Downtown Bend parking
Compare downtown Bend street parking and paid lots, with dated City sources, posted-limit reminders and the unresolved Centennial Garage stay-limit caveat.
A little local knowledge
Park here.
Park here.
Go explore.
Find your place in Bend.
Start with where to park.
Free parking first, paid alternatives when you need them. A simpler start to a downtown errand, a night out, or your first visit.
Animated design prototype · No live device actions
Made with Bend in mind.
Watch the app walkthrough
Start with where you’re going.
Prototype demo
An animated preview of choosing Tower Theatre, comparing a two-hour and four-hour stay, inspecting an illustrative map, reviewing free parking, and previewing a saved spot. Use pause or reduced motion to control playback. The walkthrough follows the approved Figma prototype. All parking sessions, locations and alerts are simulated.
Free first. Paid alternatives.
A calmer way back to your car
Made for locals and first visits
A practical parking journey
From your first tap
From your first tap
to your way back.
The approved parking journey, shown here as an animated design preview. Payment remains with an authorized provider.
Step 1
Name the destination
Start with where you want to go. The walkthrough follows a sample visit to Tower Theatre.
Step 2
Compare what it costs
Set your stay. See fitting free options first, with paid alternatives alongside. A too-short limit moves the option down the list.
Step 3
Head to the facility
Review the selected place and sample rules. The map illustrates the idea; it does not provide real navigation.
Step 4
Park and save the car
Preview a saved-car state and sample deadline. No location or notification is created in this demo.
Step 5 · Planned
Pay or extend
Planned through an authorized provider, where local rules allow. Payment and extension are not connected.
Step 6 · Native prototype
Find the car
The native prototype can help you return to the saved car. This browser example shows an illustrative route only.
A calmer kind of arrival
Built around the visit.
Start with the destination
The plan starts with where you’re going and how long you’ll stay. Parking is one part of the day.
Keep the way back in mind
Saved spots and personal reminders are part of the design. The previews show how that could feel.
More Bend, later
Explore destination suggestions on the Find Your Bend landing page after watching the app preview.
Clear about where we are
What’s real today.
Find Your Bend is in development. This page shows an animated walkthrough of the approved design.
In the native prototype
- ✓Curated destinations and stay-based comparisons
- ✓Free street options and paid facilities
- ✓Saved-car locations, notes and personal timers
- ✓Maps handoff and finding your car
Explore on this page
- →A built-in animated walkthrough
- →The approved free-first comparison
- →Arrival, reminders and finding your car
- →A source-marked free-street coverage overview
Not connected here
- ○Live availability or vacancy counts
- ○Payments or parking extensions
- ○Real location access or OS notifications
- ○Full native-app or all-city coverage
A preview, with clear limits
The maps, rates and rules here are examples. They don’t confirm that a space is open or that parking is allowed. Always check current signs and official information.
A reminder is a reminder
A personal reminder does not start, extend or replace an official paid parking session. This preview doesn’t schedule alerts or access your location.
Bend firstOne place.
One place.
A thoughtful start.
For people who live here, and people finding their way here.
- Area
- Bend, Oregon. These previews focus on downtown, Tower Theatre and Drake Park, with more destinations planned.
- Maps & data
- The visit map is illustrative. The free-street overview uses cached City geometry and highlights only eligible records explicitly marked Free. Twelve blank-rate segments stay neutral; live availability is unknown.
- Privacy in this preview
- This animation requests no location, payment or notification permissions. No parking session is created.
- Pricing approach
- The plan is for a free consumer app. Any future promotion or sponsored placement should be clearly labeled.
- Availability
- In development. This website is a design preview, with no App Store download or launched service claimed.
- Independence
- Find Your Bend is an independent project. This preview does not imply City of Bend endorsement or a partnership.
A better arrival.
A little more exploring.
For city, garage and venue partners, the next step is accurate information and a useful experience for the people arriving.
See where the project standsPlan your visit
Bend parking & visitor guides.
Dated guidance from official sources. Check current signs, restrictions and source updates before you go; these guides do not show live parking availability.
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Find official river and trail access information around Riverbend Park, with dated parking limits, seasonal guidance and Columbia/Gilchrist construction notice.
Say hello
Questions about Find Your Bend?
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