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Small Grants Aim to Do Big Things

Deschutes Cultural Coalition’s awards spur cultural education
Teafly Peterson

Sometimes it only takes a little bit to inspire and create something bigger. The small grants awarded by the Deschutes Cultural Coalition may not exceed $3,000, but the organizations receiving the money have big ideas for it, making for some interesting upcoming events and creative opportunities. One of the goals for the grant money is […]

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A Fall Jumpstart

The Education Foundation for Bend-La Pine Schools offers teachers a helping hand at the start of the school year
Avatar photo Isaac Biehl

Last school year, the Education Foundation for Bend-La Pine Schools gave out 41 grants to the Bend-La Pine school district with its Spring Grants program, totaling over $70,000 donated for programs and needs for the upcoming school year. With the 2019-2020 session upon us, the Education Foundation’s new Back-to-School Classroom Grants for Educators program offers […]

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Get That Money

It’s never too soon—or late—to know about grant opportunities
Cari Brown

For artists, it’s time to start thinking about grant season. (Isn’t it always grant season, really?) Great opportunities to fund art have either just passed or are on the horizon. The Oregon Arts Commission—Oregon’s leading agency working in policy development and advocacy for the arts—has three grant deadlines fast approaching. The Art Builds Communities Grant […]

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Learning in the Garden

‘Garden for Every School’ initiative awards grants to local schools
Avatar photo Keely Damara

On a sunny afternoon in the Kansas Avenue Learning Garden at The Environmental Center in downtown Bend, an excited group of kindergarteners flits among the raised garden beds filled with veggies and flowers, each tasked with finding one thing that has changed since the last time they visited the garden. Lindsey Nightingale teaches kindergarten at […]

Posted inFood & Drink

Deschutes Shifts Gears with its Roanoke Brewery

CEO Lalonde shares details about the company’s latest moves
Avatar photo Nicole Vulcan

The Deschutes Brewery facility planned for construction in Roanoke, Va. isn’t off the table—but plans have changed a bit. Instead of striking a deal with the City of Roanoke to get its land for free, the Bend-based company is going to buy the land outright.  In 2016, the craft brewer announced that it would build […]

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