Wednesday, July 24, 2019 The Nugget Newspaper, Sisters, Oregon 2 O P I N I O Welcome, Sisters Rhythm & Brews Festival musicians and patrons! N Get involved with a vision for the future By Mayor Chuck Ryan and City Manager Cory Misley Mr. Sipp thrilled Sisters Rhythm & Brews Festival fans last year and he’s back July 26 and 27. PHOTO BY JERRY BALDOCK Letters to the Editor… The Nugget welcomes contributions from its readers, which must include the writer¾s name, address and phone number. Let- ters to the Editor is an open forum for the community and contains unsolicited opinions not necessarily shared by the Editor. The Nugget reserves the right to edit, omit, respond or ask for a response to letters submitted to the Editor. Letters should be no longer than 300 words. Unpublished items are not acknowledged or returned. The deadline for all letters is noon Monday. To the Editor: I just read the update from Sisters Folk Festival concerning the City of Sisters instruct- ing the Deschutes County Sheriff to be more active in ticketing RVs/campers/vans parked on the side of the road (public areas) during the Sisters Folk Festival. I believe the citations will cost between $25-$35. I am sure over the years a few folks have complained, a few campers have blocked driveways and that for some areas of town there are more campers parked around than other parts, so there is understanding of the situation. However, I always thought it was so great that the City of Sisters let folks just park and be a part of the music festival, walk everywhere and truly become part of town. Volunteers (around 400) are often people that can9t afford a ticket and in turn really can9t afford a hotel either but come here to help and listen to the music. Obviously, all the campgrounds are full during that time, so personally I thought it was a great thing that the City looked the other way and shared the streets. I think this year since there will be some enforcement, if you have a driveway and you don9t mind someone parking in it, you ought to put a sign out on Wednesday or Thursday before the festival and welcome folks to con- tact you for a place to land. Get to know some new people that love music and continue to welcome RVs/campers/vans to town to be a part of the Folk Festival. This music festival is special and stimulates the economy one last time before the summer comes to an end. Let9s keep making music- lovers feel welcome and offer up a place to land in town, I know I will. Change can be hard, and it has been a tradition for some people for many, many years 4 so maybe your offer would help one person navigate the changing times in a positive way. 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Cory and I want to update our entire commu- nity on the progress and key next steps of our exten- sive Sisters Country Vision project. Why a vision now? As most of you know, vision- ing is a medium- to long- range plan (five to 10 years) for our community. The City9s population growth exploded 112 percent from 2000 to 2010 and is up 32 percent from 2010 to 2018. That rapid growth can affect many aspects of our qual- ity of life, especially if we are not planning and work- ing together accordingly. Without being proactive, we will most assuredly under- manage that growth and that could lead to issues that affect all of us, given our small and unique commu- nity. We take this very seri- ously and started the vision- ing effort in early 2018. We jumped at the chance to make this a broad, com- munity-wide vision and concluded our input phase with over 2,000 participants, garnering thousands of indi- vidual comments and bold ideas. This input led to the finalization of 20 top strate- gies across four key themes (not in order) for Sisters: Prosperous, Livable, Resilient, and Connected. Each of these 20 strategies has sub-strategies, action items, and suggested lead/ supporting partners. The full plan document can be found at www.sistersvision. org, and I encourage you to read it because this is your plan! Keep in mind that this is a