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How to Handle the Housing Crisis?

As a UGB proposal is approved by the City Council, Bend 2030 works toward solutions on other parts of the home front
Jaclyn Brandt

In 2014, Bend 2030 sent out a survey asking locals to weigh in about housing. They received 600 responses from people of all walks of life—many who have had difficulty finding housing. A Sampling of Responses: “My family had to find a new home this past April due to our landlords deciding to sell the […]

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A More Livable Bend

Bend Livability Project engages community in creating change
Avatar photo Erin Rook

Bend’s growth is inevitable. Draft projections from Portland State University predict that the city’s population will surpass 130,000 in 20 years. With this in mind, in what way the city grows is both a subject of deep concern and an opportunity for the community to help shape the future. The inaugural Bend Livability Project is […]

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Side Notes 4/13-4/20

Sherron Lumley

Bend 2030 Invites Community to “Envision OSU – Cascades” Bend 2030 is holding four workshops in April at local pubs and restaurants to give the community a chance to help shape the new campus of Oregon State University – Cascades. A report will be shared with OSU-Cascades following the workshops later this spring, with community […]

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City and County consider marijuana regulations

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Following last week’s public hearings, the Deschutes County Commission has decided not to opt out of allowing marijuana-related businesses in the unincorporated county, and will instead discuss regulatory options further at its September meeting. While an opt out could re-emerge, commissioners say they hope to find a middle ground between the needs of the growing […]

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Post-Haste Makes Waste

The Source Staff

A good idea is not necessarily inevitable; especially an idea—like the gas tax—which needs finesse to gather support. How that idea comes about matters immensely. That is Politics 101. But it is also apparently a basic tenet that the majority of Bend City Council decided to hopscotch past and, in the process, may have poisoned […]

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Running on Empty?

Opponents: Council vote threatens to stall transportation funding
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“We have a historical funding problem with street maintenance,” explained Mayor Jim Clinton at the City Council meeting on August 5. “The only solution I see is to ask voters if they want to use a fuel tax to solve that structural problem.” Over the past several weeks, the idea to implement a gas tax […]

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Side Notes 6/25-7/2

Bend Transit Gets Funding Boost
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Cascades East Transit announced a $3.4 million partnership to fund improvements to Bend’s bus system Friday in a press conference including elected officials, City staff, and local business and education leaders. The three-year partnership will facilitate the first meaningful expansion of the chronically underfunded transit system, which has not added hours or routes in the […]

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Side Notes 5/7-5/14

The Source Staff

The results of Bend 2030’s April Transportation Forum are in. The first revelation is unsurprising: People want more from their transportation systems and infrastructure. But the follow-up is less anticipated: They are willing to pay for it. When presented with four different entities—the community at large, local governments, transit riders, and private industry—the 175 attendees […]

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Big Wheels Keep on Turning

Bend’s public transit moves toward fuller functionality
Avatar photo Erin Rook

When it comes to public transportation in Bend, the path toward progress has been fraught with political potholes. But Cascades East Transit has high hopes for smoother roads ahead. Working in collaboration with the City, COCC, and OSU-Cascades, local business leaders, and community partners like Commute Options, Cascades East Transit (CET) is hoping to kick […]

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