Preschools in Eugene, OR

> Are there any vegan grocery stores? You're gonna like Eugene.

Sweet! I love living in Eugene (been here 3 years). 1. As far as bikability, I’d say Jefferson/West side is decent, as well as anywhere south of campus. Personally I would love to live around college hill, I just couldn’t find a place there when it came time to apartment hunt. I would just say to stay away from river road/99, which can make biking tricky. I also just don’t think it’s a great part of town to live as far as food, proximity to downtown, etc. 2. No idea. 3. Cornbread cafe is vegan, and it’s really good but only once in a while. Their food pretty heavily salted, lots of deep fried tofu etc. I go there when I need some good comfort food, but wouldn’t go there on a regular basis. Morning glory is vegetarian, but it’s super easy to eat vegan there. Most restaurants here are really good about dietary restrictions. I’m lactose-intolerant, and I’ve never really had a hard time here. There aren’t vegan grocery stores, but Sundance, kiva, capella’s and natural grocers make it really easy to find good vegan food. Hope this helps!

1. I would recommend trying to get close to downtown, near the bus station, or close to the EmX line. The busses use a hub-and-spoke system other than that, so you'd take busses to the station downtown to get other busses. The Whit, near campus, and West Eugene aren't very bike friendly, as well as the busier parts of Springfield, but they're probably better than a lot of Seattle. 3. Cornbread Cafe and Lotus Garden are the strictly vegan restaurants around here. There's also Viva Vegetarian, which is a food truck, and a bakery that I think is still on W 11th called Cookie Conscious. Vegetarian places with good options that I know of are Govinda's- a mostly vegan buffet, Morning Glory, and Wandering Goat- has vegan food, uses dairy for coffee. Check Happy Cow for others that I might not know of. Also message me when you get here if you'd like me to show you around more.

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Google is also a great tool for these types of questions, particularly the second and third questions. PS. Eugene probably won't be the hippie utopia you think it will be, we're kind of finally getting into the 21 st century...well in some ways. Oh and beware there are lots of meat eating non-Bernie supporters here in Eugene.

1. Cottage grove 2. No cert needed 3. Rays

We have a ton of bike paths and “bike friendly” roads so you can technically get anywhere in town within a short amount of time unless you’re on the fringes in which case your bike path options are limited. Downtown and UO campus are considered the center of town and everything works their way out from there. don’t discount Springfield as a less expensive option for moving to. The towns are right across the I5 from each other and buses constantly run between them. Our bus system is pretty damn good comparatively but it doesn’t run past 11pm though and weekend rides are also limited so don’t rely on it if you’re out late. Luckily nowhere in town is much of a taxi ride. (No Uber or Lyft here just FYI) We don’t have a designated vegan grocery store but you have a few options for “health food” stores here from Market of Choice and Whole Foods for the big grocery stores to The Kiva and Sundance natural foods for small local businesses.

I say this in every "moving to Eugene" thread. Don't be a dick, be a dude. Also, please try and use hand signals, and show some common sense on your bike. Even the "bike friendly" places can be hard to commute through. I'm very careful in my car, especially around campus, but careless bicyclists cause a lot of stress too. Also, not all cars are nearly as cautious as I am in that area. I had a lady who was cutting my hair one time admit she hit someone on a bike (traveling in the bike lane) with the side mirror of her truck. She said she drove off, and in this retelling blamed the bicyclist. Despite my horror at her casually admitting to a felony, it was a good reminder to me that seemingly normal people in Eugene (this was near campus too) can have little regard for people's lives.

Hey me and my SO just moved here and she's has some experience with educational licensing. She said: If you have a valid WA licence, OR has an reciprocity license. It's good for up to one year while you acquire an OR state license. Depending on your experience, you could be qualified for that sooner. Typically, any license will take 6-8 weeks after you've submitted all your items. Also check out their [website](http://www.oregon.gov/tspc/Pages/Out_of_State.aspx).

I’d check out West Eugene, South Hills, Willamette area (24-28th st area), Campus hills too like someone mentioned earlier. I very much agree with the person who posted about the hostile drivers. The city has been doing a bunch to make it more bike friendly but that doesn’t mean you still aren’t sharing the road with people who don’t want to share the road. I lived in the Whiteaker neighborhood and tried commuting to campus and after two weeks and too many close calls I got back in my car. This was a number of years ago but i felt like my limited experience was not enough to get me to classes. Amazon area might be good too now that I think about it. What I really came here to say is that you’re going to love Eugene. Especially at first. It will get to you though. Oregon is clicky, and has a lot of roots in small-town culture and you will have some sort of negative experience with this. It’s going to test your resolve to be here. I’ve seen some Californians make it, but I’ve seen them cave. It’s like a gritty Neverland, you can totally make it, if you’re up for it!

Vegan mentioned three times in one bullet point. Stereotype continues to be validated.

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Former PS teacher here. What we have for accreditation is the Oregon Registry at Portland State. Basically, you send in an application with your transcripts and/or proof of hours you've worked and you're awarded a step number. You need to be Step 8 to be considered qualified, which is 30 or so college hours or 1500 hours (more or less) of working as an assistant. Not much. It's free to apply at the moment (there used to be a fee but it's been waived until further notice) The process takes about 45+ days.

I moved here from seattle a couple months ago. I don't drive. People here think they are pro-pedestrian but they arent. Car culture rules. Expect to wait at the unmarked crosswalks for all the cars to pass you. Expect to be treated like a jaywalker even when you have the right of way. Motorists getting pretty agro. I have had horrible things yelled at me by "upstanding citizens" while walking in crosswalks including "fucking tweeker" (I have a doctorate) and "you're lucky I didn't kill your ass. I just didn't want blood on my car." (I never force cars to stop for me so I don't understand why they get upset.) It is better for cyclists but not much. Twice now i have seen cyclists 100% observing the law get attacked by cars following them for a block blowing their horns (dangerously loud when you are not in a car) I've just been here a couple months and I've seen more car culture bullshit than 4 decades of living in seattle (u dist, cap hill, cd) and Portland (st johns, ne) For a small town, the bus system is fantastic. I live just outside the very center of the city. My next place will be in the very center. I suggest you consider the same.

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Tyler went to McKenzie Montessori on 42 nd for 3 years and I would recommend them. He even did his kindergarten there too. Just a thought:-)

St Thomas is good