Category: Community
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SFGATE: Kings Beach is Tahoe’s last working class enclave, and locals are fighting for its future
Kings Beach, Tahoe’s last working-class town, is at a turning point. Local businesses might soon be torn down to make room for a new town center. This new development, planned by Kingsbarn Capital & Development, includes a big hotel and several townhouses. While the project aims to bring new energy to the area, many residents…
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Is Placer County Ignoring Community Input? June 2024 NTRAC Recap
Here’s a quick recap of the North Tahoe Regional Advisory Council (NTRAC) meeting held on June 13, 2024, focusing on the parking management plan and Kings Beach Center revitalization. The main takeaway from the meeting was clear: community members and NTRAC members want to be part of the revitalization and planning process. However, there is…
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Community Pledge
The “Planner’s Pledge” aims to fix problems caused by old ways of building cities or Town Centers. It imagines communities where people live closer together, can walk more, and rely less on cars. Planners/Citizens/Residents who agree to this pledge promise to support these ideas in their work to make neighborhoods better for everyone. As a…
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Guide To Decoding Local Tahoe Acronyms
The following image is from the Spring 2024 edition of Live.Work.Play. and it is useful when people start dropping Tahoe acronyms!
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Prioritize Understanding & Shared Values
The podcast Hidden Brain has been a long-time favorite of mine as it sheds so much light on the underlying drivers of human behavior. I just listened to an episode that got me thinking a lot about how we as community members can better work together in spite of our differences. Here are some of…