Santa Clara Community Organization – Eugene

 Free Compost Workshop on Saturday, March 23, 10 AM

The Santa Clara Community Garden (SCCG) will host the following soil building workshops. SCCG is located behind St. Matthews Church at 4110 River Road, about 1-1/2 mile north of Beltline. These composting workshops are free and do not require preregistration. All sessions run for an hour or two.

2019 Compost Workshop Schedule

March 23 – OSU Hot Compost demonstration, review of Cover Crops
May 11 – OSU Compost Specialist demonstration
June 1 – Build a compost
October 19 – OSU Compost Specialist demo and cover crops
November 16 – SCCG Compost Demo

Workshops will include discussion of various composting methods, including: hot compost, cold compost, lasagna, cover crops, and soil building with worms.

Garden plots (12’x20’) are available to rent immediately in the Santa Clara Community Garden for $60 per year. This includes water, leaves for mulching, and access to compost. People who want to build up and improve the soil in a garden plot using composting techniques may attend compost workshop(s) and rent a plot right away. Contact Peter at 541-321-0798 for more information.

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There was an excellent presentation tonight at the monthly SCCO meeting regarding the Beltline/Delta and Beltline/River Road Projects. Construction of the improved Beltline/Delta interchange is scheduled to start in 2020. Here is a video of what the Beltline/Delta interchange should look like when finished.

Because of the huge interest in the River Road portion of Beltline improvements, the majority of the presentation was focused on Beltline Highlway from Delta to River Road.

• Beltline Highway between Delta Highway and River Road is one of the most congested places in the Eugene/Springfield area.
• The roadway within the project area has four through travel lanes carrying between 55,000 and 90,000 cars and trucks each day. The roadway was not designed to carry this volume of traffic, resulting in congestion, especially at peak periods.
• This congestion, along with short merge and diverge areas, contributes to a higher frequency of crashes than other similar facilities in the state. As north and west Eugene and surrounding areas continue to develop, traffic congestion is expected to get worse.

We encourage you to review the presentation regarding Beltline improvements from Delta to River Road. The improvements include a new bridge just north of Beltline that connects Greenacres road to Division street. Another proposal is to build an overpass over Beltline that connects River Avenue to Beaver Street. Click here to go to the presentation.

You can learn more about the project and sign up for newsletters from ODOT regarding the Beltline/River Road project on the ODOT website here.

Help shape the future design of 4J’s new schools

Thanks to voters’ approval of the school bond measure in November 2018, three of 4J’s aging school buildings will be replaced in the next few years: North Eugene High School, Camas Ridge Elementary School and Edison Elementary School.

Design work for the new schools will begin soon. In March and April, families, staff, neighbors and other community members are invited to join in a series of community workshops to help shape the design of 4J’s new schools. Childcare, food and Spanish interpretation will be provided.

North Eugene High School will be the site of 2 of 6 upcoming workshops. The first is Thursday March 7. The second workshop at North Eugene will be on April 16. Both workshops start at 5:30 PM.

For more information regarding the future design workshops go to the 4J website.