Bend, Ore. – You can join the City of Bend from 11 a.m. to 5 p.m. on Saturday, July 11th, during the Bank of the Cascades Bend Summer Festival to see City equipment, experience interactive displays and learn more about your City.
The City’s displays will include Police K9 dogs, fire engines, snow plows and more. The “City Quest at the Fest” will be located along Irvine and Oregon Avenues, between Bond and Harriman.
Games and prizes will be available for kids. Visitors can learn more about where City taxes and fees go, how water gets to your tap and where it goes after it’s down the drain.
Event Volunteer Coordinator Cheryl Howard tells KBNW news the event is in its 3rd year and each year they learn a little more each time and so it should be more organized this year. She says about 20 percent of the City’s staff pitches in during the event…about 150 volunteers in all.
She says it’s a great opportunity for the City to reach out to the public and show and explain what different departments do each day.
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