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Problems on the Plaza

Bend’s downtown is a gathering place for the cityโ€”but business owners, officials and loitering youth all differ on how the area should be used

In 2010, the historic Rademacher House—home to Bend’s first mayor—was the site of Arts Central’s educational programming. That year, the organization opted to close down classes in the space, after “a vile act was committed in full view on the porch.” Inside, a group of young children were gathered for an arts class when the […]

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Letters 6/30-7/7

IN REPLY TO “THIS USED TO BE MY PLAYGROUND” (7/1) To call Troy Park “iconic” is just hubris. It’s a patch of grass barely the size of a football field (if that). As the article states, public entities had plenty of opportunity to purchase this land. They didn’t. Iconic would more aptly describe Drake Park. […]

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Freedom Is Nothing Left To Lose

Bend City Council expands civil exclusion zone

This weekend, revelers will flock to downtown Bend to celebrate Independence Day. Whether they realize it or not, they will also be crossing an invisible line into the City’s newly expanded civil exclusion zone, where an offense as minor as littering or underage drinking could get them 86’ed from the City’s core by police—all without […]

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Exclude The Exclusion Zone

At City Council last Wednesday, an ordinance to expand the so-called “civil exclusion zone” was essentially re-introduced. Currently, the City allows police to “exclude” for 90 days persons accused of certain criminal and civil violations from specific areas downtown; the alleged violations can be as innocuous as littering, graffiti, or underage drinking. Based on recommendations […]

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Persona Non Grata

City Council votes 5-2 to expand downtown exclusion zone

As the weather heats up, so too does crime. And this summer, the Bend Police Department is hoping to nip bad behavior in the bud with an expansion of the city’s civil exclusion zone. But the move, which would allow police to ban individuals cited or arrested for certain crimes from the downtown area, is […]

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