Festival contributes $2,000 for tent

The Sisters Folk Festival contributed $2,000 to the financing of the Sisters community tent.

The tent was purchased mainly through grants by Cycle Oregon and the Nike Foundation.

The festival used the tent for its September 6-8 event and the tent remained in place on the Village Green for the Sisters Jazz Festival and Sisters in Sisters.

The donation was made to the Community Action Team of Sisters, which will administer rentals of the tent.

CATS director Lorri Craig noted that CATS contributed $3,600 to the tent purchase and will invest $1,400 more in labor-saving equipment for putting the tent up. CATS hopes to recoup its investment through rental fees.

The Sisters Folk Festival board of directors made the contributions from funds allocated since 2000 for the development of a performing arts center in Sisters.