If all goes according to plan, the Bend Park & Recreation District will have a giant holiday present for Central Oregonians to open. Recreation Director Matt Mercer says the long-planned “Pavilion in Bend” anticipates an opening between December 19 and 24. As The Pavilion’s website explains: “With the opening of The Pavilion this winter, ice […]
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Bend on Ice
A new, full-sized public ice rink is little more than a year away
Ashley Chally thinks the next Kristi Yamaguchi or Mario Lemieux could come from Bend. It makes sense. Already, Central Oregon is the high-desert home to a healthy collection of the country’s strongest athletes—from runners, to snowboarders, rock climbers, cyclists (road, mountain and cyclocross), nordic skiers and whitewater kayakers. And with an ice rink befitting the […]
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Bond, Park Bond
Slow but steady progress for last year’s park bond
A year ago, Bend voters narrowly approved a $29 million bond measure to fund parks projects across the city. While some of these projects—which include an $11 million ice rink and recreation center, a whitewater park and various improvements to the Deschutes River Trail System—are not due to be completed until 2016, excitement is already […]
