City snapshot

• The update of the basketball/tennis courts located in the southwest corner of the Sisters Elementary School playground is complete and they are open for use by the public. A final addition of lights on a timer for night play on the courts will be installed by the Sisters School District. The renovation of the courts has been a joint project by the City of Sisters and the school district.

• The new permanent restrooms at Clemens Park are scheduled for delivery on July 29. The infrastructure of power, sewer and water has all been installed. The concrete pad for the building is scheduled to be finished this week.

• Sisters resident Kris Rérat has been appointed to the City's Parks Advisory Board. Rérat was formerly a preschool teacher at The Little Cloverdale Preschool before she retired to help her husband Phil in their business, Swiss Mountain Log Homes. According to her application, Rérat has some previous parks experience.

• Mid Oregon Credit Union, with branches in Bend, Redmond, La Pine and Madras, is planning to open a new branch in Sisters, to be located on the north side of town near the Deschutes County Sheriff's Substation at Barclay Drive and Larch Street. They are currently hiring employees.

• According to Patrick Davenport, community development director, the City of Sisters is the fourth-fastest growing city, on a percentage basis, in the state of Oregon. Davenport said that growth might be even more robust if more contractors were available to do the building.