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Planners take tough stance on Hayden Homes development
Hayden Homes’ bid to build a 400-unit housing development near Sisters Middle School is riding a bumpy road. At a meeting of the planning commission Thursday night, the Sisters Planning Department recommended that the Planning Commission d... — Updated 5/24/2005 Full story
Public weighs in on formula food
A boisterous crowd filled the conference room at the Sisters Fire Hall, Thursday, May 12, to hear Senior Planning Director Bill Adams bring the formula food ordinance draft before the planning commission. The draft that Adams presented was... — Updated 5/17/2005 Full story
City looks for funds to pay for City Hall
One way or another the City of Sisters is going to finance the construction of a new City Hall. Included in an estimated $12.9 million in expenditures this next fiscal year is a $2 million debt for the city hall, which the Urban Renewal... — Updated 5/17/2005 Full story
There’s a new sport in town: Outlaws hit the field for lacrosse
Lacrosse appears to be a wildly contagious passion and it’s infected Sisters High School athletes thanks to Coach Bill Rexford. Dozens of players from across the state were here last w... — Updated 5/10/2005 Full story
Planners ponder ‘formula food’ ordinance
Now that McDonald’s has made its way into Sisters, city officials — pushed by citizen outcry — are bracing for more franchise fast food. Some feel that fast food chains threaten the Sisters image. City planning commissioners are looki... — Updated 5/3/2005 Full story
Sisters, sheriff sign police contract
Patrol cars from the Deschutes County Sheriff’s Office will prowl the streets of Sisters for the next three years. The City of Sisters has renewed its contract for police services with the Deschutes County Sheriff. The contract covers the n... — Updated 5/3/2005 Full story
City seeks rejection of liquor license
In the last four years, Space Age Fuel in Sisters has been involved in two incidents involving furnishing alcohol to minors. In a 2000 episode, owner Yacoub Bedaywi reportedly sold alcohol to an Oregon Liquor Control Commission decoy. In 200... — Updated 5/3/2005 Full story
Developers jostle for property ranking
Developers do not agree on which property should be brought into Sisters Urban Growth Boundary under the proposed Sisters Urban Area Comprehensive Plan. The plan requests that an additional 59 acres of land be brought into the Urban Growth... — Updated 5/3/2005 Full story
Plan for Sisters’ future is almost done
Wrangling over which developer’s parcel of land to include inside Sisters Urban Growth Boundary won’t derail long-awaited efforts to finish the Sisters Comprehensive Plan. After seemingly endless rounds of writing and revising, city off... — Updated 4/26/2005 Full story
City Hall follows Western theme
There was no showdown over the design of the new City Hall Monday night. In fact, only a handful of people turned out to hear a presentation from architect Scott Steele — and they didn’t come for a shootout, just some critique. Mayor Dav... — Updated 4/26/2005 Full story
Appeals have slowed plan adoption
In 1979, Sisters adopted its first Comprehensive Plan. This has served as the city’s only guiding plan over the last 26 years. The plan review process started in 1990. After more than a decade of public involvement and a redrawing of the U... — Updated 4/26/2005 Full story
Sisters to get a glimpse of new city hall
Sisters citizens will get a first look at plans for their new City Hall on April 25. City council members will be presenting a proposed exterior design for Sisters’ new city hall building to... — Updated 4/19/2005 Full story
Real estate market booms in Sisters
Construction and real estate sales are booming in Sisters -- and inventory is shrinking. photo by Jim Cornelius While home prices skyrocket in Sisters, Realtors struggle to maintain enough inventory. Sisters has attracted national attention... — Updated 3/30/2004 Full story
Growth strains electrical system
As Sisters grows, the local electric utility has to continually upgrade its system to keep up. Jim Crowell, spokesman for Central Electric Cooperative (CEC), explained: "The upgrading projects for each year would take way more than two... — Updated 3/23/2004 Full story
Sisters poised on brink of change
Sisters is on the verge of significant and lasting changes as local government develops a plan for a couplet, expands the Urban Growth Boundary and attempts to promote economic development. Developers and civic action groups are also... — Updated 3/16/2004 Full story
Growth strains electrical system
As Sisters grows, the local electric utility has to continually upgrade its system to keep up. Jim Crowell, spokesman for Central Electric Cooperative (CEC), explained: "The up-grading projects for each year would take way more than two hand... — Updated 3/16/2004 Full story
SCID pitches piping project
A packed house learned about the McKenzie Canyon Irrigation Project on Tuesday, March 2. photo by Jeff McCaulou Squaw Creek Irrigation District wants to pipe another of its irrigation ditches in an effort to conserve water. SCID hosted a... — Updated 3/9/2004 Full story
Sisters poised on brink of change
Sisters is on the verge of significant and lasting changes as local government develops a plan for a couplet, expands the Urban Growth Boundary and attempts to promote economic development. Developers and civic action groups are also... — Updated 3/9/2004 Full story
Snowmobiler triggers avalanche
Breaking the law almost cost a snowmobiler his life on Saturday, February 28. In the Three Sisters Wilderness Area at Tam McArthur Rim, snowmobile tracks are all that is left to tell a story of a narrow escape from an avalanche that veteran... — Updated 3/9/2004 Full story
New roads going in at PMR
More construction is underway at Pine Meadow Ranch. photo by Jim Cornelius The New Sisters Village (Pine Meadow Ranch) development is entering Phase III of the project. The newest of Sisters' roads in the PMR development will be paved someti... — Updated 3/2/2004 Full story
Questions raised about population forecasts
The rationale for expanding the urban growth boundary comes from population forecasts generated by the City of Sisters Planning Department. These population forecasts have come under scrutiny by local watchdog groups and the math department... — Updated 2/17/2004 Full story
Local forest projects remain stalled
Two Forest Service projects designed to reduce wildfire fuels near Sisters have come to a grinding halt due to appeals and litigation. People living near the McCache Project and the Metolius Basin Project are eager to see the Forest Service... — Updated 2/17/2004 Full story
Sisters plan goes before county
City Planner Neil Thompson brought the Sisters Comprehensive Plan before the Deschutes County Planning Commission in a public hearing on Thursday, February 12. Thompson opened the meeting by saying that the Planning Department had addressed... — Updated 2/17/2004 Full story
Computer virus smacks Sisters
A global epidemic has hit Sisters. This past week email viruses have plagued most users from big business to small, including the personal user. The plague is costing the U.S. business sector billions of dollars. "This is a huge problem,"... — Updated 2/3/2004 Full story
Trust moves forward on Metolius
This spring, the Deschutes Basin Land Trust (DBLT) will move forward on the Metolius Basin Project. On April 17, 2002, the Land Trust announced that Willamette Industries had offered it an option to purchase 1,240 acres of the forest land... — Updated 2/3/2004 Full story
