Coos Bay livability committee members sign up to pilot Adopt A Block; Soulmates walking guide gets second print run

At a Coos Bay Livability Committee meeting, several committee members volunteered to “adopt” street blocks through the Adopt A Block program and agreed to promote a locally produced walking guide from the Soulmates program.

The committee said the programs aim to increase volunteer stewardship of public spaces and encourage walking and civic engagement. Committee members committed to report back with observations at the next meeting and asked staff to explore low-cost promotion methods, including a possible flyer insert in city water bills.

Adopt A Block provides an interactive map that shows which blocks have been adopted; committee members said there are “quite a few” adoptees in Coos Bay and neighboring North Bend. The program supplies volunteers with basic equipment (trash grabbers and, on request, sharps containers) and relies on volunteers and routine residential or commercial trash…