For this final roundup of Bend City Council meeting minutes for the year, here are the minutes from December: Bend City Council meeting minutes, 12-06-17 (MS Word doc) Bend City Council meeting minutes, 12-20-17 (MS Word doc) Lots of talk about city wards and elected mayor. We’ll see what 2018 brings!
The City of Bend issued a press release today about speed limit changes for the city. There are only four stretches of road being reduced by 5 MPH, on the south side of town. Here’s the release: Following community input and engineering analysis, speed limits will be lowered this month … Continue reading
The Central Oregon Winter Beer Festival is coming up in a couple of days and the organizers are still looking for additional volunteers to help pour beer. The event is taking place at GoodLife Brewing from 2 to 9pm, and there are two shifts available for pouring. Anyone interesting in … Continue reading
Here are the November minutes from last month’s two City Council meetings: Bend City Council meeting minutes, 11-01-17 (MS Word Doc) Bend City Council meeting minutes, 11-15-17 (MS Word Doc) As a reminder, Council meetings take place the first and third Wednesdays of every month.
GoodLife Brewing hosts the 5th annual Central Oregon Winter Beer Festival coming up on Saturday, December 9, featuring nearly all of the region’s breweries and cider makers pouring holiday- and winter-themed beers and ciders. These are some of my favorite types of beers coming out around a favorite time of … Continue reading
The City of Bend has posted the latest closure starting this week for the eastside sewer line project: Neff Road, the westbound lane between Medical Center Drive and Purcell Boulevard. Beginning the week of November 27, the westbound lane on Neff Road from Medical Center Drive to Purcell Boulevard will … Continue reading
The French Market, the European style restaurant in the former Riverside Market location, is closed for a week while they undergo some changes. According to their Facebook status: We’re making some changes! The French Market will be closed from Sunday, November 26th through Tuesday, December 5th, 2017. We will reopen … Continue reading
It was a bit over a year ago that Kate’s Place, the Klondike Kate building on Franklin Avenue, burned and was subsequently torn down. Anjou Spa, one of the businesses that had been located in the building, relocated to Pence Lane on the west side of town (off College Way) … Continue reading
Here are the meeting minutes for the Bend City Council for the month of October 2017 (first and third Wednesdays of each month are when they meet). Bend City Council meeting minutes, 10-04-17 (MS Word .doc file) Bend City Council meeting minutes, 10-18-17 (MS Word .doc file) Pretty routine items, with some … Continue reading
The annual garage sale fundraiser for the Mt. View High robotics team, the High Desert Droids, is taking place this Saturday, November 11 at Mt. View High school, from 9am to 2:30pm. This sale plays a big part in the fundraising activities for the team, which enables them to compete … Continue reading