Schools want property annexed

The Sisters School District will ask Sisters voters to annex 30 acres the district owns at the north edge of the city.

The Sisters City Council agreed Thursday, August 27, to give voters the chance to approve the annexation of the former Lundgren Mill site at 69030 N. Pine St. into the City of Sisters.

The school district hopes to have the property zoned for light industrial use. They plan to place vocational education facilities on part of the property and sell the rest.

According to Schools Superintendent Steve Swisher, the profits from the land would be used to enhance and maintain school facilities.

Swisher said industrial arts shops and student-run businesses could be housed on the site and "hopefully link up with businesses in the industrial park for internships and school-to-work programs and that type of thing."

"This is the most exciting time that I've been through in the 24 years I've been here," said long-time Sisters resident and former vocational arts teacher Cliff Clemens. "You couldn't do anything better with that piece of ground than to use it for some vocational training."

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