Updates
Event: The Housing Game: can we make housing affordable #inBend?
Put on your planning hat and join Central Oregon LandWatch and Stemach Design + Architecture for a free interactive event where you'll discover what's required to create market rate affordable housing in Bend!
Today's the day: Bend's UGB goes into effect
Bend's new Urban Growth Boundary has been acknowledged by the Department of Land Conservation and Development in record time and goes into effect today.
Bend’s Urban Growth Boundary Approved by State Agency
UGB Plan Accepted by DLCD Now Ready for Implementation
Central Oregon LandWatch's Pivotal Role in Bend’s Urban Growth Boundary Success
Throughout Bend’s Urban Growth Boundary planning process, LandWatch has been the leading public interest group advocating for a limited expansion to prevent urban sprawl, encourage cost-effective growth, protect wildlife habitat, and foster affordable housing.
You're Invited to the RedTail Banquet
Enjoy a sunset dinner, drinks, and a raffle to benefit Central Oregon's forests and high desert, rivers and springs, wildlife habitat, and well-designed communities.
How "Missing Middle" housing can provide affordable housing at market rates
Bend is experiencing a severe affordable housing crisis. The city's proposed Urban Growth Boundary increases the diversity of housing choices that people are allowed to build, which could help boost our "missing middle" housing supply.
View LandWatch's written comments in support of Bend's 2016 UGB Proposal
View LandWatch's comments on Bend's UGB proposal
Support a Well-Planned at the UGB Hearing Thursday, August 25th, 2016
Well-informed citizens know that whether the city grows in population or not, we will only maintain our quality of life if we plan for the future thoughtfully.
Letter: Don't let traffic choke Bend
Check out this great In My View piece that was published in The Bulletin earlier this year. Traffic is increasing in Bend and there are many well-documented ways to decrease traffic congestion, including using land use as a transportation solution.
Shaping Our City II: A Closer Look at Bend's UGB Proposal
On August 9th and August 17th we will be giving an update on Bend's UGB proposal.
The Disappearing West
A new report shows the extreme rate at which we are losing natural areas to development in the American West.
Bend's Urban Growth Boundary and Affordable Housing
Listen to a radio interview with Central Oregon LandWatch's Advocacy Programs Manage about housing affordability and Bend's Urban Growth Boundary.
Breaking News: UGB Proposal Approved by Steering Committee
This afternoon the Urban Growth Boundary (UGB) Steering Committee, which consists of the Bend City Council and representatives from the Bend Planning Commission and the Board of County Commissioners, approved a package of recommendations for Bend’s UGB expansion and associated growth management policies.