With warming spring weather and the start of the growing season, the City of Bend wants to remind the community of the importance of “slowing the flow” when it comes to outdoor sprinklers and landscape irrigation.
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The Community Response Team at the Bend Police Department includes an embedded social worker with officers who help individuals during a crisis, work to connect people with services, and follow up with them afterward. The program, which began in 2015, seeks ways to assist people dealing with mental
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The annual City of Bend 2021 Clean Water Works Youth Video Contest, sponsored by the City of Bend, BendFilm and Central Oregon Daily News, brings awareness to local and global pollution concerns.
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CORRECTION: We accidentally wrote the wrong road name where we meant to write "Skyline Ranch Road” and to avoid any confusion we’ve corrected the item in the red content below.
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The plan includes allocating $454,387 in federal funds to local nonprofit organizations and housing providers for housing assistance and other services to support low- and moderate-income community members in Bend.
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The Bend City Council directed City staff to terminate a purchase and sale agreement with Old Mill Inn & Suites and pursue alternative motel property options for providing temporary transitional housing for the community.
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The City of Bend is seeking applications for volunteers for the City of Bend Accessibility Advisory Committee (COBAAC). Applications will be accepted until 5 p.m. on Friday, April 30, 2021.
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The City of Bend is preparing to do about $2.8 million worth of street preservation work this summer that will improve about 74.5 lane miles in Bend.
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Housing supply, transportation improvements and effective City government remain top priorities in the City Council’s new two-year goal plan. Additional goals this biennium include equity, justice, environmental stewardship and addressing homelessness. The goals reflect the Council’s priorities.
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To receive the weekly report for the rest of the season, individuals must subscribe to Weekly Road and Traffic Reports, found under “news” at www.bendoregon.gov/enews.
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The City of Bend will begin a limited reopening of some of its public facilities for in-person services beginning Monday, March 1. / La ciudad de Bend comenzará una reapertura limitada de algunas de sus instalaciones públicas para servicios en persona a partir del lunes 1 de marzo.
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Throughout the month of March, the City of Bend will host a series of five free online workshops on “Watershed Wise” landscaping for the community.
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A "virtual open house” webpage will be available Feb. 23 through March 12 through www.bendoregon.gov/newportimprovements. Find a project map, construction schedules and more. The open house provides an opportunity to ask questions and leave comments.
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The Bend City Council approved the 2021 Affordable Housing Fund recommendations from the Council-appointed Affordable Housing Advisory Committee for three developments, totaling $1.3 million, to support the creation of over 435 affordable housing units.
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Due to technical issues that may have resulted in some applications not successfully transmitting, the City of Bend is reopening the applications period through 5 p.m. on Monday, Feb. 22.
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Here's what you need to know about how the City manages streets during snow storms.
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The City of Bend requests proposals to identify a practitioner to provide on-going mental health wellness support and education to assist employees to acquire appropriate services based upon individual needs of the Bend Police Department.
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On November 10, 2020, a potential chemical leak emergency response exercise involving a City of Bend Utility Department building began at 8:30 a.m.
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At yesterday’s City Council meeting, the Council unanimously approved a purchase and sale agreement for Old Mill Inn and Suites to provide 64 units of transitional housing for community members who are experiencing homelessness or are at-risk of homelessness.
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Once completed, the new access control system will limit entry into the parking garage to paying parking customers.
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Having your car stolen can be much more impactful than just losing a piece of property. Many times a vehicle is the most valuable asset that someone may own. Other times, a vehicle may be the only means a community member has to get to their job that makes the wages to pay for their rent, food, and
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"The Explorer" tool can be used to perform common search functions such as finding property zoning, getting information on land use applications, and accessing permit and licensing information for any tax lot within Bend city limits.
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The code changes intend to help provide additional housing options and supply in Bend by providing flexibility for the development of housing on underutilized, strip commercial lands located near existing transit, retail, employment, and other core services and amenities.
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Affordable housing and traffic congestion are the community’s most important issues that they want local government to address, according to respondents in a survey conducted in December, 2020.
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Four new Councilors took their Oaths of Office on Wednesday, Jan. 6: Anthony Broadman, Melanie Kebler, Megan Perkins, and Rita Schenkelberg.
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The City of Bend is accepting applications to fill a maximum of 11 seats on the new Transportation Bond Oversight Committee now through Jan. 15, 2021.
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During tonight’s Bend City Council meeting, the City took action on multiple items to advance homelessness and housing strategies.
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The City of Bend seeks community feedback to guide priorities and direction for the next two years.
La encuesta por internet estará disponible en inglés y español.
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Listening sessions will provide an update on the feasibility of siting a temporary shelter site at Juniper Ridge and an opportunity for community members to provide feedback to City staff.
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The City of Bend seeks community feedback to guide priorities and direction for the next two years. People in Bend may receive a call in early December asking participants to answer questions about the City and City services. Phone calls will go out December 7 until December 14.
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Applications are due by 5 p.m. on Jan. 4, 2021. Las solicitudes deben enviarse para las 5 pm del 4 de enero de 2021.
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The Online Permit Center will be the service center for business registrations, building and engineering permits, land use applications, special event and fire permits, code complaints, room tax remittance, and other specialty licenses.
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The City of bend is accepting applications for openings on the Planning Commission and Budget Committee.
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Evaluation of the feasibility of the temporary site is in preliminary stages, and online meetings will provide community members a chance to be involved.
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