COTA comes to you twice a year for a major trail work day and celebration. This is the big fall event with trail maintenance happening all over the COTA trails in Deschutes National Forest. We will meet at 9AM at the old Rays parking lot and disperse from there. After celebration with free food and…

The Deschutes National Forest is partnering with Discover Your Forest to host “Batacular,” a day of fun bat activities for kids and adults from 10:00 a.m. – 1:00 p.m. on Saturday, October 27th, 2018. Participants will learn about bats while enjoying themselves at various fun activity stations. Join forces with conservationists around the country during…

Sunset for dinner, drinks and a small silent auction and raffle to benefit Central Oregon's natural resources and livable communities. This year will be celebrating the launch of the Bend Central District Initiative. Tickets for Central Oregon LandWatch's RedTail Banquet are $75 per person and include one raffle ticket. You have the option to pay…

Armature - a creative space is permanently closing its doors on October 31st. They want to thank you for an awesome journey these past 3.5 years! Head over to their Farewell Reception during last Saturday to honor a truly creative space. Free. Open to the public.

Join us from 5-7 p.m. on Nov. 1 at the Central Oregon Collective to give your input on critical questions such as: Does our current city council structure offer Bend citizens the best leadership possible for addressing our complicated population, housing, transportation and livability issues? Bend 2030, the Bend Chamber of Commerce and City Club of…

Lecture by: Alex Joyce, Principal, Fregonese Associates and Tom Cody, Managing Partner, project^ In this third and final part of Bend Grows UP, we hear from two experts with on-the-ground experience in vertical development. Together, they'll share strategies on how to make vertical development "pencil" and how to ensure a project integrates well with the surrounding…

The Environmental Center is pleased to announce the 2016 Sustainability Awards Ceremony will be held on Thursday, November 3rd at 5pm at the Unitarian Universalist Fellowship of Central Oregon. The Environmental Center hosts the bi-annual Sustainability Awards to highlight the determined and persistent change makers—in business, government, nonprofits and the community—who are essential to achieving a…

Camp Fire Members – Receive A $10 Discount On This Course. Whether your child is gearing up to take care of siblings, or thinking of making a little extra summer cash as a babysitter – they won’t want to miss this educational, hands-on course! Boys and girls (5th-9th grades) will learn important babysitting skills including basic…

When:  Thursday Aug 11, Tuesday Aug 16, Tuesday Aug 23 and Tuesday Aug 30, 5:15 to Dusk Where:  Meet at the old Ray's parking lot, NE corner of Simpson Ave and Century Drive in Bend Worksite:  Varies There's only one thing better than mountain biking in Bend, OR and that's riding in Bend, knowing that you…

Monarch Advocates of Central Oregon (MACO) is teaming up with the Great Old Broads for Wilderness to help the Ochoco National Forest/Crooked River National Grassland plant native milkweed and increase critical Monarch butterfly breeding habitat in Central Oregon – and they need your help! Roll up your sleeves as you're guided by Forest Service botanists…