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Efforts continue to make downtown Bend safer and more attractive.  But, are they enough, or only band-aid approaches to a long-term fix needed for Mirror Pond Plaza?  

This article appears in Nov 30 – Dec 7, 2016.

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Safe or Disgusting? BEND’S MIRROR POND PLAZA

by Brian Jennings, The Source - Bend, Oregon
December 3, 2016

<h1>Safe or Disgusting? BEND’S MIRROR POND PLAZA</h1> <p class="byline">by Brian Jennings, The Source - Bend, Oregon <br />December 3, 2016</p> <p>Efforts continue to make downtown Bend safer and more attractive. &nbsp;But, are they enough, or only band-aid approaches to a long-term fix needed for Mirror Pond Plaza? &nbsp; </p> <p>This &lt;a target=&quot;_blank&quot; href=&quot;https://www.bendsource.com/news/safe-or-disgusting-bends-mirror-pond-plaza-2771943/&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=21461&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/safe-or-disgusting-bends-mirror-pond-plaza-2771943/&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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