Forum Reflections & Resources
Reflections from July’s Forum: It’s Branding Time in Bend
This month’s forum complemented City Club’s forum in August 2016, which featured Visit Bend’s president, the City’s economic development director, and the state’s regional economist. A link to that program is here: https://cityclubco.org/past-forums/. Our July forum attempted to address how Bend might [...]
Reflections from June’s Forum: Success in the Workplace
Our June forum was powerful, informative and enlightening. It began with an online audience poll which revealed that 70% of the participating audience had experienced or witnessed sexual harassment. Moderator Rane Johnson, CEO/Founder at Ranemaker Institute, talked about the history of our [...]
Reflections from May Forum: the Clean Energy Jobs bill
Last week’s forum topic presented many points of view around the Clean Energy Jobs bill. Though it did not pass during the Legislature short session in March, legislative leaders are clear it will be back on their 2019 agenda. The question is not whether climate [...]
Reflections from May regional Forum: Growth’s Impacts on our Communities
Central Oregon is among the fastest growing regions in the U.S. Regional population forecast data for the Bend-Redmond area shows us just how fast: Between 1990 and 2017, our population grew 122 percent. By 2025, our population will increase by another 37,000 people, [...]
Reflections from April Forum: Transportation Planning Today For Tomorrow’s Technology
The topic for last week’s forum was very insightful as we learned about how other Cities are changing the design of their streets becoming more walkable, bikeable and likable in turn generating a positive economic impact. We also learned about the [...]
