Forum Reflections & Resources
We Need to Talk about Gun Safety
March 17, 2023 Yesterday, City Club of Central Oregon hosted its March forum, “We Need to Talk about Gun Safety in Central Oregon,” in partnership with The Bulletin. The forum’s panelists unpacked the meaning of gun safety and offered advice [...]
Help Wanted: Connecting Talent to Opportunity
February 16, 2023 Help Wanted: connecting talent to opportunity We’re feeling the impact of a historically challenging labor market. Delayed appointments for medical services. Longer production times for construction. Shorter retail hours. But help is on its way. Watch to [...]
Challenges in Youth Sports: Local Hurdles
January 19, 2023 In today's youth sports environment, very few of our children have full access to the benefits of playing sports. A number of challenges from high cost, early specialization, injuries, burnout, lack of transportation, and shortage of space, [...]
On the Margins In Our Towns–an interactive forum on houselessness across Central Oregon
December 15, 2022 City Club of Central Oregon was proud to host “On the Margins In Our Towns”--an interactive forum on houselessness across Central Oregon with the public, community leaders and representatives from the houseless community. Thank you to the [...]
How do we move forward with Measure 110?
November 17, 2022 In 2020, Oregon voters passed Measure 110 the Drug Addiction Treatment and Recovery Act, designed to move funds away from criminalizing drug use and addiction to treatment. This represents a $1.4billion investment in behavioral health care. Two [...]
News
2023 Membership Campaign April 1-May 31
Time to reconnect! Our mission at City Club of Central Oregon is to build a conscious and civic-minded community through dialogue, education and research that results in responsible civic engagement. We invite you to join us in our mission to engage [...]
Free Student Registrations at City Club Forums
Thanks to support from Brooks Resources, City Club is able to offer registration and no cost at our forums for local high school and college students. Contact us at [email protected] for promo code. Click here for event schedule. [...]
How to Disagree Without Being Disagreeable
Being Non-Partisan in the Era of PartisanshipAt City Club, we host public Forums on a range of topics, for a variety of audiences. Doing that while remaining non-partisan is like walking a tightrope, so we’ve thought an lot about how to [...]
How to Disagree Without Being Disagreeable
How to Disagree Without Being Disagreeable Everyone has had to meet the challenge of navigating civil conversations at the Thanksgiving table or over a glass of wine with someone we know thinks differently that we do. It’s tricky at best. When [...]
Who do you trust?
Who Do you Trust? In this era of political division and partisan media commentators, where can you turn to get a balanced view on the issues affecting Central Oregon? City Club is a great place for that. Sharing trustworthy information is [...]
Membership Pricing Changes
Join City Club before 2/15 and save! Membership prices will be increasing soon; join now to keep current pricing. Membership offers discounts on event attendance, voting privileges, priority registration, volunteer opportunities and invitations to member-only events. Click here for more information. [...]
2023 Promotions and Pricing Changes
2023 City Club Pricing Changes Membership Pricing Changes Individual: auto renew $120 to 130. Regular invoiced renewal: $150 to $165. Buddy Pack: auto renew $215 to $240. Regular invoiced renewal $270 to $300. Business: auto renew [...]
Student Responses to Ranked Choice Voting Forum
Two students were invited as guests of City Club to attend our October Forum on Ranked Choice Voting. Here are their perspectives on the forum. Rank choice voting provides a system in which the candidate with the broadest support wins. With the more [...]
Student Responses to 2022 Oregon Governor’s Debate
Two students were invited as guests of City Club to attend the debate we co-hosted. Here at their responses to the questions we asked them. Do you think the candidates have a good understanding of the issues facing your generation? The issues facing [...]
City Club Creates Conversation — Everyone Wants to be Heard
BY LINDA ORCELLETTO — CITY CLUB OF CENTRAL OREGON ON OCTOBER 19, 2021 Cascade Business News When it comes to creating conversation in Central Oregon, City Club of Central Oregon plays an essential role in helping our communities have dialogues about critical issues. City Club [...]
City Club, The Bulletin Partner to Host Informed Conversations, Solutions Workshops
Bend, Ore. (September 30, 2021) Two Central Oregon institutions are reimagining how change happens in the region. The City Club of Central Oregon is partnering with The Bulletin, Central Oregon’s daily newspaper, to host informed conversations that move the needle on important issues [...]