Bend, Oregon#Climate

{{further|Central Oregon#History}}

American Indian tribes hunted and fished in the area. In late 1824, members of a fur-trapping party led by Peter Skene Ogden visited the area. John C. Frémont, John Strong Newberry, and other United States Army survey parties came next. Subsequent American pioneers heading further west passed through the area and forded the Deschutes River at a canyonless double bend, which may have actually been referred to as "Farewell Bend".{{Cite book |last=McArthur |first=Lewis Ankeny |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=lbY3AQAAIAAJ&pg=PA27 |title=Oregon Geographic Names |date=1928 |publisher=Koke-Chapman |location=Eugene, OR |pages=27 |language=en |author-link=Lewis A. McArthur}} The area was settled by Euro-Americans in the 1870s. John Young Todd, a Missourian who participated in the Mexican War (and for whom Todd Lake is named), purchased a land claim in the area and named it "Farewell Bend Ranch". Todd sold this to John Sisemore in 1881, who applied for a post office in 1886.{{Sfn|Deschutes County Historical Society|2009|p=9}} Because the name "Farewell Bend" was already in use, it was shortened to "Bend" by the United States Post Office Department.{{Sfn|Deschutes County Historical Society|2009|p=9}}

File:Bend Oregon Main Street 1920.jpg

File:Brooks Scanlon Lumber Company, near Bend, Oregon, showing two burners and a general view of the plant (3466775282).jpg in 1922]]

Constructed in May 1901, the Pilot Butte Development Company's little plant was the first commercial sawmill in Bend, also providing the town's first irrigation.{{Sfn|Deschutes County Historical Society|2009|p=9}} The original location was at the rear of the Pilot Butte Inn of later years. Steidl and Reed also set up a small mill in Bend in 1903. This was on the Deschutes River just below the Pioneer Park area. The mill was operated by water power.{{cite web

| title = Visitor Information Service

| author = Phil F. Brogan

| publisher = Deschutes National Forest. 1969 (pg 116)

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A small community developed around the area. In 1904, a city was incorporated by a general vote of the community's 300 residents; it was platted by Pilot Butte Development Company on May 28, 1904. On January 4, 1905, the city held its first official meeting as an incorporated municipality, appointing A. H. Goodwillie as its first mayor.

In 1910, Mirror Pond was created by the construction of the Bend Water, Light & Power Company dam on the Deschutes River in Bend. The dam provided the city with its initial source of electricity. The dam has been owned by Pacific Power since 1926 and still produces electricity that supplies approximately 200 Bend households.{{cite web|title=Mirror Pond: Bend, Oregon's Lake on the Deschutes River|url=http://www.mirrorpond.info |publisher=City of Bend, Oregon |website=mirrorpond.info |access-date=March 2, 2021}} In 1916, Deschutes County was formed from the western half of Crook County and Bend was designated as the county seat.{{cite news |url=https://oregonnews.uoregon.edu/lccn/sn96088235/1916-12-20/ed-1/seq-1/ |title=Bend Selected County Seat |newspaper=The Bend Bulletin |location=Bend, OR |date=December 20, 1916 |page=1 |publisher=University of Oregon Libraries - Historic Oregon Newspapers |volume=XIV |issue=4 |access-date=March 2, 2021}} In 1929, Bend amended the charter and adopted the council–manager form of government.

The 1950 closure of Shevlin-Hixon Lumber Company (which was sold to Brooks-Scanlon), due to a lack of significant timber, caused the largest economic drop in the region since the Great Depression.Hello Bend! Central Oregon Revisited – 1950–2000: A Pictorial History (2021). Pediment. p. 7 In later decades, it experienced rapid growth as a center for both recreation and retirement.

On August 28, 2022, a mass shooting occurred at a Safeway grocery store in Bend. Two senior citizens, one of whom was an employee at the store, were killed, and two others were wounded before the gunman committed suicide.{{cite web |url=https://ktvz.com/news/crime-courts/2022/08/30/bend-pd-release-new-info-on-safeway-shooting-over-100-shots-fired-hero-went-after-gunman-with-produce-knife/ |title=Bend PD release new info on Safeway shooting: Over 100 shots fired; hero went after gunman with produce knife |publisher=KTVZ |date=August 30, 2022}}

Bend sits on the boundary of the Eastern Cascades Slopes and Foothills, a Level III ecoregion designated by the United States Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) in the U.S. states of Oregon, Washington, and California, and the Deschutes River Valley, a Level IV ecoregion within the Blue Mountains Level III ecoregion.:File:Level IV ecoregions, Pacific Northwest.png

The Deschutes River runs through Bend, where it is dammed to form Mirror Pond. Bend's elevation is {{convert|3623|ft|0|abbr=off}} above sea level.

According to the United States Census Bureau, the city has a total area of {{convert|35.046|sqmi|sqkm|2}}, of which {{convert|34.801|sqmi|sqkm|2}} is land and {{convert|0.245|sqmi|sqkm|2}} is water.

Inside the city limits is Pilot Butte State Scenic Viewpoint, an old cinder cone. Bend is one of three cities in the continental U.S. (with Portland, Oregon, and Jackson, Mississippi) to have an extinct volcano within its city limits.{{cite web|title=Mt. Tabor Park |publisher=Portland Parks & Recreation |url=http://www.portlandonline.com/parks/finder/index.cfm?action=ViewPark&PropertyID=275&c=38308 |access-date=August 3, 2007}} It is reached by U.S. Route 20. A lesser known characteristic of Bend, the Horse Lava Tube System enters and borders the eastern edge of the city.{{cite web|last=Skeels |first=Matt |title=Horse Lava Tube System |date=February 5, 2012 |url= http://ohdgrotto.caves.org/caves/projects/9-uncategorised/81-horse-laba-tube-system-book |access-date=December 21, 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171225035224/http://ohdgrotto.caves.org/caves/projects/9-uncategorised/81-horse-laba-tube-system-book |archive-date=December 25, 2017 |url-status=dead}}{{cite web|last=Champion |first=Duane E. |title=Mapping Newberry Volcano's Extensive North Flank Basalts |date=May 14, 2002 |url=http://gsa.confex.com/gsa/2002CD/finalprogram/abstract_34405.htm |access-date=July 27, 2009 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110608160959/http://gsa.confex.com/gsa/2002CD/finalprogram/abstract_34405.htm |archive-date=June 8, 2011 |url-status=dead}} Just south of Bend is Newberry National Volcanic Monument on U.S. Route 97.

