Come for the Music: Music by local bands: KT and the Love Notes & The Shipe Duo. Music thanks to a generous donation for music from Emerald Broadband, Eugene’s local choice for faster fiber internet, founded right here in the River Road
Celebrate the River and the Community at Our 3rd Annual River Celebration!
The River Road Community Organization (RRCO) invites you to the third annual River Celebration, September 7th from 11 am to 3 pm, on the west bank path of the Willamette River. Our neighborhood enjoys a long stretch of the river and greenway as our east boundary. During the pandemic, the … Read more
RRCO’s Third Annual River Celebration is Around the Corner!
As usual, conversations with people who care about our parks, our river and our neighbors are the focus of
RRCO’s 3rd Annual RIVER CELEBRATION
Sept. 7, from 11 am – 3 pm
New this year:
- Two food trucks: Bea’s Cart: Homemade Ice Cream and Most Wanted Espresso Eats
Live
Eugene Mayor Kaarin Knudsen Speaks at RRCO Meeting
We were honored to have Eugene Mayor Kaarin Knudsen speak at our June RRCO neighborhood gathering. She spoke about what has occupied her time in her first five months as mayor and ongoing topics of concern, and then took questions from community members.
The Mayor spoke extensively about the City … Read more
RRCO Advocates for Neighborhood Organization City Funding
As part of the City of Eugene’s attempts to close their deep budget shortfall, neighborhood associations have been warned that they would likely lose some or all funding from the City. These proposed cuts were in addition to proposed cuts in areas such as library, fire, homeless and animal services.… Read more
RRCO Speaks Out About Local Access Roads
While most roads in River Road are County-maintained (and a small number are City-maintained), another subset of roads in River Road are “local access roads”, or “LARs”. These are public county roads that Lane County failed to accept into its road system many decades ago, and which are the responsibility … Read more
Frequently Asked Questions: Annexation in Eugene
https://www.eugene-or.gov/documentcenter/view/55317
In 1982, the Cities of Eugene, Springfield and Lane County adopted the Metro Plan. Policies in the Metro Plan encourage annexation as the preferred means of providing services to new development and state a preference for cities to become the providers of service within their Urban Growth Boundaries (UGB). … Read more
Transportation Action Items
Although the City and County have approved our River Road/Santa Clara Neighborhood Plan, the real opportunity to create the Neighborhoods we envisioned is through the Action Plan. The Action Plan is a separate document which includes a catalogue of community-identified strategies, or actions, which could be used to implement the … Read more
Status of Agency Transportation Planning in River Road Neighborhood
In preparation for our July 1, 2024 General Meeting we sent questionnaires to staff leads for transportation planning at the City of Eugene, Lane County, School District 4J Safe Routes to School and Lane Transit District. Here are their responses:
NEW Google Meet Links HERE
RRCO General Meetings and RRCO Board Meetings
You are welcome to use Google Meet to join electronically to our General Meeting or to observe our Board Meetings. These links are expected to stay the same over the coming months, one for the General Meeting and a different one for the … Read more