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SALEM — Oregon lawmakers met earlier this month to talk about their priorities for the upcoming legislative session, and a familiar pattern emerged.
The City of Bend will be hosting a virtual community open house to share an update about Project Turnkey-Bend from 6 to 7 p.m. on Tuesday, January 25. The open house will include an update on the City's plans for remodeling a recently-purchased motel to create emergency shelter units, including images of the proposed renovations and a timeline for completing the improvements. There will also be an opportunity to ask questions. Attendees can view the open house two ways. Community members can participate and ask questions by registering through Zoom. Another option is to watch the livest...
At its meeting Wednesday, the Bend City Council approved buying the 1.03-acre site at 154 NE Franklin Avenue, which includes the Rainbow Motel, for $4.55 million. The City will purchase the motel with General Fund dollars and be able to use it for any desired use allowed in that zone. The purchase of the motel is an opportunistic public investment that could meet a variety of short-term and/or long-term community needs, including but not limited to an immediate need for transitional shelter as well as a future possible site for City Hall, affordable housing, a civic plaza or other public uses....
Politics often get in the way of building homeless shelters. But because of recent wildfires and the pandemic, Southern Oregon saw an unusual amount of growth in shelters this year.
Gov. Kate Brown joined lawmakers, local elected officials and dozens of agency staff at the grand opening of The ARCHES Inn, a former hotel repurposed as an emergency shelter for Marion County’s most vulnerable residents.