Gwenn Wysling has been the Executive Director of Bethlehem Inn, a non-profit providing shelter and aid to the homeless population in Central Oregon for over a decade. On April 27 it was announced that the organization would be given a grant through Project Turnkey to convert the Greenway Motel in Redmond into temporary housing for […]
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Listen: Criminal Justice Reform with John Hummel 🎧
The Deschutes County District Attorney discusses innovative ways his office lowered the rate of recidivism for drug offenses
For this week’s “Bend Don’t Break” podcast we talk with John Hummel, who has been serving as the Deschutes County District Attorney since he was first elected in 2014. Before that, he served on the Bend City Council for six years, and then resigned in 2007 to earn his Masters in Public Policy from Johns […]
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Tourism in the Time of COVID: Kevney Dugan, CEO of Visit Bend 🎧 [with podcast]
Where is the fine line between saving the economy and keeping the community safe?
For this week’s “Bend Don’t Break” podcast, we talk with Kevney Dugan, CEO of Visit Bend, the destination marketing organization for the City. Dugan worked in the fly fishing industry before coming on as the group sales manager for the agency 10 years ago. He was then promoted to President, taking over for Doug LaPlaca. […]
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Old, But Not Slow
Bend Don’t Brake bike race kicks
senior citizen racing into gear
When I was a 17-year-old punk, I was not old enough to race in the Nordic ski marathon, the Birkebinder, but I was eligible to ski its 30 km half-race for teenagers. I did well, and the evening after the race sat at the winner’s table with a few other teenagers, and with an equal […]