Old Bend Neighborhood General Meeting November 5, 2012

Join the OBNA Board Monday Nov. 5 at 6:15 PM in the Brooks Room of the Deschutes Library to discuss issues affecting the neighborhood.

  • Market of Choice and Colorado Crossing Development
  • Riverside/Franklin Bicycle Pedestrian Project
  • Mirror Pond
  • Deschutes Collaborative Forest Project
  • Election of Board Members

We are also encouraging residents to join our board. Currently all board members live near the Riverside Market. We need members to represent the rest of the neighborhood. If you think you might be interested let us know.

Join The Environmental Center for Green Drinks

Timberline Construction hosts at Desert Rain.

September Green Drinks will be hosted by Timberline Construction of Bend at one of their current construction sites – the “Desert Rain” house, which upon completion will be the greenest home in Bend.

Take advantage of this special opportunity to see the inner workings of this home which is being built to satisfy the rigorous International Living Building Challenge.  The goal of the LBC is to construct buildings that are rooted in place and use resources that are on hand at the site.

Join us at Green Drinks to network, learn about other businesses and their sustainability efforts and have a green drink or two! It’s free and open to the public.

When: Tonight, September 27 from 5-7 pm

Where: Desert Rain (24 NW Shasta Pl) See map for details. The front door of Desert Rain is not visible from the street. You can park on Shasta Street and walk up a small, dirt path to the home, or you can go down the alley (accessed from Delaware). Parking will be very limited, so please consider biking, walking, or carpooling.

Green Drinks is an international concept and is THE most enjoyable way to network, learn about local businesses and their sustainability efforts, and have an eco-conscious drink or two!

To enjoy a truly green drink, bring your own cup and consider carpooling, walking, biking or transit to the event!

Help us keep this a Zero Waste event and enjoy a truly green drink, bring your own cup! Consider alternatives to driving alone such as walking, biking, car pooling and transit.

For more information or to learn more about hosting a Green Drinks event at your business, contact Swee Pea @ 541-385-6908 x11 or sweetpea@envirocenter.org.

August 2012 Meeting Notes

Present: Board Members:Jan Gifford, Brett Yost, Bob Almquist, John Kelly, Mark Weers, Spencer Dahl  Guest: Greg Gifford

Market of Choice Discussion:  The Board discussed the comments made by immediate  neighbors during The  Market of Choice  and Bend Annex Public Meeting.  Bob Almquist will draft a letter supporting the concept of The Market of Choice and Bend Annex Development while recognizing the concerns of immediate neighbors regarding traffic and quality of life impacts

Market of Choice and Bend Annex Developers will submit their applications on August 27 Future meetings concerning this project will be announced on the Oldbend.org website..

Neighborhood Participation: The current board members reside in the neighborhood around Riverside Market.  We need to encourage participation from the Old Town and Drake Park neighborhoods.

Membership Drive:  Spencer will draft a flyer to be delivered door to door. The flyer will include Old Bend Neighborhood Website contact info, list development projects such as Market of Choice, Bend Annex, Mirror Pond, Millers Landing, Riverside Pedestrian, Bicycle Project, Galveston Street Project and the date and location of a general meeting.

Website:  Spencer is going to change the format of the website.  We have approximately 80 subscribers to our emails.

Budget: Just received $918 from city communication grant. We also have $396 in copy credits.

New topics suggested for future discussion:  Unsightly and smelly sewer triangle on Riverside and Congress, Neighborhood Watch Program,  Condition of sidewalks

Board will meet Thursday, September 13 at 6:00 PM. Contact the Board at info@oldbend.org for location.