![]() ![]() " We have the opportunity here to create a divided highway and be safer," says ODOT's Peter Murphy. He would like to relax some building restrictions and encourage cities to lower property taxes and fees.īEND, OR - The Oregon Department of Transportation is asking for public input on a major highway project near Sunriver. He would rather see lawmakers focus on stimulating the construction of more affordable housing without raising costs. ![]() It really puts tenants against landlords, and tenant against tenant. And these types of things just decrease supply and decrease incentives for builders to put in more housing." Buehler adds, "Over 93% of economists think rent control is harmful just to the people that you'd expect it'd be helpful, because it decreases the supply of housing, decreases the quality. "We have a big affordable housing crisis in Oregon, but the solution is not more regulation the solution is creating more housing supply. But, he was dropped before the start of the 2017 session.īuehler says Democrats want to solve the problem through rent controls. Last year, State Representative Knute Buehler (R-Bend) was on the housing committee that considers such bills. SALEM, OR - The Legislature is expected to try again this session to come up with ways to increase affordable housing inventories. We’ll be providing access to occupational services there, as well – so things like drug screens." " So, we’ll have room for three primary care providers, as well as a fully-staffed urgent care we’ll have imaging and lab services, on-site. Charles Foundation is close to reaching its $1.5-million fundraising goal for construction and they’ve already started recruiting doctors to staff the clinic. And then, our building will start to go up towards the middle of the year." The first thing you’ll see, of course, is the site parking area developed. "You’ll start to see that site take shape. " The location, which is just off of Huntington Road on the northwest side of La Pine, is in a very nice wooded area," Weinsheim tells KBND News. So, we’re able to now move forward, given the change in seasons, to start some of the site improvements in March."Ĭrews will begin road, utility and site prep work over the next few weeks. Those delays created some challenges with us starting some improvements, themselves. " Due to some changes to the requirements we had for infrastructure on-site and some site improvements, we needed to push that opening date back a little bit. Charles Medical Group President John Weinsheim says the facility will now open in April 2018. ![]() Originally slated to open at the end of this year, St. Charles Family Care Clinic in La Pine is now expected to open next spring. Oftentimes our children do not have a lot of books in their library, so it’s really a great way, in Kaylee’s honor, for them to pay it forward to children and families that just really need it." Her family wants to pay it forward and allow each child in our Head Start Program have the opportunity of building their libraries and getting a book." Snow adds, "We serve the neediest of the needy. She tells KBND News Kaylee "really enjoyed reading and her birthday happened to be on Dr. And, we’re hoping to be able to do this each year, in honor of Kaylee." So, each one of our 451 Head Start children will get that book. " One of Kaylee’s favorite books was Oh the Places You'll Go, by Dr. Kim Snow, Associate Director of Neighbor-Impact’s Head Start program, says Kaylee Sawyer was passionate about kids. BEND, OR - The family of a Bend woman murdered last summer is honoring her memory by giving away hundreds of children’s books on what would have been her 24th birthday, Thursday. ![]()
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