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Best Architect Firm: Crabtree Architecture + Design

Designing some of Bend’s most popular hangouts
Avatar photo by Nicole Vulcan

Best Architect Firm is a new category in our Best of Central Oregon readers’ poll for 2026, and based on Central Oregon’s explosive growth — and the wealth of beautiful new buildings that come with that growth — the category definitely faced some stiff competition. You might not know Crabtree Architecture + Design by name, […]

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High Desert Museum Breaks Ground on $40 Million Expansion  

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

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.   “We’ve been working on this for several years, from the initial concept design to the fundraising,” HDM Executive Director Dana Whitelaw told the Source. “I think it’s astonishing that […]

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Bend’s New High School Location Announced

New schools for North and SE Bend
Avatar photo Nicole Vulcan

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 Bend—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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