Forum Reflections & Resources
2022 General Election Candidate Forums
Bend City Council Position 6 and Mayor Debate Sisters City Council Oregon Gubernatorial Debate Congressional District 5 Other candidate forums will be posted as they are made available from Connect Central Oregon. [...]
Could Central Oregon be Next for Ranked Choice Voting?
October 18, 2023 From Maine to Alaska, many states and local governments are opting to move their election systems to Ranked Choice Voting. How does it work? What are the advantages and drawbacks? Is it changing the types of candidates [...]
Millennials: They’re Shaping Our Future, What Shaped Them?
September 13, 2022 Panelists: Zavi Borja- Community Relations Manager, City of Bend Lauren Simpson- Product Manager, Suterra Katie Pelchar- Sales Manager, LoanDepot Moderator: Chloe Crabtree- Bend Chamber Description: We’ve learned a lot about what it takes to hire and retain [...]
How Do We Do More with Less Water
August 18, 2022 Water defines the landscape in Central Oregon-from Wickiup Reservoir to irrigation in Jefferson County-and all the uses in between. This forum will explore the conservation, technology and policy solutions to how we can do more with less [...]
Getting From Here to There
July 14, 2022 The July Transportation Forum provided insights on current transportation and transit projects in Bend, including an update on the status of Bend's Transportation System Plan (TSP—our 20-year assessment and plan for transportation needs) as well as a [...]
News
City Club of Central Oregon Announces Kim Gammond as New Executive Director
Bend, OR (September 8, 2021) The City Club of Central Oregon is pleased to announce the selection of Kim Gammond as its incoming Executive Director. Ms. Gammond will bring her extensive experience in community engagement, her understanding of local topics and leadership abilities [...]
City Club of Central Oregon elects new board president and new board members
Bend, Ore. (November 3, 2020) Members of City Club of Central Oregon elected Blair Garland as board president and three new board members. Garland will serve a one-year term as board president, following Gwenn Wysling, who served in this leadership role in the [...]
Continue the Conversation: Bend’s Urban Core
Allison Platt, Senior Planner with the City of Bend, answers additional questions from the August City Club Forum on Bend’s Urban Core. To stay up-to-date on the City of Bend’s Core Area Project sign up for the mailing list at bendoregon.gov/corearea [...]
Continue the Conversation: Managing our Waste in Deschutes County
The average Central Oregonian produces 2,700 pounds of garbage a year! With our increased population predictions, Deschutes County's Knott Landfill Recycling and Transfer Facility is expected to be full by 2029. During the July forum, we heard about the pros and cons [...]
Continue the Conversation: Regional Resiliency – Planning for a Successful Future
February’s City Club forum tackled the hefty subject of resiliency. With record-breaking attendance and such a broad topic, you can imagine we had a plethora of unanswered questions afterward. We looped back around with Scott Aycock (Central Oregon Intergovernmental Council), Eric Corey [...]
Continue the Conversation: KIDS & CARE. Central Oregon’s Child Care Crisis
January’s forum discussed the ‘childcare desert’ that Central Oregon has become. The speakers, Kara Tachikawa (Inspire Learning Centers), Ryan Combellick (Hydro Flask), and Carolyn Eagan (City of Bend), showed statistics and discussed challenges and opportunities. A couple of ideas brought up in [...]
Your Role in Suicide Prevention
In April 2017, City Club hosted a forum called “Zero Suicide – A Community’s Call to Action.” As National Suicide Prevention Month ends, we revisit this important topic in our community with a true account from City Club Member Lisa Dobey, Executive Director [...]
City Club Talks Affordable Housing with Lynne McConnell, City of Bend Affordable Housing Manager
Lynne McConnell was the Deputy Director of NeighborImpact, a local non-profit, helping connect families with resources and education. Today she’s navigating the world of affordable housing within the City. After nearly a year since Lynne took over the City’s Affordable Housing Manager [...]
Elected Mayor Option on the May 15 Ballot
Bend residents have the opportunity to change things up (or not!) in Bend’s city government due to the efforts of a collaboration between Bend 2030, Bend Chamber of Commerce, and the City Club of Central Oregon. On May 15, in the primary elections, [...]
