Central District Public Workshop

The City of Bend wants to hear from residents, business owners, and others on how to help create a vibrant future for the Central District (along NE 3rd Street from NE Revere to Burnside avenues) with more bike, pedestrian, and transit friendly roads as the area grows and changes in the future. The project’s second public event will share information about existing and projected future conditions in the area, answer questions about a potential “Multimodal Mixed-Use Area” (MMA) designation, and provide opportunities to talk about how and where the MMA designation would be applied. The meeting will be structured as a “workshop,” with a short presentation followed by a question and answers session. Then attendees will meet in small groups with a project staff member to discuss a potential boundary for the Multi-Modal Mixed Use Area designation and the implications it will have for residents and businesses.

Public workshop
Thursday, January 9, 2014
6:30 to 8:30 pm (please plan to stay the whole time)
Bend City Hall, Council Chambers
(710 Northwest Wall Street, Bend)
Children are welcome to attend

Businesses in the area will want to attend to learn about potential land use designation changes that might affect their property in the future. Everyone is invited to visit the website and if they can’t attend the public event, the event materials will be available online along with a comment form.

The open house location is wheelchair accessible. Services for hearing impaired or Spanish-language interpretation can be arranged by calling Wendy Robinson at least 48 hours in advance at 541-388-5598 or by email to wrobinson@bendoregon.gov. El lugar de la reunión dispone de acceso para personas en sillas de ruedas. Para organizar servicios para personas con discapacidad auditiva o servicios de interpretación al español, favor de llamar a Wendy Robinson al menos con 48 horas de anticipación al 541-388-5598 o wrobinson@bendoregon.gov.

The Bend Central District Multimodal Mixed-Use Area plan will look at ways to improve connections for everyone traveling in the area by foot, bike, bus, car, or freight truck as well as ways to develop the area in the future to include a combination of housing, businesses, and other uses to create a vibrant area. This type of development is called a “multimodal, mixed-use area” or MMA. The plan is expected to be finished by June 2014. More information about the project is available on the project website: www.BendCentralMMA.org.