The City of Bend is now accepting applications from design professionals to have their ADU designs selected for use as part of the City’s Pre-Approved ADU Plan Program. Selected and permitted designs will be listed in the City’s online library of plans.
Bend is what economists call an “amenity rich” city. It’s a place where people love to visit and want to move, do business and work. Even with Deschutes County’s population growth slowing from 3% annually to about 1%, the impacts of rapid growth over time have put...
Envision Bend has released the community’s next five-year Vision Action Plan! The latest Vision Action Plan on behalf of the city of Bend came together after 17 months of widespread community outreach and visioning, shaped by over 2,400 residents who shared insights and ideas in 2022.
Bend Chamber helps secure $25 million for Hawthorne Avenue Overcrossing.
The program, called the Pre-Approved Accessory Dwelling Unit Plans program, allows property owners to use a building plan that has already passed Building Plan Review and meets building code.
The City of Bend invites the community to join Welcoming Week on September 9-18. Each year, the City joins and supports numerous community partners in celebrating Welcoming Week, a series of community-organized events that highlight the principles of inclusion and...
The City of Bend is developing municipal code provisions to regulate unsanctioned camping on City rights-of-way and City-owned property, like public streets, sidewalks and landscape strips in Bend. As part of developing the code, the City is hosting two informational...
Juneteenth is the oldest known celebration commemorating the end of slavery in the United States. The State of Oregon and the City of Bend have declared Juneteenth a holiday, and this will be the first year that the City of Bend observes Juneteenth. Since Juneteenth...
Watch the replay now—On May 17, 2022, Mayor Sally Russell presented the State of the City of Bend address. She shared updates about housing and transportation, workforce housing, strategies to address houselessness, work happening in the Core Area of Bend, and progress on the $190 million transportation bond projects.
The City of Bend is hosting a second online open house on the Stevens Road Tract Concept Plan website where community members can learn more about the progress on the project and provide important feedback on development options. The virtual open house is online now...
The Oregon State Legislature passed HB 2001 in 2019 which requires cities over 25,000 population to allow the development of “middle housing”, such as duplexes, triplexes, quadplexes, cottage cluster developments and townhouses in more Bend neighborhoods citywide.
The Bend City Council adopted the Safe Parking Programs into the municipal code on April 7, 2021, that enable property owners or lessees within the City of Bend to allow limited overnight parking for people experiencing homelessness. Code changes provide additional...
Last night the Bend City Council approved the 2021 Affordable Housing Fund (AHF) recommendations from the Council-appointed Affordable Housing Advisory Committee for three developments, totaling $1.3 million, to support the creation of over 435 affordable housing...
Technical issues may have impacted some of the applications that were previously submitted.
The City is excited to announce the launch of a new public interactive mapping tool, the Community Development Data Explorer (“The Explorer”). The Explorer can be used to perform common search functions such as finding property zoning, getting information on land use...
