Stay ConnectedEmerson Levy, Marcus LeGrand, and Anthony Broadman talk Bend civics, advocacy, and the people who make our City special.
* Note, the opinions expressed are solely those of the person expressing them and do not express the official views, opinions, or position of the City of Bend, Bend-LaPine Schools or any other government or organization.
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In this episode, we talk with Yamhill County Commissioner and candidate for Governor of Oregon, Casey Kulla. We talk about Kulla's vision for Oregon and tackling the big issues facing our state.
We extended an invite to other democratic candidates and we interviewed, Tobias Read in Season 1, so check that episode out as well.
Thanks for coming on the pod, Casey.
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Note, the opinions expressed are solely those of the person who expresses them and do not express the official opinions or positions of the City of Bend, Bend LaPine Schools, or any other government or organization.
In this episode, Anthony and Marcus chat with Dr. McCalpine, OSU Executive Director of Strategic Diversity Initiatives, her background is in Business Administration. She will be the first Black woman to serve as the Senate President at Oregon State University.
Dr. McCalpine discusses the important work she does around DEI in our community.
We're thankful to have Dr. McCalpine in our community. Thank you for coming on the podcast.
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In this episode of The State of Bend, we're talking housing, specifically HB 2001, which is a legislative bill that expands housing options for the state of Oregon and then directs cities to expand their own building and zoning codes. The City of Bend now permits cottage clusters, quadplexes, etc which creates more options between an apartment and a single-family home.
Join us this Sunday morning for Episodes 5 & 6 - Episode 6 is with @olivertatom who is a nurse and running for Deschutes County Commissioner. We talk about what the commission does for the county and Oliver’s thoughts and ideas for the role.
Note: Politics, civil service, advocacy at its heart is about relationships and building community in order to collaborate and serve the community better- campaigns are coming on the scene as we move closer to November 2022 and the three of us naturally have friendships with some of the candidates and that’s our biased action in this episode and most likely future episodes with candidates.
We have invited Commissioner DeBone to come on as well and he accepted, and that episode will be coming in a few weeks.
We hope that this is a relaxed way to get to know candidates and people serving our community. Please let us know if you have guests you want to hear from in the future.
Another doubleheader weekend! We had an awesome chat with Chris Boyd, Principal at the new @calderahighschool. I was so impressed by Chris’ dedication to the students and the innovation going on at Caldera. He pointed out that the 9th graders coming in this fall haven’t had an uninterrupted year since they were sixth graders. @calderahighschool ribbon cutting is October 21st - there’s a BBQ outside and then the ribbon cutting at halftime. Bring your family, masks and let’s celebrate community together.
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In this episode of The State of Bend, we get to sit down with LeeAnn O'Neill (she/they), Managing Partner of Allyship in Action, they are with the nonprofit Bend Bikes and leads the transportation committee for the city of Bend's transportation bond that passed last year.
We chat about LeeAnn's work as a DEI consultant, the status of the transportation bond, and salsa.
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In this episode of The State of Bend, Dr. Merrill, Chief Medical Officer talks about the current state of covid and public health in our community; including hospital stats and what you can do to keep us all safe #inbend
In this prelude to Season 2, we talk about the killing of Barry Washington, Jr. in Bend. This episode was recorded the last week of September prior to the Grand Jury inditement.
We will continue to follow this case and share our thoughts.
Black Lives Matter.
Marcus and Anthony are joined by physicians Erin LeGrand and Kate Broadman for the finale of our first season. Recorded June 28, 2021. Thank you to all of the guests this year and producer Emmerson!
State Treasurer Tobias Read joins Marcus and Anthony to talk abut Oregon's investment in the future and State recovery efforts. Treasurer Read will be at events this week in Bend: Deschutes County Dems Wednesday, June 23rd at 6:00 PM at Discovery Park in Bend https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSetSOjpJHzIChCQh-9VrN3EVhwNGADKQCb-JiXiOzAzMw7ueQ/viewform Roundtable with Business Community Thursday, June 24th at 1:30pm at The Haven (1001 SW Disk Dr, Bend, OR 97702) https://bit.ly/3cN9ACK Roundtable with VC and Entrepreneur Community Thursday, June 24th at 3:30pm at The Haven (1001 SW Disk Dr, Bend, OR 97702) https://bit.ly/3gqeWpw
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