{{climate chart

| Bend, Oregon

| 24.6 | 42.5 | 1.41

| 24.3 | 45.7 | .99

| 27.6 | 51.7 | .70

| 30.5 | 57.7 | .79

| 37.0 | 66.3 | .97

| 42.0 | 73.7 | .68

| 48.6 | 83.8 | .44

| 47.8 | 83.3 | .35

| 41.3 | 75.8 | .31

| 33.7 | 63.0 | .65

| 28.2 | 49.1 | 1.26

| 23.3 | 41.0 | 2.01

| units=imperial

| float=right

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| source=NOAA}}

Bend's climate is typical of the high desert with cool nights and sunny days, classified as semi-arid (Köppen climate classification BSk). Annual precipitation averages {{convert|11.2|in|abbr=on}}. Annual average snowfall is {{convert|23.8|in|cm|1}}. The winter season in Bend provides a mean temperature of {{convert|31.1|°F|°C}} in December. Nighttime temperatures are not much lower than daytime highs during the winter. Annually, the lowest nighttime temperature is typically {{convert|−5|°F|°C}} to {{convert|−10|°F|°C}} (Zone 6).{{cite web |first=Ramon |last=Jordan |url=http://www.usna.usda.gov/Hardzone/hzm-nw1.html |title=USNA - USDA Plant Hardiness Zone Map: North-West US |date=January 24, 2012 |access-date=July 24, 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131210003838/http://www.usna.usda.gov/Hardzone/hzm-nw1.html |archive-date=December 10, 2013 |url-status=dead}}

Central Oregon summers are marked by their very large diurnal temperature ranges, with a July daily average of {{convert|64.5|°F|°C}}, and an average diurnal temperature variation approaching 35 °F (20 °C). Hard frosts are not unheard of during the summer months. Autumn usually brings warm, dry days and cooler nights. Bend is known for its annual Indian summer.

Bend's growing season is short; according to the U.S. Department of Agriculture's National Resources Conservation Service, in half of the years between 1971 and 2000, the USDA weather station in Bend recorded the last below-freezing temperatures after July 3 and the first below-freezing temperatures before August 31.{{cite web|url=http://www.wcc.nrcs.usda.gov/cgibin/climchoice.pl?state=or&county=41017 |title=National Water & Climate Center - Climate Information |access-date=July 24, 2014 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140713023358/http://www.wcc.nrcs.usda.gov/cgibin/climchoice.pl?state=or&county=41017 |archive-date=July 13, 2014}} Based on 1981–2010 normals, the average window for freezing temperatures is September 13 through June 19.

{{Weather box

|location = Bend, Oregon (1991–2020 normals, extremes 1901–present)

|single line = Y

|collapsed = Y

|Jan high F = 42.5

|Feb high F = 45.7

|Mar high F = 51.7

|Apr high F = 57.7

|May high F = 66.3

|Jun high F = 73.7

|Jul high F = 83.8

|Aug high F = 83.3

|Sep high F = 75.8

|Oct high F = 63.0

|Nov high F = 49.1

|Dec high F = 41.0

|year high F= 61.1

|Jan mean F = 33.6

|Feb mean F = 35.0

|Mar mean F = 39.7

|Apr mean F = 44.1

|May mean F = 51.6

|Jun mean F = 57.8

|Jul mean F = 66.2

|Aug mean F = 65.5

|Sep mean F = 58.5

|Oct mean F = 48.3

|Nov mean F = 38.6

|Dec mean F = 32.1

|year mean F= 47.6

|Jan low F = 24.6

|Feb low F = 24.3

|Mar low F = 27.6

|Apr low F = 30.5

|May low F = 37.0

|Jun low F = 42.0

|Jul low F = 48.6

|Aug low F = 47.8

|Sep low F = 41.3

|Oct low F = 33.7

|Nov low F = 28.2

|Dec low F = 23.3

|year low F= 34.1

|Jan avg record high F =57.3

|Feb avg record high F =59.8

|Mar avg record high F =67.6

|Apr avg record high F =76.3

|May avg record high F =83.3

|Jun avg record high F =88.9

|Jul avg record high F =94.8

|Aug avg record high F =94.9

|Sep avg record high F =90.0

|Oct avg record high F =80.2

|Nov avg record high F =66.2

|Dec avg record high F =55.0

|year avg record high F=96.5

|Jan avg record low F =7.3

|Feb avg record low F =8.8

|Mar avg record low F =16.6

|Apr avg record low F =20.6

|May avg record low F =25.3

|Jun avg record low F =31.1

|Jul avg record low F =38.5

|Aug avg record low F =37.5

|Sep avg record low F =29.1

|Oct avg record low F =19.7

|Nov avg record low F =12.3

|Dec avg record low F =5.9

|year avg record low F=-1.6

|Jan record high F = 71

|Feb record high F = 76

|Mar record high F = 83

|Apr record high F = 93

|May record high F = 93

|Jun record high F = 107

|Jul record high F = 104

|Aug record high F = 103

|Sep record high F = 100

|Oct record high F = 91

|Nov record high F = 77

|Dec record high F = 68

|year record high F= 107

|Jan record low F = −26

|Feb record low F = −26

|Mar record low F = −13

|Apr record low F = 8

|May record low F = 11

|Jun record low F = 21

|Jul record low F = 27

|Aug record low F = 22

|Sep record low F = 12

|Oct record low F = 0

|Nov record low F = −14

|Dec record low F = −25

|year record low F= −26

|precipitation colour = green

|Jan precipitation inch = 1.41

|Feb precipitation inch = 0.99

|Mar precipitation inch = 0.70

|Apr precipitation inch = 0.79

|May precipitation inch = 0.97

|Jun precipitation inch = 0.68

|Jul precipitation inch = 0.44

|Aug precipitation inch = 0.35

|Sep precipitation inch = 0.31

|Oct precipitation inch = 0.65

|Nov precipitation inch = 1.26

|Dec precipitation inch = 2.01

|year precipitation inch=10.62

|Jan snow inch = 6.4

|Feb snow inch = 5.5

|Mar snow inch = 1.5

|Apr snow inch = 0.7

|May snow inch = 0.0

|Jun snow inch = 0.0

|Jul snow inch = 0.0

|Aug snow inch = 0.0

|Sep snow inch = 0.0

|Oct snow inch = 0.2

|Nov snow inch = 2.0

|Dec snow inch = 5.3

|year snow inch=21.6

|Jan precipitation days = 8.7

|Feb precipitation days = 7.1

|Mar precipitation days = 6.0

|Apr precipitation days = 6.0

|May precipitation days = 5.3

|Jun precipitation days = 3.8

|Jul precipitation days = 2.2

|Aug precipitation days = 2.1

|Sep precipitation days = 2.0

|Oct precipitation days = 4.0

|Nov precipitation days = 7.0

|Dec precipitation days = 8.8

|year precipitation days=63.0

|Jan snow days = 4.2

|Feb snow days = 2.8

|Mar snow days = 1.2

|Apr snow days = 0.5

|May snow days = 0.0

|Jun snow days = 0.0

|Jul snow days = 0.0

|Aug snow days = 0.0

|Sep snow days = 0.0

|Oct snow days = 0.2

|Nov snow days = 1.4

|Dec snow days = 3.6

|year snow days=

|Jand sun = 5.6

|Febd sun = 5.7

|Mard sun = 7.6

|Aprd sun = 10.0

|Mayd sun = 10.9

|Jund sun = 11.3

|Juld sun = 12.0

|Augd sun = 11.9

|Sepd sun = 10.8

|Octd sun = 6.7

|Novd sun = 6.3

|Decd sun = 5.4

|Jan percentsun = 60

|Feb percentsun = 54

|Mar percentsun = 63

|Apr percentsun = 74

|May percentsun = 74

|Jun percentsun = 73

|Jul percentsun = 79

|Aug percentsun = 86

|Sep percentsun = 86

|Oct percentsun = 60

|Nov percentsun = 65

|Dec percentsun = 61

|Jan sun = 173.6

|Feb sun = 159.6

|Mar sun = 235.6

|Apr sun = 300.0

|May sun = 327.0

|Jun sun = 339.0

|Jul sun = 372.0

|Aug sun = 368.9

|Sep sun = 324.0

|Oct sun = 207.7

|Nov sun = 189.0

|Dec sun = 167.4

|source 1 = NOAA

{{cite web

|url = https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/access/services/data/v1?dataset=normals-monthly-1991-2020&stations=USC00350694&format=pdf&dataTypes=MLY-TMAX-NORMAL,MLY-TMIN-NORMAL,MLY-TAVG-NORMAL,MLY-PRCP-NORMAL,MLY-SNOW-NORMAL

