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TRPA Accepting Lake Spirit Award Nominations
Award Program Recognizes People Going Above and Beyond for Lake Tahoe Contact: Victoria Ortiz Community Engagement Manager (775) 589-5251 2023 nominations have closed. Stateline, Nevada – Sometimes large restoration projects can overshadow the daily efforts by...
TRPA Board Approves LTCC Affordable Housing Project
Deed-restricted project will house 100 students Stateline, NV – The Tahoe Regional Planning Agency (TRPA) Governing Board on Wednesday unanimously approved the Lake Tahoe Community College (LTCC) Student Housing Project, which will provide up to 100 students on-campus...
TRPA Board Meeting Weather Advisory for March 22
To join the meeting or view the agenda, please visit the meetings page. Stateline, NV – The Tahoe Regional Planning Agency (TRPA) Governing Board meeting on Wednesday may be impacted by weather and the public is encouraged to check the agenda and to consider attending...
Chevallier Named TRPA Deputy Director
Lake Tahoe, CA/NV – The Tahoe Regional Planning Agency (TRPA) has selected Kimberly Chevallier as the agency’s Deputy Director & Chief Partnerships Officer, filling a position left open when the Governing Board chose Julie Regan to lead the agency after a national...
Agencies Release First-Ever Tahoe Regional Trails Strategy
Lake Tahoe, CA/NV – Buried beneath an ever-deepening blanket of snow in the Lake Tahoe Basin lie more than 580 miles of official dirt trails that provide recreation, transportation, fitness, and fun. For the first time ever, a coalition of Tahoe partners have...
Columns and Speeches
Our Fight Against Aquatic Invasive Species
By Joanne S. Marchetta By motor or by paddle, the experience of boating on Lake Tahoe is like none other. Hovering over its crystal clear shallows and unfathomable depths inspires awe, and the surrounding mountains and forests combine for a breathtaking experience....
Moving Beyond What Divides Us
By Joanne S. Marchetta If ever there was a time to draw on the healing powers of Lake Tahoe, it’s now. The COVID crisis, complete with loss of life and wide-ranging financial impacts, is being compounded by human struggle and a wellspring of social justice...
Summer Outdoor Plan Critical to COVID Management
By Joanne S. Marchetta Ambiguity, uncertainty, and contradictions abound in this pandemic. Add time to the list of contradictions swirling around us. Morning and night sometimes seem a week apart. The first month of shelter-in-place dripped by for many of us. The...
50 years of Progress for Lake Tahoe and the Nation
By Joanne S. Marchetta Celebrations have taken on many new forms since the start of social distancing. Birthday parties have become processions of cars parading past a celebrant’s home—people honking and waving, tossing candy and small gifts (for later disinfecting,...
Testing Tahoe’s Resiliency
By Joanne S. Marchetta Our Lake Tahoe community, the country, and the entire world are being tested in ways that few of us have ever experienced. The COVID-19 crisis has swept across the globe with an exponential infection rate that is threatening to overwhelm health...
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