appears in Best of Central Oregon 2023.

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LISTEN: Bend Social Co., Patric Douglas 🎧

by The Source Staff, The Source - Bend, Oregon
August 17, 2023

<h1>LISTEN: Bend Social Co., Patric Douglas 🎧</h1> <p class="byline">by The Source Staff, The Source - Bend, Oregon <br />August 17, 2023</p> <p><span class="fdnDropCap">I</span>n this episode of Bend Don't Break, hear seasoned tourism veteran Patric Douglas talk about his life’s adventures, how he landed in Central Oregon and why he founded The Bend Social Co., of which he is the CEO (Chief Excitement Officer). </p> <figure class="wp-block-image size-full alignright alignright"><a href="https://www.bendsource.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/08/bend-don-t-break-web-ad.webp"><img src="https://www.bendsource.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/08/bend-don-t-break-web-ad.webp" alt="" class="wp-image-50119" /></a></figure> </p> <p>Douglas has 30+ years of experience traveling the globe and introducing others to amazing adventures including great white shark cage diving and backcountry helicopter tours. Listen to hear about his deep desire to foster a thriving community with newcomers and locals. The Bend Social Co. is a platform where individuals can, "come together, find their tribe, and forge meaningful connections."</p> <p> <b><i>Listen now:</p> <p></i></b> </p> <div class="wp-block-group newspack-embed-container align"> <div style="font-size: 10px;color: #cccccc;overflow: hidden;white-space: nowrap;font-family: Interstate,Lucida Grande,Lucida Sans Unicode,Lucida Sans,Garuda,Verdana,Tahoma,sans-serif;font-weight: 100"><a href="https://soundcloud.com/user-779383396" title="Source Weekly - Bend, Oregon" target="_blank" style="color: #cccccc;text-decoration: none">Source Weekly - Bend, Oregon</a> · <a href="https://soundcloud.com/user-779383396/patric-douglas" title="Patric Douglas" target="_blank" style="color: #cccccc;text-decoration: none">Patric Douglas</a></div> </p></div></p> <p>This &lt;a target=&quot;_blank&quot; href=&quot;https://www.bendsource.com/news/listen-bend-social-co-patric-douglas-19685072/&quot;&gt;article&lt;/a&gt; first appeared on &lt;a target=&quot;_blank&quot; href=&quot;https://www.bendsource.com&quot;&gt;The Source - Bend, Oregon&lt;/a&gt; and is republished here under a &lt;a target=&quot;_blank&quot; href=&quot;https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nd/4.0/&quot;&gt;Creative Commons Attribution-NoDerivatives 4.0 International License&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;img src=&quot;https://i0.wp.com/www.bendsource.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/03/cropped-Untitled-design-4.png?resize=150%2C150&amp;amp;ssl=1&quot; style=&quot;width:1em;height:1em;margin-left:10px;&quot;&gt;</p> &lt;img id=&quot;republication-tracker-tool-source&quot; src=&quot;https://www.bendsource.com/?republication-pixel=true&amp;post=50112&quot; style=&quot;width:1px;height:1px;&quot;&gt;&lt;script&gt; PARSELY = { autotrack: false, onload: function() { PARSELY.beacon.trackPageView({ url: &quot;https://www.bendsource.com/news/listen-bend-social-co-patric-douglas-19685072/&quot;, urlref: window.location.href }); } } &lt;/script&gt; &lt;script id=&quot;parsely-cfg&quot; src=&quot;//cdn.parsely.com/keys/bendsource.com/p.js&quot;&gt;&lt;/script&gt;

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