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Shop Local: The Legends of the Game

The O.G Businesses in Bend Share How They’ve Weathered The Storms

The Source StaffNovember 22, 2017August 16, 2023

Back when Pac-Man graced every pizza parlor, and Zelda was just starting her rise as legend, some of these local businesses were just getting their start. But unlike the dot-matrix printer and the giant-pixel computer, these legends of Bend business are still in the game. In honor of Shop Small Saturday, meet some of the […]

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Bend’s Bike Boom

Forty years later, bike culture is still racking and rolling

Brianna BreyMay 14, 2014August 13, 2023

The long list of 17 locally owned bike shops might be one of the best indicators of Bend’s rise to one of the nation’s most biketastic towns. Speedy road racers, muddy cyclocross riders, hard-partying mountain bikers and high-flying downhill fanatics have claimed Bend as a home, because of its rolling and wide-open turf—perfect for any […]

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