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Friday 25th – Blue River Residents’ Meeting at MARC

ByTom Atkinson

Blue River Residents’ Meeting

At 9:00 am this Friday, 25th September at the Expo Center (Lane County Fairgrounds, Eugene) there will be a gathering for Blue River Water District members and those in the community directly outside Blue River proper.

The meeting has been organized by community leader Melanie Brite, who says the objective is to start a dialogue about what comes next, as well as to give residents a chance to see each other in person following the Holiday Farm fire which devastated the McKenzie Valley on Labor Day.

Because of COVID-19 social distancing guidelines, the gathering is limited to 100 participants, so please contact Melanie on Facebook to let her know you’re planning to attend so they can prepare adequately. Please don’t attend if you have not contacted Melanie and confirmed your place out of the 100.

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