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Get ready for ‘Home for the
Holidays’ Tour of Homes
For the first time ever, the
Florence community will be
hosting an exclusive holiday
event that is sure to be one of
this holiday season’s biggest
treats: “Home for the Holidays:
A Community Christmas Tour
of Homes,” is scheduled for the
weekend of Dec. 14 to 16, 2018.
The Community Christmas
Tour of Homes is an exclusive
holiday experience filled with
the sights, sounds and savors of
Christmas as participants par-
take in a tour of four Florence
homes magically decorated for
the season.
Each tour group will board
a special bus and be whisked
away to four beautiful homes,
each festooned in divine
Christmas décor. While touring
each home, savor a special bev-
erage or treat, as well a unique
entertainment to celebrate the
season.
For two weeks, take advan-
tage of the special Christmas in
July offer for an early discount-
ed ticket purchase. From July
25 to August 8, tickets are $40
each. After August 8, tickets
will be available for $50 each
and are available until they are
sold out.
One ticket will secure your
spot in a tour group of your
choice: Friday or Saturday
night (Dec. 14 or 15) or Sunday
afternoon (Dec. 16.).
Spaces will be limited to
four tour groups per show-
ing.
All proceeds from this event
will be generously donated to
Children’s Repertory of Or-
egon Workshops (CROW),
the local children’s perform-
ing arts organization, www.
crowkids.com.
Specifically, funds raised
form this evening will benefit
CROW’s spring production of
the musical, “The Wiz.”
Visit the event Facebook
page or call 541-520-1255 for
more information.
Tickets can be purchased
at
www.crowkids.com/
buy-tickets.
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SIUSLAW NEWS
— Lib ra ries Rock! —
S
iuslaw Public
Library wrapped
up its “Libraries
Rock!” Summer
Reading Program this
week in Mapleton
and Florence with the
traditional grand
finale. Youth got to
play on a waterslide,
enjoy a hot dog
lunch, get their faces
painted, pick out a
free book and play
other games. On
Friday night, teens
held a lock-in at the
Florence branch and
spent the whole night
in the library.
German heritage to be celebrated
at Genealogical Society picnic
All are welcome to attend
the Wednesday, Aug. 15,
Siuslaw Genealogy Society
picnic as members and guests
celebrate their German heri-
tage.
The event will begin at 4
p.m. at the Elks Lodge RV Park
Recreation Hall on Mercer
Lake Road.
Join the event to learn a lit-
tle bit about German heritage.
Hamburgers, bratwurst, buns
and fun provided.
People are asked to bring
their own drinks, a side dish
and sense of humor to share.
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Silverware, plates, cups
and napkins will be avail-
able thanks to the Master
Recyclers of Florence, but
please
bring
appropriate
serving dishes, utensils and
containers for leftovers.
A local accordion player will
start the merriment, followed
by German trivia and swap-
ping of tales.
RSVP by calling Judy at 541-
999-7109 or Jacquie at 541-
999-5460.
For more information, visit
siuslawgenealogy.org.
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City gives ReVision Florence project update
The Florence Urban Renewal
Agency and the City of Florence
are continuing to work on the
ReVision Florence Streetscape
Project. Below is an update on the
timeline and what to expect with
this project moving forward.
The project went through
a public bidding process that
was administered by the Ore-
gon Department of Transporta-
tion (ODOT). Those bids were
opened on June 7. Unfortunately,
the project only received two bids
and they were both over the bud-
get. ODOT has formally rejected
the bids and the city is working
with ODOT to revise the strategy
in anticipation of going out to bid
again in October.
Over the past month, city staff
members have been working with
ODOT and the project’s engi-
neering consultant, Murraysmith,
to revise several components of
the project in order to prepare for
rebidding this fall.
Those changes include revis-
ing the timeline, lane restriction
changes and design modifica-
tions. The city is also working with
ODOT to combine the streetscape
project and the ODOT paving
project into one comprehensive
project with a single construction
bidding process and contractor.
The goal of combining the two
projects is to recognize some
economies of scale in the mobili-
zation and construction costs, as
well as to reduce some of the work
that would be needed for tempo-
rary features between the timing
of the two projects.
The
updated
timeline
is as follows:
Aug. 10 — Final design due to
ODOT for review
Aug. 27 — Final design sent
to ODOT
Oct. 11 — Advertisement of bid
documents
Oct. 25 — Contractor mandatory
pre-bid meeting
Nov. 15 — ODOT opens bids
January 2019 — Construction
begins
October 2019 — Construction
ends
As the City works with ODOT
to update the project design to fit
within the budget, it is important
for the business owners along the
corridor to have the update on
what to expect. With construc-
tion now pushed back to 2019,
business and property owners will
not have the impact of construc-
tion during the tourism season.
The City of Florence, Florence
Urban Renewal Agency and
ODOT are committed to seeing
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this project completed. While
there will be some changes to the
original design, the overall project
concept and the main project ele-
ments will stay intact.
The project will still include
new sidewalks, utility under-
grounding, new lighting, land-
scaping, bike lanes, gateway pla-
zas and paving.
As the project moves closer to
the new construction date, the
city will provide additional up-
dates to the business and property
owners in the corridor, as well as
the community. Additional open
house information will be avail-
able on the city’s website when
one is scheduled. City staff will
continue to develop project re-
sources for the Business Toolbox
with the updated construction
timing information.
The city will continue to pro-
vide future updates on the project
at ci.florence.or.us/urbanrenewal/
revision-florence.
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