Eugene’s first LGBTQ+-focused resource center, the Lavender Network, is opening its doors.
A coalition of resource providers for the queer community is working on the project, expanding and rebranding the HIV Alliance’s Queer Resource Center.
A nearly $500,000 Community Benefit Initiative grant from Trillium Community Health Plan allowed the resource center to expand and include more community service providers.
What is the Lavender Network?
This location will be a space occupied by five partner organizations: Queer Eugene, Eugene Pride, TransPonder, the HIV Alliance and the Eugene Performing Arts Center. Leaders from represented organizations and a Community Council oversee the network.
The new Lavender Network location at 440 Maxwell Road in Eugene will also be shared with current occupants, the Oregon-Idaho Methodist Conference and the BeLonging Space. Current uses of this shared space will be ongoing, so the former Trinity United Methodist Church can still be utilized for its current services, such as daycare, a food pantry, and a seasonal Egan Warming Center when activated.