Town Hall Meeting with your Representatives – May 31

Posted on May 18, 2018 by Gary Haliski

There will be a town hall meeting focused on the Santa Clara and River Road communities, with many of the elected leaders who represent those neighborhoods:

State Representative Julie Fahey
County Commissioner Jay Bozievich
County Commissioner Pat Farr
City Councilor Claire Syrett
4J School District Board Chair Eileen Nittler
EWEB Commissioner Sonya Carlson

Many of the issues that our constituents in Santa Clara and River Road contact us about cross multiple levels of government (e.g., housing and homelessness, workforce development). This town hall will give you a chance to meet and ask questions of several of your elected officials at once and to hear about the work being done at all levels to address the issues that you are most concerned about. We’re looking forward to answering your questions and having a robust conversation!

Thursday, May 31 at 6:30 PM
Awbrey Park Elementary School
158 Spring Creek Dr, Eugene, OR 97404

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Help Create Eugene’s Downtown Riverfront Park – May 24

Posted on May 16, 2018 by Gary Haliski

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Values and Vision
Over the next few months, the City of Eugene Parks and Open Space Division and the design consultant team led by Walker Macy are seeking community input at a series of public meetings.

On Thursday, May 24, meet the park design team, share your vision for our new park and tell us what features you want most. Site tours will be available following the presentation. All ages are welcome, including kids, and light refreshments will be provided.

Downtown Riverfront Park
One of the priorities the City heard most clearly from the community about the future of parks and recreation in Eugene, is providing access to the river – for everything from recreation to simply enjoying the views. The 3-acre Downtown Riverfront Park will reunite our city with the river just in time for the 2021 World Track and Field Championships.

For additional meeting dates, online surveys, project updates and more, visit the project website, eugene-or.gov/riverfrontpark.

Thursday, May 24
6:00 – 7:30 p.m.
EWEB North Headquarters Community Room
Register HERE

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Composting Workshops

Posted on May 15, 2018 by Peter Thurston

NEWS RELEASE – For Community Calendars
May 15, 2018
Contact: Peter Thurston, 541-321-0798
Subject: 2018 Santa Clara Garden/Compost Workshop Schedule

Santa Clara Community Garden and OSU Compost Specialists are sponsoring a series of free composting workshops, the first of which is this Saturday, May 19 from 10 to noon.

The garden is located at 4110 River Road, behind St. Matthews Church, about 2 miles north of Beltline. People can just show up and find out about composting. Here are the workshop dates:

May 19 – Mobile Plant Clinic, 10 to Noon – Subject: Various composting techniques

June 9 – Workshop, 10 to Noon – Drip irrigation, Susan Costa, and checking in on compost builds

July 21 – Mobile Plant Clinic, 10 to Noon – Subject: Using finished compost and starting a new hot compost pile

September 29 – 10 am to Noon – Harvesting and preserving, plus checking on compost builds

November 3 – Compost Workshop, 10 to Noon – Subject Lasagna compost, Tim Foelker

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Want safer streets near your child’s school? Fill out survey and attend the meeting.

Posted on May 10, 2018 by Gary Haliski

Eugene School District 4J’s Safe Routes to School program and Awbrey Park Elementary School are working with partners at the City of Eugene and Lane County to make it safer for students to walk and bike to school. We would like to know which streets the community sees as the top priority for improvements. We would also like to gather input on possible safety improvements to Spring Creek Drive. No plans have been made and no changes are underway. We are in the information gathering stage and want to know your thoughts.

We invite you to a public meeting on Monday, May 21st from 6:30-7:30 p.m. at Awbrey Park Elementary School’s Cafeteria (158 Spring Creek Drive). The intention of the meeting is to collect input, so we will begin with a short presentation followed by discussion. If you cannot attend the meeting, we invite you to fill out a brief online survey at www.surveymonkey.com/r/5TQ7BMK.

For more information:
Sarah Mazze
Safe Routes to School Coordinator
Eugene School District 4J
541-790-7492
mazze_s@4j.lane.edu

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2018 West Lane County, Oregon, Candidates Forum: Jay Bozievich (incumbent), Nora Kent, and Beverly Hills.

Posted on May 8, 2018 by Tim Foelker

May 3, 2018
Forum sponsored by the Santa Clara Community Organization (SCCO), Eugene, Oregon

Episode 1: Intros and first questions.

Episode 2: More Q&A, best intentions and meditations

Episode 3: “When did you stop beating your wife…”

Episode 4: Final questions and wrap up.

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