{"id":1156,"date":"2018-08-20T16:15:15","date_gmt":"2018-08-20T23:15:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/brooksresources.com\/?p=1156"},"modified":"2018-08-31T16:00:21","modified_gmt":"2018-08-31T23:00:21","slug":"the-bend-central-district-focusing-on-diversity-not-density","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/brooksresources.com\/2018\/08\/the-bend-central-district-focusing-on-diversity-not-density\/","title":{"rendered":"The Bend Central District: Focusing on Diversity, Not Density"},"content":{"rendered":"
We all know Bend, Oregon is growing rapidly. There are many reasons people are flocking to Bend: job growth, a strong entrepreneurial culture, recreation opportunities, amazing parks, a growing arts & culture scene, OSU-Cascades, and a favorable climate.<\/p>\n
And unless you\u2019ve been under a rock, you know that the City is planning for this growth in a variety of ways, including a recently expanded Urban Growth Boundary (UGB). In the UGB plan that was approved and adopted in 2016, one of the ways in which the City outlined a plan for growth, was to become denser in certain areas of Bend.<\/p>\n
Now the \u201cD\u201d word tends to be a hot-button issue. For some, the term density conjures images of Manhattan high rises. But that\u2019s not the reality of density in Bend. Shrink those images to 4 to 6 stories and you\u2019ve got a realistic picture of what City planners envision.<\/p>\n