Wednesday, May 23, 2018 The Nugget Newspaper, Sisters, Oregon
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Sisters Country commu-
nity leaders recognize change
is coming to the community
but are optimistic Sisters
can successfully navigate
those challenges by build-
ing upon its strong assets and
history of involvement and
volunteerism.
Those are among the
findings in a Community
Interviews Report released
today by Sisters Country
Horizons, a visioning initia-
tive sponsored by the City
of Sisters, Deschutes County
and the Central Oregon
Intergovernmental Council.
More than 80 community
leaders from a variety of
sectors were interviewed
between mid-February and
April.
An executive summary
of the report is available on
the Sisters Country Horizons
website at https://sisters
horizons.org/wp-content/
uploads/2018/05/Sisters-
Community-Interviews-
Executive-Summary-FINAL.
pdf. A full report will be pub-
lished early next week on the
website.
The interviews were the
starting point for the initia-
tive. An online survey and
community meetings, which
have gathered input from
residents in April and May,
also are part of the outreach
efforts. A report on the sur-
vey and community meetings
is scheduled to be released
later this month, in time for a
series of community forums,
the first of which is sched-
uled for May 31 at Sisters
High School from 5 to 8 p.m.
The outreach work has
centered around a series
of questions gauging what
residents value most about
Sisters Country and what
they envision for the com-
munity in the future. The
results and findings will
help shape the community’s
future projects and planning
efforts.
During the interviews,
community leaders spoke
of a deep passion for Sisters
Country and foresee the
community moving beyond
past acrimony in large part
because of the “Sisters Way”
— an underlying commit-
ment to the community’s his-
tory of giving, volunteerism
and appreciation of its small-
town qualities.
The interviews found
growing concern over traffic
and housing, and a recogni-
tion that growth is inevita-
ble but that if planned well
can be beneficial through
new jobs, more housing
options and increased enroll-
ment for the Sisters School
District.
Community leaders are
optimistic Sisters can pre-
pare for its future by build-
ing on existing assets — out-
door recreation, a growing
artist economy and tourism
— rather than something
entirely new. Among the
most significant opportuni-
ties is the potential devel-
opment of the U.S. Forest
Service property within the
city limits, interviewees said.
The May 31 forum at
15
Sisters High School is the
first of four that will be
held through June, each one
focused on a different theme.
Here are the dates and themes
of each forum:
• May 31: Connected
Sisters
• June 4: Prosperous
Sisters
• June 12: Livable Sisters
• June 19: Resilient
Sisters
Input received during the
forums — along with that
received through the inter-
views, survey, and com-
munity meetings — will
form the foundation of a
Vision and Action Plan to
be released in late 2018 or
early 2019. A citizen-based
Vision Action Team will be
formed later this summer
to steer development of the
plan. Once completed, the
Vision Action Plan will help
guide government agencies,
nonprofit groups and the pri-
vate sector in planning and
projects.
The plan will update and
replace the original Sisters
Country vision plan devel-
oped in 2007.
PHOTO BY BECKY AYLOR
Sixth graders experienced one of the highlights of school in
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