River Road Community Organization
The River and Garden District
By Carleen Reilly
Coronavirus, Neighborhood Planning, and meeting cancellation. Well, dear friends, a lot has changed on the health front since my last message to you. Info about how to take care of yourself, family, friends, neighbors, and the larger community abound. Thus, I will not repeat it here. This … Read more
By Carleen Reilly
I was remiss last week in not providing Andy Kading’s email address to you. Andy works at Eugene’s Traffic Operations and informed neighbors at the River Road Community Organization (RRCO) January meeting about traffic signal lights and how they are synchronized. I didn’t have his email available … Read more
Presentation by Jan Spencer
Tuesday, Dec 3, 6:30
River Road Recreation Center, 1400 Lake Drive, River Road Neighborhood
A growing number of cities and towns all over the world are pushing back on cars. Parklets, Intersection Repair, community plazas, congestion pricing, redesign of streets and limiting cars and trucks from … Read more
Over 300 people enjoyed the Community Resilience Festival on Aug 24th! They browsed, tabled, heard about solutions for resilience from speakers, and collaborated on ideas for community action such as a local food system network. A banner was created to represent River Road in the Eugene Parade. Thanks to all … Read more
We are only 2 weeks from the Community Resilience Festival. One of the most rewarding parts of helping to create an event is seeing it come into focus. And another great part is working with friends and neighbors for the good of the neighborhood and good of the planet. … Read more
By Carleen Reilly
I wasn’t expecting cloudy weather in early August. I’m not complaining. I like being a little cooler.
Hawthorne area Block Party/Public Safety. Last night’s event was more Block Party and less public safety. However, neighbors commented that it was good to get acquainted with one another and … Read more
By Carleen Reilly
It’s strange to wake up to so many cloudy days in July, but it does keep us a little cooler. That’s okay with me.
River Road Neighborhood Walk with the Mayor! We finally have specific details for our walk with Mayor Lucy Vinis on Saturday, July 27. We’ve … Read more
The Community Resilience Festival is coming into focus. The physical space includes a large room half the size of a gym and four classrooms. We will also have use of outside for breakout groups that want a quieter place.
Plans for the large room are for 15 to 20 groups … Read more
By Carleen Reilly
What do you know? We leave home for the weekend and hear the news in Eastern Oregon that our neighborhood had a dramatic lightning strike with an exploding tree on Park Ave. The Register-Guard article wasn’t the best reportage. I looked to find out what part of … Read more
