TONIGHT!
Truckee Community Center
Friday, May 4th, Film @ 7:30 pm, doors open at 7pm
$7 Admission, A benefit/fundraiser for Mountain Area Preservation Foundation
The film Resorting to Madness addresses the impacts of the modern ski resort industry on mountain communities and environments. Including footage and interviews from dozens of ski areas and ski towns (including Truckee), experts and concerned community members throughout North America, the film reveals some disturbing trends affecting mountain resort towns and offers up suggestions to protect and maintain mountain environments and communities.
Film will be followed by a dicussion about local issues and the future of Truckee.
Kings Beach Commercial Core Improvements:
Our friends at the Sierra Business Coucil are hosting a series of workshops to educate the community about the proposed improvements to the Kings Beach Commercial Core along Highway 28. There is still opportunity to get involved:
May 15 at 5:30 p.m. in the North Tahoe Conference Center
The process of making a community-wide decision regarding the roadway alternatives will be the focus of the third workshop. Attendees will be asked to participate outdoors in an interactive exercise in order to inform their decisions and move toward a community consensus for a preferred roadway alternative.
May 29 at 6 p.m. in the North Tahoe Community Conference Center
Develop community consensus on a preferred roadway alternative.
Read the Sierra Sun Article: Q&A: What do you want for the future of Kings Beach?
For detailed project information, the Placer County Department of Public Works' Web site at www.placer.ca.gov/Works/Projects/KingsBeach.aspx
Upcoming deadline for registering for the Great Basin Food Basket:
One of small-scale agriculture's fastest growing niche markets is community supported agriculture (CSA). As the name implies, a CSA farm directly serves a "community" or group of customer's families. Members (or subscribers) purchase "shares" in the weekly harvest on an annual basis, committing to the farm early in the year. The CSA arrangement is beneficial to both farms and the people they serve.
The Great Basin Food Basket is a collaboration between you, your fellow citizens within the Truckee Meadows area and dedicated farmers from around the area that wish to support the market for healthy, fresh and wholesome food. Community Supported Agriculture (CSA) allows farmers to sell their products directly to their communities. Our mission at the Great Basin Basket is to provide northern Nevada families with the best quality of locally grown seasonal produce grown by our local organic farmers. Farmers include Home Grown Nevada (the Smith Family in Smith Valley), Lattin Farms (in Fallon), Sierra Valley Farm (the Romano Family in Sierra Valley), and Sodbuster Farm (the Shirk Family). Other local farmers may be included as their production and basket space allows.
For more information visit their website or give Tina a call at (775) 465-2549 |
Truckee Home & Building Show -- Regional Green Building Sypmosium Workshops
On Memorial Day Weekend, May 25 - 27 attend the annual Truckee Home & Building Show at Truckee High School. Learn from the experts, meet construction professionals & suppliers, find the latest home technology, see how green building is making a difference in Truckee, and shop for everything you need for your home in one place!!
This year the show will feature the Regional Green Building Sypmosium Workshops. Listen and be a part of workshops titled: Active Solar Thermal & Hydronic Heating; Electric Vehicle Culture; Green Building 101 for Homebuilders and Buyers; Ground Source Heat Pumps; Radon in the Tahoe Basin; Renewable Energy for the High Sierra; Self Powered Alpine Architecture; The Sustainable Home; and others.
Don't forget to be a part of the Commercial and Green Home Tours. Also, Friday night will be our keynote speaker, Mr. Ric Licata on "A Regional Green Vision" followed by the Green Building Movie.
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