|publisher = National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration

|title = U.S. Climate Normals Quick Access – Station: Bend, OR

|access-date = April 15, 2023

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{{cite web

|url = https://www.weather.gov/wrh/Climate?wfo=pdt

|publisher = National Weather Service

|title = NOAA Online Weather Data – NWS Pendleton

|access-date = April 15, 2023

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|source 2 = Weather Atlas {{cite web|url=https://www.weather-us.com/en/oregon-usa/bend-climate |title=Bend, Oregon, USA - Monthly weather forecast and Climate data |publisher=Weather Atlas |access-date=July 4, 2019}}

}}

{{US Census population

|1910= 536

|1920= 5415

|1930= 8848

|1940= 10021

|1950= 11409

|1960= 11936

|1970= 13710

|1980= 17263

|1990= 20469

|2000= 52029

|2010= 76639

|2020= 99178

|estyear=2023

|estimate=104557

|estref={{cite web|url=https://www.census.gov/data/tables/time-series/demo/popest/2020s-total-cities-and-towns.html |date=June 5, 2024|title=City and Town Population Totals: 2020–2023|publisher=United States Census Bureau|accessdate=June 5, 2024}}

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|footnote=U.S. Decennial Census{{cite web|url=https://www.census.gov/programs-surveys/decennial-census.html|title=Census of Population and Housing|publisher=United States Census Bureau|accessdate=June 4, 2015}}
2020 Census

}}

Image:Bend-Prineville CSA.png

Bend is the principal city of the Bend Metropolitan Statistical Area and the former Bend-Prineville CSA, a Combined Statistical Area that included the former Bend metropolitan area (Deschutes County) and the Prineville micropolitan area (Crook County). In 2023, the Office of Management and Budget combined the former CSA with adjacent Jefferson County to form the new Bend metropolitan area,{{cite web |title=OMB Bulletin No. 23-01 |pages=59, 138 |url=https://bidenwhitehouse.archives.gov/wp-content/uploads/2023/07/OMB-Bulletin-23-01.pdf |format=PDF |date=July 21, 2023 |website=White House |access-date=April 10, 2024}} which had a combined estimated population of 260,919 by the United States Census Bureau as of that year.

As of the 2020 census, there were 99,178 people, 40,969 households, and 25,421 families residing in the city.{{Cite web|title=US Census Bureau, Table P16: Household Type |url=https://data.census.gov/table?q=Bend%20city,%20Oregon%20p16&y=2020 |access-date=June 5, 2024 |publisher=United States Census Bureau}} The population density was {{convert|2949.8|PD/sqmi|PD/km2|1}}. There were 44,449 housing units. The racial makeup of the city was 84.5% White, 0.5% African American, 0.7% Native American, 1.6% Asian, 0.1% Pacific Islander, 3.6% from some other races and 9.0% from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino of any race were 9.2% of the population.{{Cite web|title=How many people live in Bend city, Oregon |url=https://data.usatoday.com/census/total-population/total-population-change/bend-city-oregon/160-4105800/ |access-date=June 5, 2024 |publisher=USA Today}} 20.8% of residents were under the age of 18, 5.1% were under 5 years of age, and 17.0% were 65 and older.

As of the 2010 census, there were 76,639 people, 31,790 households, and 19,779 families residing in the city. The population density was {{convert|2322.0|PD/sqmi|PD/km2|1|abbr=on}}. There were 36,110 housing units at an average density of {{convert|1093.9|/sqmi|/km2|1|abbr=on}}. The racial makeup of the city was 91.3% White, 0.5% African American, 0.8% Native American, 1.2% Asian, 0.1% Pacific Islander, 3.4% from other races, and 2.6% from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino residents of any race were 8.2% of the population.

There were 31,790 households, of which 31.7% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 47.9% were married couples living together, 9.9% had a female householder with no husband present, 4.4% had a male householder with no wife present, and 37.8% were non-families. 27.1% of all households were made up of individuals, and 9.1% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.39 and the average family size was 2.91.

The median age in the city was 36.6 years. 23.7% of residents were under the age of 18; 8.7% were between the ages of 18 and 24; 30% were from 25 to 44; 25.1% were from 45 to 64; and 12.4% were 65 years of age or older. The gender makeup of the city was 49.0% male and 51.0% female.

As of the 2000 census, there were 52,029 people, 21,062 households, and 13,395 families residing in the city. The population density was 1,624.8 people per sq mi (627.4/km{{sup|2}}). There were 22,507 housing units at an average density of 702.9 per sq mi (271.4/km{{sup|2}}). The racial makeup of the city was 93.98% White, 0.28% African American, 0.79% Native American, 1.00% Asian, 0.08% Pacific Islander, 1.75% from other races, and 2.12% from two or more races. Hispanics or Latinos of any race were 4.61% of the population.

There were 21,062 households, out of which 31.9% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 50.2% were married couples living together, 9.7% had a female householder with no husband present, and 36.4% were non-families. 26.1% of all households were made up of individuals, and 8.6% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.42, and the average family size was 2.92.

The age distribution was 24.5% under the age of 18, 10.2% from 18 to 24, 31.1% from 25 to 44, 21.9% from 45 to 64, and 12.4% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 35 years. For every 100 females, there were 97.1 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 95.6 males.

The median income for a household in the city was $40,857, and in 2006 the median income for a family of four is $58,800. Males had a median income of $33,377 versus $25,094 for females. The per capita income for the city was $21,624. About 6.9% of families and 10.5% of the population were below the poverty line, including 13.8% of those under age 18 and 5.8% of those age 65 or over.

