City Club of Eugene

Eugene’s city budget crisis sparks public backlash, fee changes, and a search for long-term solutions. Learn how local leaders are tackling growing financial challenges affecting critical services.

CAHOOTS, Eugene's trusted mobile crisis response, faces major changes. Learn about community efforts to restore this vital non-police emergency service.

Eugene Mayor Kaarin Knudson who is wrapping up her first year in office, is interviewed about her experience by KLCC news reporter Rebecca Hansen-White at the Sept. 5 City Club of Eugene forum.

Eugene Mayor Kaarin Knudson has responded to public backlash over the city’s use of AI-powered license plate leaders.

In this episode you'll hear how educators are balancing compliance, community expectations, and cultural responsiveness. You'll also learn about the role of local voices in forming partnerships to effect lasting positive change.

Change is happening so quickly, it is taking us time to wrap our minds around it all and to know how to respond effectively as citizens of this country.

In this forum, hear from the manager of Lane County’s Deflection program, Lane County’s District Attorney, and the Navigation Team Supervisor at Ideal Option on how Deflection works and how it’s going so far.

How will the state meet this growing demand for energy, all while achieving ambitious climate goals, including an economy-wide 80% reduction in greenhouse gas emissions and a 90% reduction in emissions from natural gas, liquid fuels, and propane by 2050?

How important are travel and tourism to Lane County’s economy in general? What might the future hold? In this program, two professionals who pay close attention to economic development will describe how tourism contributes to the local community now and hear their predictions about the effects of tourism from the coast to the Cascades in the next 10 years.

Every year, City Club of Eugene gives Turtle Awards to community members who have stuck their necks out to advocate for a cause that others might have seen as lost.

Three OCF leaders describe OCF’s philanthropic endeavors, radio station, summer youth program, history, and its financial impact on the surrounding communities.

This week's speakers illustrate the powerful potential to create healthy and thriving communities and how prevention is working here, in Lane County, to promote health and wellness, every day.