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Wednesday, September 1, 2021 The Nugget Newspaper, Sisters, Oregon Sisters woman seeking kidney donor, hosting fundraiser sale Jamie Audrain is a local single mom fighting for her life. She is seek- ing a kidney donor and she hopes it comes from home. <I think it would be cool to see my donor in passing, like, at the post office or something. How great you would both feel right then,= she said. If you would like to meet Jamie and learn more about how donating would affect your life, stop by her fundraiser garage sale Labor Day weekend at 125 S. Timber Pine Place in the Timber Creek neighborhood. Jamie9s favorite restaurant in town, Spoons, is donating frozen yogurt on Sunday, September 5, to help cel- ebrate Jamie9s 41st birthday. <Our community is very special,= she said. <Free frozen yogurt at a garage sale? That9s super cool! With all the crap that9s going on the world, its easy to forget the love that9s still out there. The support I9m experienc- ing gives me hope and makes me want to live. That9s powerful community.= Audrain was diagnosed in 2019 with an aggressive form of kidney disease. The support I’m experiencing Correspondent Sisters Habitat for Humanity executive director Sharlene Weed requested a letter of support from the Sisters City Council for Habitat9s application to Deschutes County for $1.5 million in American Rescue Plans Act (ARPA) funds to purchase 10-15 residential lots in the Sisters Woodlands development which will be located on the middle parcel of the former U.S. Forest property at the west end of town. Weed has been in successful negotiation with Woodlands archi- tect Kevin Eckert of BUILD LLC, representing his clients who own the land 4 PX2 Investments, Paul and Carla Schneider and Paul Hodge. Eckert said, <This is a local group with local connections working to achieve a forward-thinking develop- ment project. We see Sisters Habitat and our project mission to be very well aligned.= Their goals include: <Building a mixed community that will serve all of Sisters, while we intentionally provide reasonable density given the dearth of available property; pre- serve as many trees as possible (over 500); decrease traffic by providing a safe and accessible network of paths for multi-model travel; enhance pub- lic experience with a large public open space amenity, as well as over 10 pocket parks; and create hous- ing that meets many income levels,= Eckert said. The Sisters Woodlands master plan and subdivision application includes zoning for light industrial, downtown commercial, multi-family residential, and open space, all on 31.5 net acres. Eckert hopes to have the project in front of the Planning Commission for deliberation in September. If approved, they could begin on-site preparation this winter, infrastructure in spring 2022, and the first phase of building and housing construction starting summer 2022. Within the project, the develop- ers have created an affordable mix of Essentials Skincare ANNIVERSARY OPEN HOUSE FRI., SEPT. 3 • 4-6 PM — outdoor event — Mimosas by Robin gives me hope and makes me want Catering by Bleu Bite to live. That’s powerful community. Raffl e & Door Prizes — Jamie Audrain 10% OFF Éminence Organic Skincare Products Habitat seeks $1.5 million in American Rescue Plan Act funds By Sue Stafford LABOR DAY BLOCK PARTY! housing 3 cottages, townhomes with attached dwelling units (ADUs), apartment/condominium flats, and congregate housing. They intention- ally removed higher-priced single- family residential lots from the proj- ect because they didn9t align with the project team9s goals of creating as affordable a mix of housing as pos- sible, to support community hous- ing for individuals, families, and the local workforce. According to Eckert, <The cot- tage lots would currently market for over $150,000 per lot, given costs, demand, and inventory challenges.= Despite the fact the pricing is higher than in previous Habitat developments, BUILD LLC and PX2 are <highly committed to find- ing a solution with Sisters Habitat to provide affordable housing in Sisters Woodlands.= <Conceptually, the development team foresees offering at least 10-15 cottage lots in Woodlands, and lever- aging Habitat9s long-proven success, to harmoniously construct affordable cottages within the development,= Eckert said. If Habitat receives the $1.5 mil- lion requested of Deschutes County, that will solve an imminent problem for the nonprofit: a lack of any other available land on which to build affordable housing in Sisters. Habitat would be required to fol- low the Sisters Woodlands architec- tural guidelines for the two-to-three cottages built in each of five phases. That would allow for integrating the Habitat homes throughout the devel- opment. Eckert also indicated that perhaps the developers would them- selves subsidize some of the hous- ing. He said that his firm would con- sider assisting Habitat by offering to do some of the required permitting work pro bono. City Council listened to Weed9s request for a letter of support, accom- panied by her own letter and a copy of the letter of commitment from Eckert, offering to sell the 10-15 lots at a discount. Council will discuss the request at a future workshop. 492 E. Main Ave. • 541-480-1412 12 Karen Keady Esthetician/Owner Open Mon.-Sat. 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