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Tourism is one of Bend's largest sectors. The Mount Bachelor ski resort brings in tourists from all over Oregon, Washington, and California. The nearby Cascade Lakes are also a large draw for tourists. Recreational activities include downhill and cross country skiing, hiking, biking, rafting, golfing, camping, fishing, picnicking, rock climbing, and general sightseeing. Transient room tax revenues through the first quarter of fiscal year 2015 equaled $2,221,610.{{cite web|url=http://www.visitbend.com/About-Us/Bend-Tourism-Newsletter/November-2014-Tourism-Updates|title=Bend Tourism Letter|website=Visit Bend|access-date=December 4, 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141208052422/http://www.visitbend.com/About-Us/Bend-Tourism-Newsletter/November-2014-Tourism-Updates|archive-date=December 8, 2014|url-status=dead}}

The transient room tax is used in partnership with Visit Bend and the Bend Economic Development Advisory Board to convert visitors to Bend into residents and business owners.{{cite web|title=Visit Bend Marketing Plan|url=http://www.visitbend.com/Visit-Bend-Business-Plan-2011-sml.pdf|website=Visit Bend|access-date=December 4, 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160124064135/http://www.visitbend.com/Visit-Bend-Business-Plan-2011-sml.pdf|archive-date=January 24, 2016|url-status=dead}} In 2011, Visit Bend reported that families are the largest demographic that visit Bend (35%), while couples with no children make up the second largest portion (24%) of visitors to the city.{{cite web|title=Visit Bend Business Plan 2011|url=http://www.visitbend.com/Visit-Bend-Business-Plan-2011-sml.pdf|website=Visit Bend|access-date=December 4, 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160124064135/http://www.visitbend.com/Visit-Bend-Business-Plan-2011-sml.pdf|archive-date=January 24, 2016|url-status=dead}} During the same year, tourism generated $570 million and employed 16% of the city's workforce. Brauns, L. (November 21, 2021). According to a 2019 economic impact data from Travel Oregon, “the local tourism industry employs 10,000 people and brings in more than $1 billion into the regional economy” {{cite news |last=Brauns |first=L. |date=November 21, 2021 |title=Tourism tensions |access-date=November 28, 2021 |url=https://www.bendsource.com/bend/tourism-tensions/Content?oid=12443252}}

Room taxes attributed to tourism in Bend is divided up to be given back to the community. Bend, Oregon depends on $7 million in the room tax income that essentially funds services for Streets, Fire, and Police. $3 million are specifically contributed to Tourism Promotion.{{cite web |website=City of Bend |title=Tourism |access-date=November 27, 2021 |url=https://www.bendoregon.gov/government/departments/economic-development/tourism}}{{primary source inline|date=July 2024}} As of April 2021, the Bend City Council has agreed to spend an undisclosed portion of the $3 million to maintain some of the trails in the city.{{cite news |title=Bend City Council approves spending tourism money on Trail Maintenance |newspaper=Central Oregon Daily |date=April 22, 2021 |access-date=November 28, 2021 |url=https://centraloregondaily.com/bend-city-council-approves-spending-tourism-money-on-trail-maintenance/}}

Bend is home to the Deschutes Brewery, the eighth-largest craft brewery in the nation and the largest of over a dozen microbreweries in the city.{{cite web|url=http://www.centraloregonbrewersguild.com/|title=Central Oregon Brewers Guild|website=Central Oregon Brewers Guild|access-date=December 4, 2014}} Each year the city hosts many events celebrating its brewing culture, including the Bend Oktoberfest, the Little Woody Barrel Aged Brew and Whiskey Fest, Bend Brewfest, and Central Oregon Beer Week. Beer aficionados can also visit many of the breweries along the Bend Ale Trail. As of 2018, there were 23 breweries in Bend{{Cite news|url=https://bendexplored.com/eat-drink/bend-oregon-breweries/|title=Best Breweries in Bend Oregon: Full List and Map|date=February 5, 2018|website=Bend Explored|language=en-US|access-date=March 28, 2019}}{{unreliable source inline|date=July 2024}} and 4 hard cider companies. Since 2017, Bend's Worthy Brewing has hosted an observatory with a 16-inch reflecting Ritchey–Chrétien telescope.{{Cite web|last=Anderson|first=Jen|date=July 19, 2017|title=Stargaze at Worthy Brewing's Hopservatory|url=https://traveloregon.com/things-to-do/eat-drink/beer-breweries/stargaze-at-worthy-brewings-hopservatory/|url-status=live|access-date=October 16, 2021|website=Travel Oregon|language=en-US|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200811095709/https://traveloregon.com/things-to-do/eat-drink/beer-breweries/stargaze-at-worthy-brewings-hopservatory/ |archive-date=August 11, 2020}}{{unreliable source inline|date=July 2024}}{{Cite web|last=Scheidt|first=Donald|date=March 4, 2018|title=Bend's Worthy Brewing Is the World's Only Combination Brewery and Observatory|url=https://www.wweek.com/bars/beer/2018/03/04/bends-worthy-brewing-is-the-worlds-only-combination-brewery-and-observatory/|url-status=live|access-date=October 16, 2021|website=Willamette Week|language=en|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180305055053/http://www.wweek.com/bars/beer/2018/03/04/bends-worthy-brewing-is-the-worlds-only-combination-brewery-and-observatory/ |archive-date=March 5, 2018}}

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According to the City's 2023 Annual Comprehensive Financial Report,{{cite web|url=https://www.bendoregon.gov/home/showpublisheddocument/57655/638380774494630000|title=City of Bend 2023 Annual Comprehensive Financial Report|page=264|date=June 5, 2024}}{{cite web|url=https://edcoinfo.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/04/Bend-Top-Employers_2023.pdf|title=2023 Bend Largest Employers (Private & Public)|page=1|date=June 5, 2024}} the largest employers in the city are:

In 2005, Bend's economic profile comprised five industry categories: tourism (7,772 jobs); healthcare and social services (6,062 jobs); professional, scientific and technical services (1,893 jobs); wood products manufacturing (1,798 jobs); and recreation and transportation equipment (1,065 jobs).{{Cite web|title=Bend, OR Economy at a Glance|url=https://www.bls.gov/eag/eag.or_bend_msa.htm|access-date=March 3, 2021|website=www.bls.gov|language=en}}

In 2019, the officially licensed Blockbuster Video in the city became the last remaining one in the world.{{Cite web|last=Bulletin|first=KYLE SPURR The|title=Blockbuster in Italy startles Bend woman|url=https://www.bendbulletin.com/localstate/blockbuster-in-italy-startles-bend-woman/article_a3594ae8-448b-11ea-b2e8-17ed77195298.html|access-date=February 20, 2020|website=The Bulletin|date=February 4, 2020 |language=en}}{{cite news|last1=Lou|first1=Michelle|last2=Saeed|first2=Ahmed|date=March 6, 2019|title=There's now only one Blockbuster left on the planet|publisher=CNN|url=https://www.cnn.com/2019/03/06/business/last-blockbuster-on-the-planet-trnd|access-date=March 18, 2020}}

Much of Bend's rapid growth in recent years is also due to its attraction as a retirement destination.{{cite web |title=Bend is Where Old People Go to Retire |url=https://www.wweek.com/news/state/2016/11/20/bend-is-where-old-people-go-to-retire/ |website=Willamette Week |access-date=16 April 2025 |language=en |date=20 November 2016}}

