The City Club of Central Oregon's August forum, Doing More with Less Water in Central Oregon, will explore the conservation, technology and policy solutions to how to keep more water in the system for all users. The forum is presented in partnership with The Bulletin. "Water and drought are extraordinarily complicated issues caught up in public policy and the myriad of users and priorities for water use," said Kim Gammond, CCCO Executive Director. "We are going to focus on what is being done and what can be done to mitigate the repercussions of our competing uses and the current drought." The forum will be moderated by Zack Demars, Special Projects Reporter for The Bulletin. Demars will also have a featured story on the topic in the Aug. 14 issue of The Bulletin. Panelists include: Erin Kilcullen, General Manager at the Deschutes Soil and Water Conservation District, Kate Fitzpatrick, Executive Director at Deschutes River Conservancy and Michael Buettner, U
Through the COVID-19 pandemic, Central Oregon's city governments have reassessed services as residential priorities and community needs have heightened and evolved across Central Oregon. The need for small business development, health care services and affordable housing are only a snapshot of what City Managers handle on a day-to-day basis. Developing solutions for problems and implementing what is best for our growing communities is the responsibility of our city governments. Our city managers and city councilors have had to reassess and re-prioritize our needs as a whole. Hear what those adjustments have been, and will be, moving forward across Central Oregon. City Club of Central Oregon brings its annual "Regional City Managers Forum" March 17 2022, to hear from City Managers across Deschutes, Jefferson and Crook counties on what has been a challenge - and what solutions they are formulating. At City Club's forums the community has a space for all perspectives a