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28 Wednesday, June 10, 2020 The Nugget Newspaper, Sisters, Oregon DEVELOPMENT: Project may start in late summer 2021 Continued from page 1 Actual development is a ways off. Eckert said the fastest possible timeline to put shovels in the ground is late summer 2021. The Forest Service Sisters Ranger District Headquarters will remain where it is now located, but new facilities will be built. According to Sisters District Ranger Ian Reid, that project, too, will begin at the earliest in 2021. Maintaining its long- time Sisters location marks a change of plans for the Forest Service, who origi- nally intended to sell the entire 80-acre administrative site and move its headquar- ters to a parcel of land on the west end of Sisters just beyond the GrandStay Hotel. <We9re not going to move,= Reid told The Nugget. <We9re retaining 12 acres of what we call Parcel 2.= He said the costs and logistics of a move proved not to be viable. <The site development was going to be pretty expen- sive, with highway improve- ments that were going to be required and utilities out there,= he said. Instead, the USFS is in the process of contracting out a site plan that will fea- ture a warehouse and vehicle garage and a new headquar- ters building on the cur- rent site. Staff will continue working at the existing office until the new one is built. The warehouse will likely be built first, Reid said. Eckert described the cot- tage development as <a much more challenging kind of construction= than a conventional housing devel- opment, because it is not just a matter of clearing the site and laying in a grid. Though 250 to 300 hous- ing units is a lot in a Sisters development, Eckert said, <it will feel very loose because of the open space and the trees. It9s hard to describe. Our goal is, before the plan- ning commission (hearing) we can have some sort of representation so people can wrap their brains around that.= The architect and designer said that the project will also feature some com- mercial development. The exact nature of that has not been determined, but Eckert envisions a kind of <com- mercial village= that would interact with the residential development. <I don9t think the town needs a lot more commer- cial,= he said. A forestful... PHOTO BY BRENDA JAROS Caterpillars are camped out across Sisters Country. RESERVE YOUR SPACE NOW FOR… PHOTO PROVIDED Much of the Forest Service administrative site will become housing in the next couple of years. NuggetNews.com SUDOKU Level: Easy Answer: Page 31 ion online. Click to view publicat Partners in Real Estate connects readers with the industry professionals they need to fi nd the perfect property. Finding a Realtor that understands an individual’s needs, with a stable of professional resources at the ready (including banks, fi nancial institutions, title companies, leasing brokers, insurance agents, movers and professional organizers) is invaluable to making the real estate process smooth and stress-free. Full page (9.7” x 15.1”) Half page (9.7” x 7.5” or 4.8” x 15.1” ) Quarter page (4.8” x 7.5”) Ad includes a story written by The Nugget’s professional writers equal to selected size Space Reservation & Ad Content Submission Deadline: 6/12/20 Publish Date: 7/15/20 Place a number in the empty boxes in such a way that each row across, each column down, and each small nine-box square contains all of the numbers from one to nine. Call Vicki Curlett to schedule your advertising, 541-549-9941 , vicki@nuggetnews.com Partners in Real Estate is a publication of the The Nugget Newspaper