Bend has also become a commuter town for a number of tech workers in the San Francisco Bay Area and Seattle metropolitan area despite the extreme commute, due to its appeal to the outdoors as well as its relatively cheap cost of living compared to the skyrocketing rent and housing prices of the Bay Area and Seattle.{{Cite news|url=https://www.cnbc.com/2018/03/04/bend-oregon-is-becoming-one-of-silicon-valleys-top-commuter-towns.html|title=Bend, Oregon, is becoming a commuter town for Silicon Valley despite the 10-hour drive|last=Castillo|first=Michelle|date=March 4, 2018 |work=CNBC |access-date=June 28, 2018}}{{Cite news|url=http://www.businessinsider.com/san-francisco-bay-area-so-expensive-bend-oregon-commuter-town-2018-3 |title=San Francisco is so expensive, people are commuting from an Oregon town that's a 10-hour drive away |last=Schwartz |first=Ariel |date=March 6, 2018 |work=Business Insider |access-date=June 28, 2018}}

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In 2005 construction and real estate accounted for 17.3 percent of all jobs in the Bend metropolitan statistical area (MSA), which constitutes all of Deschutes County.{{cite web|url=https://www.bea.gov/regional/reis/ |title=BEA : Local Area Personal Income |date=May 23, 2011 |access-date=July 24, 2014}} This figure is about 70 percent more than the proportion of construction and real estate jobs in the Oregon and national economies.{{cite web|url=http://www.bendbulletin.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20070923/BIZ0102/709230375 |title=Economy endures in housing slump | The Bulletin |publisher=Bendbulletin.com |access-date=July 24, 2014 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140714183709/http://www.bendbulletin.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=%2F20070923%2FBIZ0102%2F709230375 |archive-date=July 14, 2014}} Construction activity in Bend appears to be slowing. The number of building permit applications received by the Bend City Building Division fell from 826 in August 2006 to 533 in August 2007, a 35 percent decrease.{{cite web|url=http://www.ci.bend.or.us/depts/community_development/statistics_-_building_division.html|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20051113075112/http://www.ci.bend.or.us/depts/community_development/statistics_-_building_division.html|url-status=dead|archive-date=November 13, 2005|title=Welcome to the City of Bend Oregon Website - Statistics - Building Division|date=November 13, 2005|access-date=February 11, 2019}}

A large influx of new residents drawn by Bend's lifestyle amenities, along with the low interest rates and easy lending that fostered a national housing boom in 2001–05, resulted in increased activity in Bend's construction and real estate sectors and caused the rate of home price appreciation in Bend to grow substantially during that period.{{Cite web|title=Bend housing market data and appreciation trends - NeighborhoodScout|url=https://www.neighborhoodscout.com/or/bend/real-estate#:~:text=In%20the%20last%2010%20years,nationally%20for%20real%20estate%20appreciation.|access-date=March 3, 2021|website=www.neighborhoodscout.com}} Median home prices in the Bend MSA increased by over 80% in the 2001–05 period.{{cite news|url=https://money.cnn.com/magazines/moneymag/moneymag_realestate/snapshots/268.html |work=CNN |title=MONEY Magazine Real Estate: Bend |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130204172511/https://money.cnn.com/magazines/moneymag/moneymag_realestate/snapshots/268.html |archive-date=February 4, 2013}}

In June 2006, Money magazine named the Bend MSA the fifth most overpriced real estate market in the United States.{{cite news|url=https://money.cnn.com/2006/06/12/real_estate/overvaluation_even_worse/index.htm |work=CNN |title='Overpriced' housing gets more overpriced |first1=Les |last1=Christie |date=June 12, 2006}} By September 2006, the Bend metro area ranked second in the list of most overpriced housing markets, and in June 2007 it was named the most overpriced housing market in America.{{cite news|url=https://money.cnn.com/2006/09/21/real_estate/still_overvalued_housing/index.htm |work=CNN |title=More home markets 'extremely' overvalued |first1=Les |last1=Christie |date=September 21, 2006}}{{cite news|url=https://money.cnn.com/2007/06/14/real_estate/housing_market_affordability/index.htm |work=CNN |title=Overheated housing markets cool down |first1=Les |last1=Christie |date=June 15, 2007}}

The 2008−09 housing downturn had a strong effect on Bend's housing and economic situation. According to the Seattle Times,{{cite news|url=http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/localnews/2009025898_centraloregon12m.html |work=The Seattle Times |title=Oregon's "New West" tumbles, another sign of hard times |first=Hal |last=Bernton |date=April 12, 2009 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090415053051/http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/localnews/2009025898_centraloregon12m.html |archive-date=April 15, 2009}} single-family home prices dropped more than 40 percent from a peak of $396,000 in May 2007 to $221,000 in March 2009. Additional signs of the housing downturn include an April 2009 Deschutes county unemployment rate of 12.6 percent and in a tri-county area of Deschutes, Crook and Jefferson counties a 66 percent rise in homelessness from 2006 to 2,237.

In May 2010, the Federal Housing and Finance Agency released a report in which Bend had the largest price drop in the country, 23 percent, from first quarter of 2009 to the first quarter of 2010.{{cite news|last=Bjork |first=Nick |title=Bend leads nation in home depreciation |url=http://djcoregon.com/news/2010/05/28/bend-leads-nation-in-home-depreciation |newspaper=The Daily Journal of Commerce|date=May 28, 2010}}

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The city is becoming known for its burgeoning art scene, and is home to numerous visual and fine art galleries,[https://web.archive.org/web/20010719145912/http://www.bendgalleries.com/ Bend Galleries] as well as the independent BendFilm Festival, which launched in 2004.{{Cite web|date=July 17, 2018 |title=Reflecting on 15 Years of Cinematic Fun |url=https://www.bendfilm.org/news/reflecting-on-15-years-of-cinematic-fun/ |url-status=live |access-date=October 16, 2021 |website=BendFilm |language=en-US |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200925215335/https://www.bendfilm.org/news/reflecting-on-15-years-of-cinematic-fun/ |archive-date=September 25, 2020}}

There are numerous public art displays, including the Roundabout Art Route tour of outdoor sculptures throughout the city.[https://www.visitbend.com/roundabout-art-route/ Roundabout Art Route]

• Deschutes Historical Museum (located in the historic Reid School building)
• High Desert Museum

• Bend Amateur Athletic Club Gymnasium
• Charles Boyd Homestead Group
• Downing Building
• Drake Park Neighborhood Historic District
• George Palmer and Dorothy Binney Putnam House
• Goodwillie–Allen House
• N. P. Smith Pioneer Hardware Store
• O'Kane Building
• Thomas McCann House
• Trinity Episcopal Church

• Hayden Homes Amphitheater
• Old Mill District
• Pine Tavern
• Tower Theatre
• Old St. Francis School
• Blockbuster (Bend, Oregon)

• Mirror Pond
• Pine Mountain Observatory

Bend is home to the Bend Elks of the West Coast Collegiate Baseball League. The Elks play at Vince Genna Stadium. Former minor league teams include the Bend Rockies, Bend Bucks, Bend Phillies, Bend Timber Hawks, and Bend Rainbows.

Bend is also the home of the Central Oregon Hotshots of the International Basketball League. The Central Oregon Steelheaders, continually one of the top teams in the NW conference of the Premier Arena Soccer League (PASL), play at the Central Oregon Indoor Sports Center in Bend.

