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Wednesday, November 18, 2020 The Nugget Newspaper, Sisters, Oregon GROWTH: Sisters remains an attractive destination Continued from page 1 & Hotel on East Cascade Avenue is slated to open in late spring-early summer. The City is currently having a fourth well drilled in the Creekside Campground to add to the local water supply. Construction just began at 210 E. Sun Ranch Dr. on a 6,912 sq. ft. warehouse building for local builder Curt Kallberg. Any number of establish- ments in the downtown com- mercial area have new own- ers and/or new names. The Gallery Restaurant and Bar is now owned by Timbers Bar and Grille that also has Bend and Redmond locations. The former Sisters Depot Deli is now owned by Debra Yannariello and Eryn Ross of 503 Uncorked restaurant and wine bar in Sherwood, and is slated to open soon. SoulShine & Co. on West Hood Avenue has changed its name to Marigold & True with the same owner and mer- chandise. On the lawn east of Marigold & True is a vegan food cart called Nourish. What was Shulers9 Pizzeria located between East Cascade and East Hood avenues, next to Dutch Bros. Coffee, has a new black and white paint job and will soon be opening as Cibelli9s Pizza, which has other locations in Central Oregon. Another white building with black trim is the newly opened Sisters Historical Museum on the corner of North Larch Street and East Cascade Avenue. The former home of George Wakefield, the museum showcases the early history of Sisters, with rotat- ing displays, and offers walk- ing history tours in the warm weather months. What aren9t currently vis- ible are the land-use applica- tions either recently approved or under review by the City. Laird SuperFood has received approval of its site plan for a 26,412 sq. ft. warehouse on the corner of North Pine Street and Lundgren Mill Drive. Sisters Cottage Inn, 215 N. Locust St. (behind City Hall) received approval of its site plan for a <hotel= with seven rooms in detached small cottages including ancillary functions (lobby, laundry, manager9s quarters). The lot at 352 E. Hood Ave. (across from Ace Hardware) has been approved for division into two parcels. The Barn, to be located at 171 E. Main Ave., has an approved site plan for an eat- ing/drinking establishment with a new 1,760 sq. ft. struc- ture enclosing the bar and commissary kitchen. There will be an outdoor seating area, firepit, stage, and four mobile food units, including Boone Dog Pizza. Following an approved rezone, Jeriko Development has submitted for review a Master Plan and Subdivision to create a 14-lot industrial park at 800 W. Barclay (the former northern section of the Forest Service prop- erty). Modification to the Habitat for Humanity Village Meadows Master Plan is also under review to replat four residential lots to 10 residen- tial lots. As of last Monday, November 16, the approval was final for a request to rezone the center por- tion of the Forest Service 17 PHOTO BY SUE STAFFORD Sisters has seen a significant increase in residential and commercial growth, with a population growth rate in the city limits of 4.5 percent. property from Open Space, Public Facilities, and Urban Area Reserve to Downtown Commercial, Multi-family Residential, North Sisters Business Park, and Open Space to accommodate future residential, commercial, and mixed uses. A site plan review and partition decision were issued and became final on November 2 for the ThreeWind apartment devel- opment behind Bi-Mart. They still need to complete a final plat application and submit their building permits before construction can begin. The commercial component is forthcoming and will need to go through land-use review. In partnership with the Oregon Department of Transportation (ODOT), planning and land acquisi- tion is underway for the city9s second roundabout planned for the intersection of East Highway 20 and Locust Street, a long-standing traf- fic bottleneck and safety concern. The City and ODOT have also begun early negotiations with the Forest Service for possible acquisition of the East Portal property (at the beginning of Scenic Highway 242) to create a future transportation hub or other amenity. Home Sales Within Sisters City Limits – January-October # New Listings # Sold Sold volume Avg. Sales Price Median Sales Price 2019 277 193 $98,469,692 $510,206 $445,000 2020 310 266 146,819,454 551,953 448,800 Call the Team at Sweeney Plumbing Family Owned • Local • Reliable • Professional Home Sales Within All of Sisters Country — January-October 2019 416 285 $152,345,942 $534,547 $449,000 2020 422 386 226,753,430 587,444 541-549-4349 260 N. Pine St., Sisters Licensed Bonded / Insured CCB#87587 491,750 Growth by the numbers By Sue Stafford Correspondent Those who lived here in 1950 were one of 723 Sisters residents. By 1960, that number was down to 602, a decrease of 16.7 percent. Following the end of the logging business in and around Sisters, the population hit bottom at 516 in 1970. Black Butte Ranch was being developed just about then and the developers helped Sisters businesses spruce up their stores, embracing the 1880s Western theme, to service ranch visitors. Over the next decade, the population grew by 34.9 per- cent to 696. Things slowed a little during the 80s, dropping the population by 2.4 percent to 679 in 1990. The end of the 90s decade saw Sisters install its municipal sewer system following a vote by the resi- dents and growth became the byword. The 2000 census showed a population increase of 41.2 percent for 959 residents. At that time, there were 397 households and 262 families. The first 10 years of the new century saw Sisters popula- tion mushroom to 2,038 or a 112.5 percent increase. The number of households in 2010 was 847 with 557 families. Between 2010 and 2014, the population grew at an annual average of 2.21 per- cent. At that rate, predictions were made that by 2020, the population would reach 2,535. That number is already in the rearview mirror with the estimated census for 2020 being 3,003, with an average annual growth rate of 4.45 percent. It was recently announced that Deschutes County is sec- ond in the nation for people who used to visit and now live here. The Lake Tahoe area was number one and the Jersey Shore number three. As of November 2019, Portland State University reported that Sisters had the fastest growth of any city in Deschutes County, a jump of 9.5 percent over the space of a year. 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