The streets in Santa Clara started getting a little busier this week as teachers returned to their classrooms.
Traffic will increase again on Tuesday the 8th when freshmen at North Eugene attend an orientation session. Elementary and middle schools start student activities on Wednesday and all grades will have full schedules on Thursday.
Plan accordingly, especially for the on ramps to Beltline. You might want to start early because of the returning students and the paving on River Road.
The Northwest Permaculture Convergence will be held at River Road Park August 28, 29, 30. At 1:30 on Friday, August 28 the Santa Clara Awbrey Park Native Plant Bike Tour will leave River Road Park and head for Awbrey Park to view the native plant restoration on Spring Creek. Awbrey Park presentation will be about 2 pm, followed by several stops on the ride back to River Road Park.
It is about 3 miles to Awbrey Park where native plant restoration has been facilitated by City of Eugene parks staff and implemented by volunteers over the past 5 years. The park tour will describe invasive plant removal and on-going restoration of native plants along Spring Creek. Also, a near-by city-owned parcel along Spring Creek (Springwood Bridge) will provide contrast to the park restoration process. Additionally we will visit other sites where native plants are thriving, and a constructed water catchment swale at Ferndale Park will show another approach to improved neighborhood drainage. The bike tour will return to River Road Park about 4:30 pm. Residents may join the tour anywhere along the way. Please contact Peter at 541-321-0798 if you have questions.
Hope you’ve had a good August and enjoyed the vintage cars at the Irving Grange today.
Cultural Opportunity Grant$$$
Applications Now Being Accepted
Applications must be delivered to Lane Arts Council, 1590 Willamette Street, Suite 200, Eugene OR 97401 by 5pm on Oct. 15, 2o15.
Cultural Opportunity Grants provide recognition and support to cultural programs and projects, preserving and enhancing Lane County’s diverse arts, heritage and humanities efforts. Grants are available for individuals, groups, organizations, and educational institutions.
For more information on guidelines and the grant application please visit: http://laneculture.net/
Surveys, Surveys, Surveys.
At a recent Parks and Recreation Open House, some of the city employees said that hadn’t received much input from the Santa Clara community. Here are several surveys covering different topics….
Eugene Parks and Recreation Survey
We really need Santa Clara input on this survey. If you want more neighborhood parks developed (only 3 of 7 are developed), want a community center built by Madison Middle School, want a dog park, soft trail paths and better bike/ped paths; here’s your chance to give input. This is a well designed survey and easy to complete. It also has a lot of opportunity to write in your opinions. Eugene Parks System Survey
LTD – The Moving Ahead project survey
We had a good turnout for the Moving Ahead meeting at North Eugene a few months ago. One of the requests some of us made was to extend the transit plan to the old Ray’s market rather than to the old Santa Clara school site.
It looks like we were listened to. The most recent revision has the improvements extended to Irvington Drive. Please take a look at the revised plan and give your feedback. You may still want to push the improvements to the old Ray’s (now U-Haul), especially with all of the new housing in the old filbert orchard. River Road Corridor map and survey links.
Live Healthy Lane
Lane County Public Health, United Way, PeaceHealth Oregon West and Trillium have combined on a project to assess the current status of health in Lane County. The goal is to implement a 3 year plan in the Spring of 2016. Click here to take the survey.
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Several members of the Santa Clara Community Organization attended a meeting at North Eugene High School on May 18th and provided input to possible changes to River Road. Our input, along with input from residents throughout Eugene, has been translated into options for further review.
A couple of upcoming opportunities to review the options and give more input into the River Road Corridor improvements are:
On-line review at MovingAhead.org by September 20.Here’s a link to the pdf with potential plans for six corridors in Eugene. We appreciate your help so far, and hope you can review the online plans and attend the Open House.
The August 6th meeting of the Santa Clara Community Organization will be held in a different location due to a rummage sale at the church.
1250 Irvington Drive (Near Arrowhead Park)
August 6th
7:00 PM
We hope you’ve enjoyed the events in Santa Clara the past few weeks. This weekend the fun continues in nearby Junction City with the Scandinavian Festival.
Concert in the Park. Eleven Eyes.
City crew removes 7 trees for new bridge at Awbrey Park.
Movie in the park. ‘Up’
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