Don Horton
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Neighborhood Greenways Go Car-Free

City blocks off a few neighborhood streets to provide safe sites for walking and biking close to home
Laurel Brauns

The City of Bend is closing off NW 15th Street and NE Sixth Street to through traffic as of Tuesday, with a goal of providing neighborhood streets close to home where locals get some fresh air and still maintain social distancing. In the coming days and weeks, the City plans to expand the program to […]

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A Ballot Measure on Mirror Pond?

Bend man works toward a public vote to block City funds for dredging, with stipulations
Chris Miller

What to do with Mirror Pond—the body of water that sits behind the 110-year-old Newport Dam on the Deschutes River—might be one of the most contentious topics for Benditos in recent memory. Many people living near the pond, and some that own businesses that overlook it, want the City of Bend and the Bend Park […]

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Who Will Pay to Dredge Mirror Pond?

Private and public partnerships explored as a way to bridge $6.4 million gap in funding
Chris Miller

It might look idyllic on its surface, but downtown Bend’s iconic body of water remains embroiled in controversy about dredging the sediment underneath, who should pay for it and when and where its stakeholders can meet about it. After Mirror Pond Solutions—a group formed in 2013 to explore private sector involvement in preserving Mirror Pond—purchased […]

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