Bend is the home of the professional cross-country skiing team XC Oregon, which competes in races locally, regionally, nationally and internationally.{{cite web|url=http://www.xcoregon.org/ |title=XC Oregon |publisher=XC Oregon |access-date=July 24, 2014}}

Bend has had success in landing major sporting events such as the 2008 and 2009 USA Winter Triathlon National Championships, the 2008 and 2009 XTERRA Trail Running National Championships, the 2009 and 2010 United States National Cyclo-cross Championships, the 2009 and 2010 USA Cycling Elite Road National Championships and the 2013, 2015 and 2016 USA Cross Country Championships.{{Cite web|url=http://www.usatf.org/Events---Calendar/2013/USATF-National-Club-Cross-Country-Championships/Results/Open-Men-Overall.aspx|title=USA Track & Field - Open Men Overall}}

In 2019 and 2020, Bend hosted USA Climbing's pro and youth National Bouldering Championships.{{cite web|url=https://www.climbing.com/news/2019-2020-usa-climbing-bouldering-national-championships-announced-for-bend-oregon/|title=2019, 2020 USA Climbing Bouldering National Championships Announced for Bend, Oregon |date=February 7, 2018 |publisher=Climbing Magazine |access-date=March 1, 2018}}{{cite web |title=USA Climbing Bouldering Nationals |url=https://visitcentraloregon.com/event/usa-climbing-bouldering-nationals/ |website=visitcentraloregon.com |access-date=January 30, 2021}}

A popular spot for cycling, Bend has over {{convert|300|mi|km|abbr=on}} of mountain bike trails and from 1980 to 2019 was the home to the Cascade Cycling Classic, the nation's longest running stage race for road bicycle racing. Bend was once{{when|date=May 2022}} named the top mountain bike city in Mountain Bike Action magazine.

Bend is also home to the Deschutes County Rocks Boxing Team, a USA Boxing program ran by Level III USA Boxing coach Richard Miller, who is also the Golden Gloves & Silver Gloves President. February of each year Coach Miller hosts the Oregon State Golden Gloves Boxing Championship at Eagle Crest resort, a two-day event that highlights the best Olympic-bound boxers in the Northwest while bringing hundreds of boxing fans to the area. The program is non-profit and raises money for youth in the community.{{Cite web|last=Brey |first=Brianna |title=Outside the Box|url=https://www.bendsource.com/bend/outside-the-box/Content?oid=2314944 |access-date=March 2, 2021|website=The Source Weekly - Bend |language=en}}

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The Bend Park & Recreation District protects the parks, natural areas, recreational facilities, gardens, and trails of Bend.

• Cascade Lakes Scenic Byway
• Deschutes River
• Drake Park
• Pilot Butte State Park
• Shevlin Park
• McKay Park
• Farewell Bend Park
• Riverbend Park
• Ponderosa Skatepark

Central Oregon Community College and the OSU-Cascades Campus of Oregon State University offer two- and four-year programs.

The Bend area is served by Bend–La Pine School District. It contains five high schools (Bend, Marshall, Mountain View, La Pine, Caldera High School, and Summit). It also contains six middle schools (Cascade, High Desert, Pilot Butte, Pacific Crest, La Pine and Sky View), and 19 elementary schools which include three magnet schools.

Within Bend-LaPine, additional special schools include an environmentally focused middle school and high school called Realms. Charter schools include Desert Sky Montessori and the K-8 Bend International School.{{cite web |title=Bend LaPine Schools |url=https://www.niche.com/k12/search/best-schools/d/bend-lapine-school-district-or/?gradeLevel=elementary&gradeLevel=pk&type=charter&type=magnet&type=traditional |website=Niche |access-date=March 16, 2022}}

Private schools in the area include Eastmont School, Cascades Academy of Central Oregon, Seven Peaks, Waldorf School of Bend, St. Francis of Assisi, Morning Star Christian, and Trinity Lutheran School.

;Newspapers

• Bend Bulletin
• The Source Weekly
• Cascade Business News

;Television

• KOAB-TV 3 (PBS)
• KTVZ 21 (NBC) - The region's first broadcast TV station (launched in 1977).
• KFXO-CD 39 (FOX) - On April 17, 2006, the station launched a local news broadcast. The station later was purchased by KTVZ's parent firm, News-Press and Gazette Co.
• KOHD 51 (ABC) - Chambers Communications (Eugene, Oregon) recently purchased a broadcast license for the market and began its local newscasts in the fall of 2007.{{cite web | url=http://www.kohd.com | title=KOHD Official Website | publisher=Copyright 2006 by KOHD, Inc | access-date=February 4, 2007}}
• KBNZ-LD 7 (CBS) - TDS, parent company of Bend Broadband, has purchased KBNZ. KOIN-TV Portland's news is offered with no local cut-ins.
• NTVZ-CW (CW). KTVZ (DT2). Broadcast by NPG of Oregon, The CW carries popular entertainment programming. First local on-air broadcast was September 2006.
• KQRE-TM (Telemundo). Subchannel of KFXO-CD. Spanish language television broadcast by NPG of Oregon since 2007.
• COTV 11 - Carries RSN (Resort Sports Network), local events (parades, city council meetings, candidate forums). In addition, COTV airs local sports, including the Central Oregon Hotshots, Bend Elks, and local high school teams.

;Radio

• KRCO 690 AM - Sports format
• KBND 1110 AM - News Talk Information format
• KRDM 1240 AM - Regional Mexican format
• KBNW 1340 AM - News Talk Information format

• KLBR 88.1 FM - National Public Radio and locally produced radio shows from Lane Community College. KLBR is a simulcast of KLCC (FM) in Eugene, Oregon.
• KWRX 98.9{{Cite web|url=http://kwax.uoregon.edu/node/6|title=Listen {{!}} KWAX|website=kwax.uoregon.edu|language=en|access-date=April 26, 2017}} FM - non-commercial classical music radio station broadcasting to the Bend, Oregon area. KWRX is a simulcast of KWAX in Eugene, Oregon.
• KPOV-FM 88.9 FM - Low-power community radio station owned by the Women's Civic Improvement League.
• KVRA 89.3 FM - Contemporary Christian format. Air 1.
• KVLB 90.5 FM - Contemporary Christian format K-LOVE.
• KOAB-FM 91.3 FM - Oregon Public Broadcasting
• KRCO-FM 95.7 FM - Classic country format.
• KNLR 97.5 FM - Contemporary Christian format.
• KTWS 98.3 FM - Classic rock format.
• KMTK 99.7 FM - broadcasts a country music format.
• KMGX 100.7 FM - broadcasts a classic rock format.
• KLRR 101.7 FM - commercial adult album alternative music radio station in Redmond, Oregon, broadcasting to the Bend, Oregon area.
• KEGB-LP 102.1 FM - Christian Radio 3ABN Radio, broadcasting to the Bend Oregon area.
• KWPK-FM 104.1 FM - Hot Adult Contemporary format.
• KNLX 104.9 FM - Spanish Religious format.
• KQAK 105.7 FM - Classic Hits format.
• KWXS 107.7 FM - Adult standards format.

The nearest commercial airport is Roberts Field (RDM) in Redmond, {{convert|18|mi|abbr=on}} north of Bend. Alaska Airlines, Avelo Airlines, Horizon Air and SkyWest Airlines (flying as Alaska Airlines, American Eagle, Delta Connection and United Express) provide direct service to Burbank, Seattle, Salt Lake City, Phoenix, Denver, Los Angeles, San Diego, Santa Rosa, and San Francisco. The U.S. Forest Service operates an air base and training center for firefighting.

