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2023 Annual Report Released
The Tahoe Regional Planning Agency presented its 2023 Annual Report to the Governing Board at its regular monthly meeting today. The agency made major strides last year in addressing many of the biggest challenges facing the Lake Tahoe Region. The vision of the...
TRPA Releases Draft Bicycle and Pedestrian Plan
Public Participation Plan Also Available for Comment Lake Tahoe CA/NV – The Tahoe Regional Planning Agency (TRPA) is encouraging public review and feedback on key transportation plans that will improve Lake Tahoe’s bicycle and pedestrian system and encourage public...
TRPA Plans Vigorous Defense Of Affordable Housing Policies
Lake Tahoe CA/NV – The Tahoe Regional Planning Agency (TRPA) is planning a vigorous defense of a lawsuit filed last Friday against affordable and workforce housing policy changes adopted for the Lake Tahoe Region in December 2023, TRPA General Counsel John Marshall...
South Tahoe Students Explore Winter Science
Environmental Coalition Elevates Science Learning at Heavenly Mountain Resort South Lake Tahoe, CA – Two hundred and seventy middle school students are delving into the realms of science, snowmaking, winter wildlife, and snow safety this week at Heavenly...
Tahoe Regional Planning Agency Honored with Rosa Parks Award
Image: Lead staff on the Transportation Equity Study Victoria Ortiz (L) and Kira Richardson (R) accept the award on Wednesday at the WTS event in Sacramento, Calif. Sacramento, Calif. – The Sacramento chapter of Women’s Transportation Seminar International...
Columns and Speeches
Confronting Existential Threats with Modern Solutions
By Julie Regan People’s connections with Lake Tahoe have always run deep. For the Washoe Tribe, the lake is the center of the world, both geographically and spiritually. According to tribal elders, there is no distinction between the health of the land and the health...
Working Together Toward Progress in 2024
By Julie Regan What a difference a year makes. This time last winter, many of us delighted in a promising snowpack, unaware that we were facing what would become the heaviest winter in more than 70 years. It was a tough one, even for some of us who survived the 1997...
Affordable housing policy updates are an important step in fixing the housing crisis at Tahoe
By Vince Hoenigman First and foremost, there is widespread agreement that Lake Tahoe is at a tipping point. Our lake is threatened on multiple fronts and the housing affordability crisis is driving local residents out of the basin. It is causing more pollution from...
2023 in Review: Challenge and Progress for Lake Tahoe
By Cindy Gustafson The slow march toward winter at Lake Tahoe this year is starting to make last winter seem like a distant memory. However, reflecting back on a year of both challenges and wins for the lake and our communities, it would be impossible to leave out...
Staying Focused While Giving Thanks
By Julie Regan In this season of giving thanks, we need only take in the incredible lake and mountains around us to see what we have to appreciate. Surrounded as we are by one of the most breathtaking places on Earth, it’s important to take time to appreciate it. In...
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