LOGE Entrada Shuttering Feb. 11

[Peter Madsen]

Hey crew,

More bike-related news. LOGE Entrada owes months of back rent and taxes and has to close.

The good news is that the owner of Entrada Lodge, a longtime local landowner and motelier, says the campus will remain a hotel.

Here's the whole story.

Peter

PETER MADSEN

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Bend, Oregon

[Rick Johnson]

Yea, and bummer about how this impacts Cog Wild. 

https://www.centraloregondaily.com/news/local/cog-wild-forced-to-move-after-loge-bend-eviction/article_abb4e06f-2fc5-4922-92a3-41cb4d172088.html

Rick Johnson
Bend, Oregon

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[Peter Madsen]

Yup, CO Daily hopped on the story after we broke the news. I speak with Lev about his plans well.

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[Matthew Slater]

Bend is becoming very expensive and this has implications for the kind of tourist travel we are going to be seeing. We as residents think of the rising costs in terms of home ownership and groceries but the dining out and lodging costs are going to price a lot of outdoors type travelers out of the Bend ecosystem.

Matt

Matt

Matt Slater

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[Ken B]

A timely article to your point Matt. I haven't read the formal study outside of what is summarized here but appears we have reached a "break point" where positive economics of tourism outpace the negative impacts. 

OSU-Cascades study reveals tourism costs outweigh benefits for residents in popular destinations - KTVZ https://share.google/uN7JBziSUhJ8cg3f9

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[Ken B]

correction: negative impacts outpace positives

[Peter Madsen]

Ken this report is super interesting. I'll spend some time with it. thanks!

PETER MADSEN

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Bend, Oregon

[jimmmaaayyy]

I'd read that report carefully and ask about their data. 

A better summary heading might be: "Among the kind of people who answer surveys, their personal perceived negatives are beginning to outpace the positives."  

I took the survey, to my recollection it was all vibes and feelings and as far as I can tell no actual numbers. Though economics are mentioned in the linked article, I don't think anything was actually quantified, at least in terms of positive vs. negative. 

I understand that people's feelings and perceptions of what it is like to live in a tourist town are valid, and can be indicators of what could be thought of as positive and negative. And that matters, I don't need numbers to tell me that I like or dislike more traffic and crowding at trailheads.  But to frame it as "this study shows that costs outweigh the benefits" (with the implication of scientific rigor behind it) is not completely accurate. 

Jimmy Livengood