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Tahoe nonprofit hopes to open performing arts center in coming years

by JVP Communications
Published in KOLO 8 on October 1, 2020
The nonprofit Tahoe Regional Arts Foundation has submitted an application to develop a 22-acre parcel of land near the entrance to Northstar California Resort as The Stages at Northstar, a world-class visual and performing arts center for the community. The Tahoe Regional Arts Foundation has already reached a sublease agreement with Vail Resorts for development and use of the property for up to 80 years. The North Tahoe-Truckee region is home to more than 15 educational institutions and 30 arts-based organizations that historically have not had access to a venue where the community and visitors can see the arts flourish.
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Tahoe Truckee Community Foundation to distribute $225K in CARES Act funds

by Justin Scacco
Published in Sierra Sun on August 21, 2020
The Placer County Board of Supervisors recently approved $8 million in CARES Act relief funds to support local small businesses and nonprofits during the COVID-19 pandemic. The board of supervisors approached three local organizations — Tahoe Truckee Community Foundation, Placer Community Foundation, and Sierra Business Council — to establish criteria to distribute funds into the communities throughout the region.
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Turning the Tassels

by Moonshine Ink Special
Published in Moonshine Ink on August 14, 2020
It wasn’t long into 2020 that life changed irreversibly. While some coped with working from home, being out of work altogether, or finding themselves having to homeschool their kids, another group was also forced to weather this uncertain time in new way: the high school senior class of 2020. But in Tahoe Truckee Unified School District it was, unexpectedly, a piece of software that shed light at the end of the tunnel for seniors this year.
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Lake Tahoe houses sit vacant while locals struggle to find affordable housing

by Dave Zook
Published in San Francisco Chronicle on February 8, 2020
At a standing-room-only town hall meeting in January at Sierra Nevada College in Incline Village, Nev., residents voiced passionate opinions on a question that has chafed the Lake Tahoe area for decades: What's the best way to house the hordes of vacationers who descend on the lake year-round?
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Aspen Institute Proposes a New Path for Rural Prosperity: Elevating America’s Rural Development Hubs

by Jon Purves
Published in Aspen Institute on November 19, 2019
The Aspen Institute Community Strategies Group (CSG) today released Rural Development Hubs: Strengthening America’s Rural Innovation Infrastructure, a groundbreaking report that identifies common traits of regional organizations creating positive change in rural America. The report challenges the narrative that innovation is confined to urban America, and puts forward Hubs as critical models for advancing comprehensive economic development strategies in rural places. Its findings, developed with support from the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation, are based on more than 40 interviews with field-leading Rural Development Hubs across the nation.
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