Pine Meadow Ranch accomplishes the original goals in the following ways:
- Preserve the ranching tradition by maintaining the agricultural lands.
- Make use of preexisting structures that are currently unused by converting existing agricultural buildings into workshop space. (Successful artist centers often make use of empty manufacturing facilities — Sisters doesn’t have that urban resource but does have empty agriculture buildings.)
- Create a working classroom space on the timber/creek ground by working with the local schools, Oregon State University-Cascades, Oregon Museum of Science and Industry (OMSI), Deschutes Land Trust and Upper Deschutes Watershed Council.
- Preserve the historic buildings and the ranching and timber traditions with help from the High Desert Museum, Oregon Historical Society, Des Chutes Historical Society and Three Sisters Historical Society.
- Develop ways for the public to access this historically private land.
- Create jobs.
- Create a cultural tourism economic center.
- Celebrate and encourage local economic health through innovation and collaboration.