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High Desert Museum Breaks Ground on $40 Million Expansionย ย 

New classrooms, community gathering spaces, a 3,225 square-foot art gallery and a reinstallation of indigenous plateau cultural material are expected

The High Desert Museum broke ground Thursday on an expansion project that will bring more classrooms, community gathering spaces and a new art gallery to the museum. Estimated to cost around $40 million, the project is slated for a December 2027 completion date.   โ€œWeโ€™ve been working on this for several years, from the initial concept design to the fundraising,โ€ HDM Executive Director Dana Whitelawโ€ฏtold the Source. โ€œI think itโ€™s astonishing that […]

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Bend’s New High School Location Announced

New schools for North and SE Bend

Following the passage of a $268.3 million bond measure this May, the Bend-La Pine School District is on track to build a new high school and a new elementary school in Bendโ€”helping to address the continued growth and overcrowding at local schools. According to a Nov. 15 press release, the Bend-La Pine Schools Director of […]

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