Bend’s Public Works departments (Engineering, Facilities, Fleet, Transportation & Mobility, and Water Services (formerly Utilities) have been dispersed in different locations across Bend, posing challenges to efficient collaboration. Existing buildings are at capacity and at the end of their useful lives. City staff compared the costs of investing in existing facilities versus building a new one and determined that a new campus would be the best, cost-effective approach. Bringing together these departments will reduce annual maintenance requirements and allow for better coordination and efficiencies.

In 2018, the City began searching for a location that could house the needed departments and associated equipment. In 2021, the Bend City Council approved an area within Juniper Ridge for the

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