Listen: A New Vision for Redmond with City Councilor Clifford Evelyn
Born and raised in New York City, Evelyn has lived and worked in predominantly white communities in the Pacific Northwest for most of his life. He’s not afraid to challenge small town paradigms. For this week’s “Bend Don’t Break” podcast we talk with Redmond City Councilor Clifford Evelyn. Evelyn won an insurgent victory in 2020 through a campaign of connecting with local business owners and others in the community, despite the constraints of COVID-19. Evelyn talked about how his message resonated with people who want to see more amenities in Redmond like restaurants, stores, movie theaters and even a bowling alley. Right now, as Redmond’s real estate market booms, most locals travel to Bend to shop and have fun, Evelyn said. He’d like to see more of that money circulating in Redmond.
Young Climbers on Keeping Competitive During COVID-19
Local junior champions talk about how they re adapting to climbing during a pandemic, and what they ve learned from the prolonged pause of normal life Mira Capicchioni (15), Moxie Hovorka (14), and Shae McCarl (12) are three junior competitive and outdoor climbers from Bend who train at the Bend Rock Gym through the Bend Endurance Academy. Since the BRG is currently closed because of COVID, I was curious as to how else COVID has been impacting their training. Here s what they said. Submitted
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Will the PCT s Lionshead wildfire scars affect spring traffic? It s been a little over one week since the start of the official Pacific Crest Trail hiking season on March 1, and according to Scott Wilkinson of the PCT Alliance, only approximately 75% of the normal number of long-distance permits have gone out. Jordan Summers A tranquil day on the Pacific Crest Trail, through the lens of the author of the PCT thru-hiker s bible, Jordan Summers. Fire on the Pacific Crest Trail in Oregon
Perhaps one of the causes of lower permit numbers: the wildfires that ripped through Oregon last year. In August 2020, lightning sparked a fire in Lionshead Canyon on the Confederated Tribes of Warm Springs Reservation, about 14 miles west of the Warm Springs community. Soon after, while the blaze still raged, a historic windstorm rapidly spread fires we