Renewable Energy Incubator/Cluster on track in Sisters Oregon

A small airport in Central Oregon is making big waves in the energy industry and general aviation at the same time. 

The Evolution of Travel 

The vote was unanimous, a powerful statement of support from the city for the stated goal of creating a business incubation center targeted to renewable energy.  Among other benefits, a more effective zoning structure that will facilitate commercial development that suits the communities interests.





Growing Cluster of Renewable Energy Companies

A Public Private Partnership that Works


The airport is owned by the entrepreneur team of Benny and Julie Benson, both engineers and the founders of ENERGYneering Solutions, Inc.®.


Specialists in renewable energy from design engineering to plant operations now headquartered at the airport.

They hired Hobbs Magaret to take charge of managing the airport and to spearhead the effort to expand and resurface the runway.  Working with the Oregon Department of Transportation public-private partnership program Hobbs Magaret led a successful grant application to obtain the necessary runway funding. May 2013 the expanded airstrip reopened.  Now 3550 feet in length and 60 feet wide the airstrip serves a  broader range of aircraft including many private and corporate jets.

With the completion of the annexation they plan to attract other businesses in the renewable energy industry to  locate in the Eagle Airport region.

Sisters is long known as a hamlet of artists and thinkers, inspired by the splendor of the region. In many ways the science of sustainability is an art in and of itself.  Applying he cycle of life to the cold absolutes of engineering and limitations of physics to reach the maximum efficiency and minimizing impact on our world. That's art, isn't it?

Renewable Energy

The focus on renewable energy fits well into the regions environmental culture as well, it will expand the alternative energy industry "talent" and businesses clustering in the region.

The public-private partnership concept has served this community well.

This article also ran in the Cascade Business News online view here