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Apartment Fight Rages On

The City of Bend gave the approval to build 170 units near The Pavilion, but a local developer is taking the case to the state
Chris Miller

After some public outcry and tense meetings, on March 7, the hearings officer for the City of Bend gave the go ahead for the planned 170-unit apartment building near The Pavilion off Colorado Avenue.  But that doesn’t mean the fight over the apartment building is over. On March 19, William Smith Properties filled an appeal […]

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Six-Story Building Coming to the West Side

The old Ray’s Food Place location is set to become 203 living spaces over a ground-floor commercial space
Chris Miller

The site of the old Ray’s Food Place on Century Drive and Simpson Avenue—which sat vacant from 2013 until snow collapsed the roof in January 2017—is turning into a six-story mixed use building with 203 planned residential units over the ground floor of commercial Brian Harrington, a planner for the City of Bend, told the […]

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Yes, In My Backyard

Bend group wants a strong, vibrant community built around housing and transportation for all
Chris Miller

You might know the acronym, NIMBY, standing for “not in my backyard,” but its antithesis is probably lesser known. A YIMBY, or “Yes, in my backyard” supporter runs in opposition to anti-development groups who don’t want apartments or low-income housing built in their neighborhoods. The Source Weekly sat down with two YIMBYs to get their […]

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