Bend Municipal Airport (KBDN) is located {{convert|5|mi|abbr=on|sigfig=1}} northeast of the city and serves general aviation. Several significant general aviation companies are based at Bend Airport, including Precise Flight, which develops oxygen systems, speed brakes, landing lights and other modifications for general aviation aircraft, and Epic Aircraft.

The Bend Hawthorne Transit Center is a hub for the Cascades East Transit center with connections to intercity bus services including [http://www.pacificcrestbuslines.net Pacific Crest Bus Lines], POINT Intercity Bus Service, the People Mover, and the Central Oregon Breeze.{{Cite web | url=https://cascadeseasttransit.com/routes-schedules/all-cities/bend/#outside | title=Bend Bus Service | Ride in Bend, Oregon with CET}}

Bend was previously the only metropolitan area west of the Mississippi River without a public bus system. A measure that would have created a transit district was on the November 2004 ballot, but was defeated 53 to 41 percent. As of August 2006, however, funding was acquired and the B.A.T. (Bend Area Transit) bus service began on a limited basis. Buses have been running since September 27, 2006.{{cite news|url=http://www.oregonlive.com/news/oregonian/index.ssf?/base/news/1149560721101990.xml&coll=7 |title=Fixed-route buses are coming to Bend |first=Matthew |last=Preusch |newspaper=The Oregonian |access-date=November 8, 2006}}

During summer 2007, not a single bus purchased was in operation (though several were due to weak A/C systems) and litigation was underway.{{cite news|url=http://bendbulletin.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20070828/NEWS0107/708280436/1002/NEWS01&nav_category= |title=Why Aren't Any of Bend's Big Blue Buses on the Road? |first=Peter |last=Sachs |newspaper=Bend Bulletin |access-date=August 28, 2007 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070927000705/http://bendbulletin.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=%2F20070828%2FNEWS0107%2F708280436%2F1002%2FNEWS01&nav_category= |archive-date=September 27, 2007}}

There are currently nine fixed bus routes offered by Cascades East Transit{{Cite web|url=https://cascadeseasttransit.com/routes-schedules/all-cities/bend/|title=Bend Bus Service {{!}} Ride in Bend, Oregon with CET|website=Cascades East Transit|language=en-US|access-date=February 20, 2020}} in Bend. The city is also started experimenting with a shared-ride van in 2019.{{Cite web|url=https://ktvz.com/top-stories/2020/01/21/surge-in-riders-prompts-continued-free-ride-bend-van-service/|title=Surge in riders prompts continued free Ride Bend van service|last=sources|first=KTVZ news|date=January 21, 2020 |website=KTVZ |language=en-US |access-date=February 20, 2020}} The project was initially designed to find a replacement for a cancelled route that had limited riders.{{Cite web|url=https://www.bendsource.com/bend/public-transit-of-the-future/Content?oid=11901452 |title=Public Transit of the Future |last=Brauns |first=Laurel |website=The Source Weekly - Bend |language=en |access-date=February 20, 2020}}

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Bend lies at the intersection of U.S. Route 20 and U.S. Route 97. The latter runs on an expressway alignment through the city known as the Bend Parkway; a business route for US 97 runs along 3rd Street. The city is also served by the Century Drive Highway No. 372 which provides access to Mount Bachelor.

In an effort to improve the safety of the city's non-driving residents, Bend has been implementing roundabouts within the city.{{Cite web|last=Corrigan|first=Hilary|date=August 21, 2019|url=https://www.bendsource.com/bend/more-roundabouts-sidewalks-on-the-way/Content?oid=10994861|title=More Roundabouts, Sidewalks on the Way|website=Source Weekly|access-date=November 20, 2020}}

A BNSF main line runs north–south through the city; there are numerous spurs off of the main line which serve industrial rail customers. The Spokane, Portland and Seattle Railway ran passenger service six days a week on a mixed train along that line from Bend to Wishram, Washington until some point between 1968 and 1970.{{cite journal |title=Spokane, Portland and Seattle Railway, Table 3 |journal=Official Guide of the Railways|publisher=National Railway Publication Company |volume=101 |issue=1 |date=June 1968}}{{cite journal |title=Spokane, Portland and Seattle Railway, Table 3, freight only |journal=Official Guide of the Railways|publisher=National Railway Publication Company |volume=102 |issue=12 |date=May 1970}} The closest Amtrak station is in Chemult, approximately {{convert|65|mi|abbr=on}} to the south; it is served by the Seattle–Los Angeles Coast Starlight.

In 2016, Bend adopted the Transportation System Plan, which is a 20-year plan that strives to achieve a healthy, equitable future for the entire community. The city is using community input to help this plan move forward, using experiments and data to drive their decisions on how people move within the city while incorporating land use throughout.{{Cite web|author=City of Bend|url=https://www.bendoregon.gov/home/showdocument?id=47764|title=Transportation System Plan|website=bendoregon.gov|access-date=November 20, 2020}}

In July 2019, Oregon State University Cascade launched a ride share program as part of a study called Ride Bend, which was active until March 2020. Ride Bend hired the transit company Downtowner to help set up and implement an on demand, app based, electric van service in Bend's west side. Part of Ride Bend's study was to see whether people prefer sharing rides to get to their destination over fixed bus routes.{{Cite web|last=Brauns|first=Laurel|date=February 7, 2020|url=https://www.bendsource.com/bend/public-transit-of-the-future/Content?oid=11901452|title=Public Transit of the Future?|website=Source Weekly|access-date=November 20, 2020}}

Ride Bend noticed that few people were using public transportation within the city, and many bus systems, such as Cascades East Transit, had to cancel their services because not enough people were taking the bus. Ride Bend not only succeeded in getting people to use public transportation again, effectively helping with traffic calming, but they also brought people to broader areas within the city.

An estimated 40,000 people have moved to Bend since the Transportation System Plan was written, and most of them brought cars with them.{{Cite web|last=Johnson|first=Suzanne|date=October 30, 2019|url=https://www.bendsource.com/bend/wasted-in-bend-automobiles/Content?oid=11366010|title=Wasted in Bend: Automobiles|website=Source Weekly|access-date=November 20, 2020}}

While Ride Bend is directly addressing carbon emissions, plenty of other businesses surrounding Bend are reducing the amount of impact a car has on the environment after its use. Tires can be processed and reused, batteries and oil can be treated so no toxic waste gets put into the surface runoff in the streets and landfill.

While the Transportation System Plan just began in 2016, the city looks towards a 20-year investment in creating a brighter future in transportation use and waste management.

