FYBFind Your Bend

Website planning prototype · Discover real places and build a day. App parking and rental reservations are demonstrations.

What works today?

Places and plans stay in this browser tab. No live parking, AI, payment, notifications, real booking or cross-device sync. Photos may be archival; check current access and official sources.

FIND YOUR BEND / APP IN DEVELOPMENT

Your day in Bend, made easier.

Discover a place. Make a little plan. Go find your Bend.

Explore BendSee app preview
Find Your Bend app prototype browse screen

THE WILD FIELD GUIDE

Find your kind of Bend.

Choose a place, save it for later, or make it part of your day.

Food

Follow your appetite. A few places to start. A table by the water. Something worth lingering over. Find a place for the next good meal.

Drinks

Make time for a pour. A few places to start. Start with an espresso. Settle into a local brewpub. A little pause can become the best part of the day.

Outdoors

Take the longer way. A few places to start. Follow the river, find a quiet patch of green, or leave a little room for the trail. Start close to town.

Things to do

Let curiosity lead. A few places to start. Meet the high desert, browse a gallery, or follow the next interesting window. These are days for discovering.

Entertainment

Stay for the show. A few places to start. An evening onstage. A concert under the sky. Find the setting, then see what’s on the calendar.

Places to stay

Land somewhere lovely. A few places to start. A downtown schoolhouse with a second life. A room by the river. Find a base for your own kind of Bend.

Outdoors · Bend area · By the river

Deschutes River Trail

Suitability: flexible outdoor walk for visitors comfortable on a maintained trail. Duration: allow 1–2 hours. Location: Bend area along the Deschutes River.

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Rentals · demo · Fictional pickup counter

Example bike rental

Fictional demo · Short or full-day rental. Example bike and basic helmet; specifications, fit and accessibility are unverified.

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APP PREVIEW

From your first tap to your way back.

Explore the proposed app journey. Scroll, choose a step, or play the timed demonstration.

Demonstration only · No live parking, location saving, session, booking or notification is created.

Open the retained interactive app demo ↗

Step 1 of 6

Find your next stop.

Search a place you want to go. Start with what sounds good.

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Choose a destination.

A show at Tower Theatre? Find a place you want to visit.

2 / 6

Review parking, if you need it.

Proposed app step: compare nearby parking and posted restrictions. Walking or already parked? Skip to directions.

3 / 6

Open directions.

The prototype demonstrates handing directions to Maps. Website destination details link to directions.

4 / 6

Save your actual car location.

Proposed app step only. This website does not save a real car location.

5 / 6

Enjoy Bend.

Proposed app step: explore while your saved-car reference stays in the app.

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Walk back.

Proposed app step: open the saved car location and choose walking directions. No real car is saved here.

Parking concept and project details

A BETTER ARRIVAL / AN OPEN-ENDED DAY

The arrival is part of the adventure.

Find your place. Then find your pace. Good days shouldn’t begin with going in circles. Find Your Bend is exploring a simpler way to arrive: your destination first, free parking options first, and a little less guesswork.

See the parking concept ↗

Design prototype.

No live availability, payments or reservations.

ILLUSTRATIVE MAP · NOT NAVIGATION.

The destination comes first. The rest starts to fall into place.

WHAT THE WALKTHROUGH SHOWS

From your first tap to your way back.

What’s real today

native prototype includes curated destinations, stay-based comparison, free street options and paid facilities, saved-car notes/timers and maps handoff.

Website preview has no live availability/vacancy counts, payments/extensions, real location/OS notifications or full city coverage.

Examples don't confirm a space open or legal; check current signs.

Reminder does not start or extend official parking session.

READ THE FINE PRINT / KNOW THE TERRAIN

The field notes.

  • Coverage: Bend, Oregon, downtown/Tower Theatre/Drake Park focus.
  • Illustrative visit map.
  • Free-street overview uses cached City geometry and explicitly Free records; 12 blank-rate segments neutral; availability unknown.
  • No location/payment/notification permissions requested by original animation.
  • Free consumer app planned; any future sponsored placement should be labeled.
  • In development, no launched service or download.
  • Independent, no City endorsement.

BEFORE YOU SET OFF

Visitor guides. All visitor guides →

Downtown Bend parking ↗

dated City sources, check signs, unresolved Centennial Garage stay-limit caveat

Old Mill District parking and getting around ↗

official lot/business-hour/trail sources, event restrictions

River access ↗

Riverbend/Deschutes, dated limits/seasonal guidance and Columbia/Gilchrist construction notice

Guide details are dated; check source updates.

THE WAY WE SEE IT

Bend first. People first.

A useful beginning. An open-ended day. For people who call Bend home and people finding their way here. An independent project, built around the everyday moments that make a visit feel easier.

Start with a real plan.

Use published visitor guides for sourced arrival information. Always check latest official guidance.

Know what’s a preview.

Parking experience is in development. Maps and app demonstrations do not show open spaces or create parking sessions.

Leave room to explore.

Take a little local knowledge with you. Choose a starting point and make the rest of the day your own.

More about the project and roadmap

THE IDEA

A little planning. More possibility.

Open Find Your Bend, then choose a destination. You can start with the guide below while the app is in development. The app concept brings nearby parking options and your parked location into the same journey, so you can spend more of your day exploring.

The app is in development. This preview does not show live parking availability or create parking sessions.

Preview the app ↗

THE FUTURE / FIND YOUR BEND

One local companion. More possibilities.

FindYourBend’s future vision: one local companion that connects where to go, how to get there and what to do next.

Future vision · Proposed roadmap

These are roadmap ideas, not features available today. Priorities may change; no release dates are promised.

Proposed build sequence

  1. ProposedDiscovery + parking
  2. ProposedSaved plans + events
  3. ProposedPartner bookings
  4. ProposedDeeper integrations

The proposed pillars

EXPLORE BEND

  • Restaurants, breweries, coffee shops, shopping and attractions
  • Events calendar with filters by date and interest
  • Seasonal visitor guides and local recommendations
  • Family-friendly, accessible and dog-friendly options
  • Business photos, menus, hours and official links

PLAN YOUR VISIT

  • Personalized trip and day planners
  • Saved places and shareable itineraries
  • Map-based routes connecting activities, food and parking
  • Suggestions based on location, available time and interests
  • Weather and closure alerts relevant to your plans

PARK AND GET AROUND

  • Parking options, prices, restrictions and walking distances
  • Arrival assistance, saved car location and reminders
  • Walking directions back to your car
  • Historical parking trends
  • Live availability and in-app payments, IF data access and payment partnerships become available

BOOK AND RESERVE

  • Restaurant reservations
  • Hotels and other lodging
  • Tours, activities and event tickets
  • Bike, ski, snowboard, kayak, paddleboard and float rentals
  • A single itinerary organizing your bookings and confirmations

CONNECT LOCAL BUSINESSES

  • Claimable business profiles and listing updates
  • Booking, menu and availability integrations
  • Offers and clearly labeled sponsored placements
  • Referral tracking and useful visitor-interest insights
  • Partnerships with hotels, venues and local operators

HELP THE COMMUNITY

  • Public parking and visitor-trend dashboards
  • Aggregated insights for businesses and city partners
  • Better visibility for local businesses
  • A platform that could eventually expand to other destinations

Bookings, live parking, payments and partner integrations depend on provider access and agreements. Community insights would use aggregated data with appropriate privacy safeguards.

GOOD CONVERSATIONS START HERE

Say hello.

Questions about Find Your Bend? Send a note. We’d love to hear what’s on your mind.

hello@findyourbend.com