Monthly SCCO meeting this Thursday, Oct 3 – LTD Headliner

Posted on October 1, 2019 by Gary Haliski

Monthly Santa Clara Community Organization Meeting
Thursday, October 3
7 PM
3280 River Road (Messiah Lutheran Church)

The main topic will be the Moving Ahead project – a joint project between the City of Eugene and Lane Transit District. This is perfect timing to learn more about the project so you can give input at the October 21 public hearing or by providing input online.

Four of the five Moving Ahead ‘packages’ include an EmX option for River Road. Please attend the meeting to see what EmX might look like on River Road and how far north EmX might extend.

Click on the chart to go to the Moving Ahead page with this chart to learn more. If you want to make comments but can’t attend the Moving Ahead public hearing on Oct 21, you can use the link on the Moving Ahead web page (the online comment link is near the bottom of the page).

Other upcoming events:

Awbrey Park Garden (Work) Party
Saturday, October 5th from 9 am until noon.

Join the Friends of Awbrey Park as they start their 12th year of park renovation and maintenance. If you are interested in starting a volunteer group for a park near you, please attend and the Friends of Awbrey Park will show you how to set up a volunteer group with the city. The city provides tools, gloves and free snacks. Corner of Spring Creek and River Road.

Affordable Housing in Neighborhoods
Thursday Oct 10
Social and registration 5 to 5:30
Meeting 5:30 – 7:30

The Eugene Neighbors, Inc invite you to it’s annual meeting at Abby’s Legandary Pizza at 1970 River Road.

Main Topic – Affordable Housing in Neighborhoods – Making It Happen

Pizza will be provided at the Eugene Neighbors, Inc meeting.
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Santa Clara Grange Blood Drive this Saturday the 5th.

Posted on October 1, 2019 by Gary Haliski

The Santa Clara Grange is holding a blood drive this Saturday from 9am until 3pm. The Santa Clara Grange is located at 295 Azalea Street. (Turn east at the AM/PM station and go about four blocks and you will find the Grange.

The Santa Clara Grange location is an ideal location to give blood for those who live in Santa Clara. The Santa Clara Grange holds Blood Drives every two months.

The non-profit that runs the Blood Drive would like to see more people give blood at this location so they can continue to hold the drive every two months. Please take the time this Saturday, October 5th, to visit the Santa Clara Grange and donate.

Note that our community has two Granges. Make sure you are going to the Grange on Azalea and not on Irvington.

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Housing & Homelessness Committee Meeting – Sept 26th

Posted on September 9, 2019 by Gary Haliski

Thursday, September 26th
Noon – 1PM
McNail-Riley House
 601 W 13th Ave Eugene

Tim Black from Saint Vincent de Paul will share plans for winter emergency shelter strategies. 

Looking ahead, this year’s series will continue in October with an introduction to the Leviticus Project’s model of  creating ADUs as affordable housing and current efforts to coordinate service provider outreach for the unhoused.

In November, Bob Cerince, Lane County Homeless & Supportive Housing Supervisor, will share progress on the TAC report recommendations for ending homelessness. 

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SCCO Monthly Meeting Reminder – this Thursday the 5th

Posted on September 4, 2019 by Gary Haliski

SCCO Monthly Meeting
Thursday, September 5
7PM
3280 River Road (Messiah Lutheran Church)

Topics:
— An update on the LTD transit station construction 
— The Carbon Free Challenge Project

Other news:

River Road – Santa Clara Neighborhood Plan
Now is the time to dial in and share your thoughts with the Community Advisory Committee. Over 200 People have already taken the survey. You can take it here. https://www.surveymonkey.com/r/riverroadsantaclara

EmX
Where might it make sense to invest in additional EmX lines?

A joint public hearing on Monday, October 21, from 7:30 to 9:30, will be your primary opportunity to tell the Eugene City Council and Lane Transit District Board of Directors which investments in better transportation you support.

MovingAhead website

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SCCG Workshops In October, November & December

Posted on September 3, 2019 by Peter Thurston

This past month we had a very successful work party at the Santa Clara Community Garden (SCCG), preparing the composting area for coming work shops and adding to the compost lasagna bed. The crew, mostly from Huerto de la Familia, emptied the garden veggie material bins and added coffee grounds to the lasagna. The garden shed ramp was also improved to make it safer.

The lasagna bed from last year produced a number of squash, tomatoes, and potatoes that are now being distributed through the food pantry at St. Matthews Church. Two very large pumpkins will be prizes in anticipation of Halloween, and pies.

The dates for the last three compost workshops at SCCG in 2019 are: October 19 (OSU Compost Demonstration), November 16 (Cover Crops), December 14 (Pruning).

All workshops begin at 10 am and last one to two hours. Call Peter (541-321-0798) for more information.

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