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Homeless Camping Sites on the Council Table

The Eugene City Council considers a proposed plan to establish tent and car camping sites for unhoused people at Monday’s work session

BlogNews 2 years ago

At the Eugene City Council’s work session April 12, Assistant City Manager Kristie Hammitt and Public Works Director Matt Rodrigues introduced a six-month plan that … Continue reading →

Criminalized In a Pandemic

Eugene adjusts homeless response, but advocates are asking for better solutions

News 2 years ago

In a global pandemic and during a rainy winter, unhoused people don’t have many options for places to go. The continual clearing out of camps … Continue reading →

A Freezing Weekend for our Unhoused Community

Eugene expects a low overnight temperature Sunday of 26 degrees 

BlogNews 2 years ago

As Eugene and America as a whole continue to adjust to COVID-19, we are also facing and searching for solutions for a large homeless population. … Continue reading →

The Will to Find a Way?

Lane County’s emergency shelters closed on June 5 amid reduced shelter capacity and a projected increase in homelessness

BlogNews 3 years ago

Pool parties, bars open until midnight and pick-up soccer games: These are some of the highlights from Phase Two of Oregon’s plan to reopen. But … Continue reading →

Free From Fines — For Now

The coronavirus and the ensuing shelter-in-place orders created an unexpected safe haven for Eugene’s unhoused community

News 3 years ago

Laura Mills sits in the shade atop a thin piece of mattress padding outside of her blue tent. She’s nursing an Eagle cigarette and staring … Continue reading →

Change the Camping Ordinance

Homelessness and COVID-10 make the need more pressing

Guest ViewpointOpinion 3 years ago

By Wayne Martin and Sara Burant Quietly and with the necessity borne of the pandemic season, 30 unhoused individuals took up residence in tents and … Continue reading →

A Marathon and a Sprint

Homelessness nonprofits prepare for COVID-19

News 3 years ago

We’ve heard the recommendations dozens of times: Wash your hands with soap and water, for at least 20 seconds; social distance at least six feet … Continue reading →

Little Free Pantries 

Burrito Brigade’s pantries bring ready-to-eat food to neighborhoods

News 3 years ago
Community Pantry Illustration by Sarah Decker

Amy Hand puts hard boiled eggs, peanut butter and jelly sandwiches, mandarins, canned beans and tuna, tampons and toothbrushes into a baby blue wooden pantry … Continue reading →

Virus Cancellation Opens Space at Fairgrounds for Egan Warming Center

The shelter finds a new home for the rest of its season

BlogNews 3 years ago

Eugene is a ghost town these days. People are too scared to move beyond their sealed homes. Events everywhere have been postponed or flat-out canceled. … Continue reading →

The Poor Among Us

How Lane County citizens once banded together to help the poor

News 3 years ago

In 1886, 27 years after Oregon became a state, the citizens of Lane County decided to help the poor. They gathered together and wrote a letter … Continue reading →

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