With new housing developments in early stages, Pahlisch Homes to meet with community members (Update: Adding video, comments from Dan Pahlisch, River's Edge homeowner) Resident isn't sold: 'I don't think we have to put a house on every piece of green grass' BEND, Ore. (KTVZ) -- New housing developments in a growing city can be a complicated, and sometimes heated issue. Or as Dan Pahlisch, Pahlisch Homes' chairman of the board puts it: sensitive. "Every project is sensitive,” Pahlisch said Friday. “Everyone cares about the surrounding lands outside of their property." Last week NewsChannel 21 reported that Wayne Purcell is retiring and selling River's Edge Golf Course to Pahlisch Homes.