{{Main|List of people from Bend, Oregon}}

• Ashton Eaton – decathlete, Olympian{{Cite web|last=Bulletin |first=MARK MORICAL The |title=Memory of a lifetime: Bend's Ashton Eaton reflects on his world-record decathlon performance at Hayward Field 10 years ago |url=https://www.bendbulletin.com/sports/memory-of-a-lifetime-bends-ashton-eaton-reflects-on-his-world-record-decathlon-performance-at/article_6ecced56-f349-11ec-a8ae-474f2db054e1.html |access-date=January 27, 2023 |website=The Bulletin |date=June 25, 2022 |language=en}}
• Donald M. Kerr, conservationist and founder of the High Desert Museum{{Cite web |last=Team |first=KTVZ News |date=2015-02-07 |title=Donald Kerr, High Desert Museum founder, dies at 69 |url=https://ktvz.com/news/2015/02/07/donald-kerr-high-desert-museum-founder-dies-at-69/ |access-date=2025-05-02 |website=KTVZ |language=en-US}}
• Brian Malarkey – celebrity chef
• Robert D. Maxwell, Medal of Honor recipient{{Cite web |date=2021-06-16 |title=New building at Bend High to be named after local Medal of Honor recipient |url=https://www.centraloregondaily.com/archives/central-oregon-daily/new-building-at-bend-high-to-be-named-after-local-medal-of-honor-recipient/article_2daa7916-5629-5508-b8a5-43a24b899262.html?=/&subcategory=617%7CFairs |access-date=2025-05-02 |website=Central Oregon Daily |language=en}}
• Max McNown – singer, songwriter{{Cite web |last=Cobb |first=Madison |title=LOHS alumnus Max McNown makes it big in the music industry |url=https://lohslakeviews.com/4774/features/lohs-alumnus-max-mcnown-makes-it-big-in-the-music-industry/ |access-date=2025-05-02 |website=Lake Views}}
• Chino Moreno, lead vocalist of Deftones{{cite web|url=https://www.bendbulletin.com/lifestyle/deftones-play-hometown-show-in-bend/article_0fca30f8-5b66-5451-a6d6-2c9584198757.html|title= Deftones play hometown show in Bend|date=June 29, 2017}}
• George P. Putnam – publisher, mayor (1912–1913), husband of Amelia Earhart{{Cite web |last=reports |first=Staff |date=2025-01-04 |title=Yesteryear: Rural school badly shot up in 1925; George P. Putnam former publisher, dies in 1950; Bend Water Pageant to be revived in 2000 |url=https://bendbulletin.com/2025/01/04/yesteryear-rural-school-badly-shot-up-in-1925-george-p-putnam-former-publisher-dies-in-1950-bend-water-pageant-to-be-revived-in-2000/ |url-status=live |access-date=2025-05-02 |website=The Bulletin |language=en}}
• Laurenne Ross – skier, Olympian{{cite web |title=Laurenne Ross Team USA Bio |url=http://www.teamusa.org/us-ski-and-snowboard/athletes/Laurenne-Ross |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151229170807/http://www.teamusa.org/us-ski-and-snowboard/athletes/Laurenne-Ross |url-status=dead |archive-date=December 29, 2015 |website=Team USA Athlete Biographies |access-date=February 5, 2021}}
• Les Schwab – founder of Les Schwab Tire Centers{{Cite web |last=Rogoway |first=Mike |date=2007-09-30 |title=Tire giant Les Schwab dies at 89 - OregonLive.com |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070930022427/https://www.oregonlive.com/business/oregonian/index.ssf?/base/business/1179556028176520.xml&coll=7 |url-status=live |access-date=2025-05-02 |website=web.archive.org}}
• Derek Sitter – actor/filmmaker and founder of the Volcanic Theatre Pub{{Cite web |date=2023-03-06 |title=Derek Sitter: Exploring the ties between privilege and trauma {{!}} Oregon ArtsWatch |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230306195525/https://www.orartswatch.org/derek-sitter-exploring-the-ties-between-privilege-and-trauma/ |access-date=2025-05-02 |website=web.archive.org}}
• Annie Onishi - Surgeon famous for her viral WIRED videos.

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Bend has multiple sister cities:

• {{flagdeco|Japan}} Fujioka Town (Toyota City), Aichi Japan{{cite web|url=http://www.econ.state.or.us/oregontrade/sistercities.htm |title=Oregon Sister Relationships |publisher=[Economic and Community Development Department / Way Back Machine] |access-date=August 7, 2009 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20050313060419/http://www.econ.state.or.us/oregontrade/sistercities.htm |archive-date=March 13, 2005 |url-status=dead}}{{cite web|url=http://www.ci.bend.or.us/depts/administration/august_2009.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090924045540/http://www.ci.bend.or.us/depts/administration/august_2009.html |url-status=dead |archive-date=September 24, 2009 |title=City Edition > August 2009 |publisher=City of Bend|access-date=August 7, 2009}}
• {{flagdeco|Nicaragua}} Condega, Nicaragua{{cite web |title=Condega Open House |url=http://www.ci.bend.or.us/docs/Condega_Open_House_10_10_07.pdf |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110719082414/http://www.ci.bend.or.us/docs/Condega_Open_House_10_10_07.pdf |url-status=dead |archive-date=July 19, 2011 |date= October 10, 2007|access-date=July 30, 2009}}
• {{flagdeco|Pakistan}} Muzaffarabad, Pakistan{{cite web |title=Sister City |url=http://www.kashmirfamily.org/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=78&Itemid=99 |date=April 1, 2009 |access-date=July 30, 2009}}{{cite web|title=10_13_08_Work_Session |url=http://www.ci.bend.or.us/city_hall/meeting_minutes/docs/10_13_08_Work_Session.pdf |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110719082423/http://www.ci.bend.or.us/city_hall/meeting_minutes/docs/10_13_08_Work_Session.pdf |url-status=dead |archive-date=July 19, 2011 |page=4 |date= October 13, 2008 |access-date=July 30, 2009}}
• {{flagdeco|Italy}} Belluno, Veneto, Italy{{cite web|url=http://www.cascadebusnews.com/news-pages/business-a-industry/947-bends-new-sister-city-belluno-italy |title=Bend's New Sister City Belluno, Italy - Cascade Business News |date=May 31, 2011 |access-date=July 24, 2014}}{{cite web |url=http://www.bendsistercityfoundation.org/ |title=Bend Sister City Foundation |publisher=Bend Sister City Foundation |access-date=July 24, 2014 |archive-date=July 27, 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140727140440/http://bendsistercityfoundation.org/ |url-status=dead}}

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• List of people from Bend, Oregon
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• {{Cite book |last=Deschutes County Historical Society |url=https://archive.org/details/bend0000unse/ |title=Bend |date=2009 |publisher=Arcadia Publishing |pages=|isbn=978-0-7385-7184-3 }}

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• [https://www.bendoregon.gov/ City of Bend – Official Website]
• [https://sos.oregon.gov/blue-book/Pages/local/cities/a-d/bend.aspx Entry for Bend] in the Oregon Blue Book
• {{cite web|title=Bend, Oregon|url=https://www.c-span.org/series/?citiesTour&city=6775|publisher=C-SPAN Cities Tour|date=April 2014}}
• {{Cite web |date=May 18, 2011 |title=A Drive Through Bend in 1967 |url=https://www.bendsource.com/bend/a-drive-through-bend-in-1967/Content?oid=2138330 |website=The Source Weekly |language=en}}
• [https://www.oldmilldistrict.com/ Bend's Old Mill District]

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