During last year’s campaign season, nearly every candidate we interviewed for local offices declared that “affordable housing” is the most pressing issue for Bend, and for the region. With the population in Central Oregon surging, housing prices have been steadily climbing and pricing out more and more levels of income from purchasing homes here. The […]
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Parks Apart
Providing connections, access for all is part of the Park District’s philosophy
The First Street Rapids Park is beautiful. Caramel-colored cliffs slope into the Deschutes River. This is surely postcard worthy. And, the addition last summer of a bridge to connect running paths on one side of the river to the other, surely made the space even more easily accessible. Yet, not everyone can access the park. […]
