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E-BIKE RENTAL PROGRAM RIDES INTO BEND
Tax Credits Fund Warm Springs Housing Project Eighteen rental housing units in Warm Springs will undergo rehabbing and remodeling thanks to $7.8 million awarded from the state to the Warm Springs Housing Authority. The project will involve remodeling the systems and finishes of fourteen duplex units and four single-family units originally built in the 1970s—as well as the construction of a new storage and laundry
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building—all part of the Confederated Tribes of Warm Springs Reservation. In four of the duplex units, additional bedrooms will be added as part of the rehabilitation. All units are targeted toward Warm Springs residents with annual incomes as much as sixty percent of the area’s median income levels. The architect for the project is Travois Design, a Missouri-based firm that exclusively works on projects that support housing and economic development for American Indian, Alaska Native and Native Hawaiian communities. The Warm Springs Housing Authority received funding for the project as part of a Low Income Housing Tax award from Oregon Housing and Community Services. See warmsprings-nsn.gov.
BEND HOME + DESIGN I summer 2022
PHOTO COURTES Y BIRD RIDES , INC .
Looking for a new way to cruise around town? The City of Bend is launching an e-bike rental program in partnership with Bird, offering people the opportunity to hop on an electric bike and use it as a low-cost transportation option for certain parts of town. The program launched its first phase in June, with bike docking areas downtown, in west Bend and in a couple locations on the east side of the city. Future phases will include designated parking areas in more areas of the city, according to Tobias Marx, parking services division manager for the City of Bend. “The goal is to expand as much as we can, where it makes sense,” Marx said. To rent the bikes, riders download the Bird app, then scan a QR code to unlock a particular bike. It costs $1 to unlock and start a ride and then fortyfive cents per minute to ride. The new program comes a couple years after a similar e-bike rental program run by Oregon State University-Cascades and Zagster ended in Bend. See bird.co.
