RRCO General Meeting
MONDAY, October 14th 2019, 7 to 8:30 pm
1055 River Road
What is your carbon footprint and how can you reduce it?
The Eugene Carbon Free Challenge is enabling Eugene residents to learn more about their personal carbon footprint and ways to reduce it. The Eugene Carbon Free Challenge (ECFC) website can be found at: werenew.net/westernor/eugene. This is a joint project of 350 Eugene, City of Eugene and EWEB to help our neighbors begin to reduce our collective carbon emissions now as part of the Eugene Climate Action Plan. The ECFC team is working to reach as many residents, businesses, faith groups, NGOs as we can make happen between July – Dec 2019 as part of this pilot project. Please come on Oct 14, 7pm to the River Rd Community meeting to hear more about how you can get involved in the ECFC project and learn more about your own carbon emissions and simple ways to improve it!
ALSO: Slideshow from Sarah Mazze, Safe Routes to School Program Manager, Transportation Department Lessons from liveable cities abroad; the benefits of planning cities for people on bikes in Denmark and the Netherlands.
Sidewalk, Bike lane and parking on busy Copenhagen street.
Neighborhood Plan Survey - link correction
What do you think about: New types of housing • Ways to support local businesses • How the River Road Corridor will look and feel • Safe biking and walking routes • Plans for future parks and natural areas • How the community will work together.
The Neighborhood Plan Survey asks what you think about key draft actions. Now is the time to dial in and share your thoughts with the Community Advisory Committee.
For more information, visit the Neighborhood Plan website
Moving Ahead invites you to an open house
October 21, 2019 @ 5:00 pm – 7:00 pm
Lane County Public Services Building - lobby
125 E. Eighth Ave. Testify at Moving Ahead public hearing http://www.movingahead.org/public-hearing/
October Calendar Oct, 1. Tuesday, 6:30. Creating Green and Resilient Neighborhoods class 1. River Road Rec Center 1400 Lake Dr. Oct. 4, Friday 10 -12noon. Flu shot clinic at River Road Rec Center 1400 Lake Dr. No appointment needed. Oct. 5, Saturday. 9:30. Great Willamette Cleanup. Maurie Jacobs Park Oct. 10, Friday 5-7:30. ENI Affordable housing in neighborhoods Oct. 12, Saturday 9 to noon. Second Saturday work party at Rasor Park. Oct 14, Monday 7pm, RRCO General meeting. 1055 River Road Oct.19, Sunday, 11 am. Greenway Site Tour. Meet at Stults and the bike path. Oct. 20, Sunday 9:00—11:00. Plastics Roundup - River Road Rec Center 1400 Lake Dr. Oct. 21, Monday, 5-7 pm. Moving Ahead open house 125 E 8th Ave. Downtown Oct. 21, Monday, 7 pm. RRCO Board meeting. 1055 River Road Oct, 22, Tuesday 6:30 pm. Class: History of suburbia. River Road Rec Center 1400 Lake Dr. Oct. 24, Thursday 12-1pm. Neighborhood Leaders Council Housing and Homelessness Committee October meeting. McNail-Riley House 601 W 13th Ave. Oct. 25, Friday 6-8. HOWL-o-ween Haunt. River Road Rec Center 1400 Lake Dr. Oct 26, Saturday, 11 am. Work party at the filbert grove near Stults and the bike path.
Additional Volunteer Opportunities
River Road Park & Recreation District is looking for people who are interested in volunteering. To see what is available click the login/register/pay account button to the on the left side of our web page. This will take you to our on-line registration page where you will see a catalog tab for “Volunteer Opportunities”. If you are interested in any of the opportunities available you may sign up using our on-line registration, filling out the volunteer form or by calling the park office at 541-688-4052.
Neighborhood schools:
You can come read to kids, mentor middle schoolers, help high schools students apply for college, and pitch in for special events. Eileen Nittler 4-J Board Member
River Road - Santa Clara Volunteer Library – Fundraisers, staff, donate books. Vickie Cain 541-554-6854 http://rrscvollib.org
River front enhancements: Join the RRCO N.E.T. design team to enhance usability of the river front, Help maintain the natural beauty without toxic spraying. Cameron Ewing and Michael Lambros riverroadcommunityorganization@gmail.com
Crime Prevention – Neighborhood Crime Watch. Contact: Margaret Mazzotta (541) 682-5761 Margaret.A.Mazzotta@ci.eugene.or.us or Carrie Carver 541-682-4179 Carrie.carver@co.lane.or.us
River Road- Santa Clara Homeless Advocacy Group. Betty Grant 541-343-6695
