In May, Brooks Resources purchased the Murray & Holt property at 181 NE Franklin Ave., located in the Bend Central District—an area the City of Bend has identified as a potential new urban renewal area to create infill and redevelopment opportunities. The Bend urban renewal agency, BURA, began work on that new urban renewal area […]
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Revitalization in Bend? One step closer
The sale of the old Murray & Holt car lot could be the first infill project in the BCD
Revitalization in the Bend Central District could be coming soon. On May 7, Brooks Resources finalized the purchase of the Murray & Holt property on Franklin Avenue next to the Sherwin-Williams paint store, the company said in a press release. The 1.76-acre property was most recently used as an auto lot, but falls in the […]
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Laying Bend’s Foundation
Kirk Schueler looks to the future of Brooks Resources
A century ago, Brooks-Scanlon announced it would set up its sawmill along the Deschutes River. It entered the scene as Bend was in the midst of a population boom—jumping from 536 to 5,415 between 1910 and 1920—and a shift from frontier land to timber country. Since then, the company has played a pivotal role in […]