Downtown valet service

In today’s Bulletin: Valet service brings a bit of big city to downtown. Bend Valet plans to begin operations Friday evening, and for $7, patrons can drop off their vehicle downtown and be done with it…. The company will operate from a kiosk at the northeast corner of Brooks Street … Continue reading

Bad idea of the day

This summer, two major parking lots downtown will no longer be free. The city of Bend will eliminate free parking in its two Mirror Pond parking lots this summer and install an electronic “pay and display” system instead, Jeff Datwyler, the city’s downtown manager, announced Wednesday at a meeting of … Continue reading