Backflow Testing The City of Florence has announced several points of interest happening in the month of May.  One of the key events is the annual residential backflow device testing that will begin on May 20th. The testing is required through city code and Oregon Administrative rule for the protection […]

City Looking to Finalize Camping Codes Even though only two people provided verbal input at Monday’s special Florence City Council meeting about the draft ordinance regulating homeless camping.  Mayor Rob Ward was pleased with the response.  He said there were seven written comments submitted. “Well, a lot of it was […]

Events A couple of events mark the calendar this weekend in Florence.  The city will be hosting a planting tomorrow at the 18th Street Pocket Park from 10am until 2 pm.  The Environmental Management Advisory Committee will take the lead and the city is invited to participate.  The city staff […]

Women Build This Friday and Saturday the local Habitat for Humanity will be holding a special event.  The Florence Habitat for Humanity 2024 Women Build Event is a chance for women to get involved and gain new skills in construction and leadership.  Professionals will be on hand to teach skills […]

Road Work Traffic remains slow with access to Heceta Beach at stake.  The Knife River Company is currently working on repaving portions of Heceta Beach Road that recently underwent water line replacement for Heceta Water District.  The flow of traffic consisted of up to 15 minute waits on Monday and […]

City Council The Florence City Council will meet twice this evening. First at 4pm in executive session to continue a discussion on real property transactions, this meeting will be closed to the public.  Then at 5:30 the council will have its regular meeting which will include a proposal to sell […]