Forum Reflections & Resources
Foster Care Beyond the Headlines: What Child Welfare Actually Looks Like in Central Oregon
LISTEN TO THE FORUM: May 16, 2024 Most of us will only ever interact with Oregon’s child welfare system through a news story, however this system is far more interconnected and intricate than most people perceive. [...]
Citizen Assemblies- Reinvigorating Civic Engagement
April 18, 2024 LISTEN TO THE FORUM: Speakers: Opening Remarks from Claudia Chwalisz of Democracy Next Panelists: Alex Renirie from Health Democracy Josh Burgess from the Central Oregon Civics Action Project Megan Perkins, Bend City Council Moderated by: Nicole Vulcan, [...]
On the Ground in Greater Bend: Moving Together from Vision to Action
October 26, 2023 On the Ground in Greater Bend: Moving Together from Vision to Action City Club held a sold-out forum in partnership with Envsion Bend to help introduce the Bend Vision Plan to the community. Attendees heard a history [...]
2024 Oregon State Senate District 28 Republican Candidate Primary Forum
A partnership between the League of Women Voters of Deschutes County and the City Club of Central Oregon. Candidates: David Henslee Diane Linthicum Moderated by Mike Ficher, KPOV [...]
2024 Congressional District 5 Democratic Primary
The City Club of Central Oregon and the League of Women Voters of Deschutes County present the 2024 US House District 5 Democratic Primary Forum. Note that there is not a Republican primary. Candidates: Janelle Bynum Jamie McLeod Skinner Moderated by Brooke [...]
News
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, [...]
