Recently the community was asked to consider a safe sleep parking facility in the previous Park and Ride station at River Road and River Avenue. The city was considering that spot or one a block or so away at a church that had closed. There was a long thread in … Read more
May 10th General Meeting Talks About Emergency Preparation
Our latest general meeting had some great presentations. Learn more about the emergency preparation and resilience building activities going on in our neighborhood. You can watch the recording here or on our YouTube Channel.
A Welcoming Attitude
By Carleen Reilly
The River Road neighborhood lawn signs say, “Building Community Together.” Living in a neighborhood that chooses to focus on building community feels good. ‘Community’ opens the possibility of accomplishing tasks large and small to make the whole neighborhood shine with pride. Our ‘River and Garden District’ offers … Read more
Emergency Preparedness at RRCO Makes News
KEPW News Weekly Edition did a recent report on emergency preparedness that included RRCO’s November general meeting, which focused on the work of the newly formed Emergency Preparedness and Evacuation Committee.
Listen to the news segment at the Eugene Community Newswire website located at newswire.kepw.org.… Read more
Special Coronavirus Edition of RRCO Newsletter
We hope this newsletter finds you well and in good spirits. We wanted to send out a special edition to inform you of Important mobilizations happening in the neighborhood.
- RRCO meeting April 13 is cancelled
- Support For Students and Neighbors
- View the full newsletter here!
River Road Community Update #255
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
River Road Community Update #248
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
RRCO Lawn Signs Are Now Available!
Pushing Back on Cars Presentation
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
Resilience Festival Followup and Video

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