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Eric Bevans spent more than four hours touring Carson City businesses with his wife, Rebecca, and their daughter during the grand opening of the new downtown corridor last Friday.

“I went to businesses I’d never been to before, and I’ve lived here 25 years,” he said. “We made so many great discoveries — despite the rain.”

Please watch the video as you read my comments. I did not transcribe the Chamber's 5-6 questions.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4qlj0K2-ZWo

Western Nevada College’s new manufacturing training hub in Silver Springs is delivering just what the local economy needs: technical education for rural high school students who are receiving the necessary training to enter a job-ready workforce.

What does a community "rich in art" look like? The Nevada Arts Council is partnering with the Carson City Visitors Bureau to hold a public Arts Town Meeting to assess Carson City and surrounding communities’ cultural vitality.

With over 450 responses received over six weeks, the results of the downtown retail/restaurant recruitment survey show that survey participants want a diverse consumer experience, while maintaining local familiarity.

In the age of a digital society, Pioneer High School in Carson City is encouraging teachers and students to embrace technology in the classroom. In order to provide students with an opportunity to become digital citizens, each student at Pioneer is provided a Chromebook upon enrollment.

When the Carson City School District learned it would receive funding through a competitive grant program authorized by Nevada’s Read by Grade 3 Act, it came up with an innovative summer reading program to help its English Language Learner population. Results from the 16-day program were overwhelmingly positive.

My first experience at Thick Slice Pizza in Carson City was during last month's Taste of Downtown event. In general, what you get from vendor booths is literally a taste, or two, of their best food.

Students will be able to breathe easier when they return to Western Nevada College campuses this fall.

Responding to a policy promoting a healthier working and learning environment for students, faculty, staff and visitors, WNC is eliminating exposure to second-hand smoke and confining the use of nicotine and vapor products to designated outdoor areas on its three campuses.

There's an unspoken connection between horse and rider that has existed for thousands of years, a timeless a bond formed between man and animal based on trust.

The Tahoe Regional Planning Agency and Tahoe Transportation District are seeking more public input on ideas to improve Lake Tahoe’s transportation system to reduce traffic congestion in the Lake Tahoe Basin.

The inaugural Carson City Off-Road racing series, part of the Epic Rides mountain biking circuit, was more than successful.

It was epic.

Todd Sadow, co-founder and president of Epic Rides, said the race around the Nevada state capital exceeded expectations.

Thanks to those who came forward and helped, the “CLOSED” sign has been taken down and Catmandu will re-open in a limited capacity starting on Friday, June 3.

Carson City Health & Human Services announced Thursday that it has achieved national accreditation through the Public Health Accreditation Board.

The national accreditation program works to improve and protect the health of the public by advancing and ultimately transforming the quality and performance of the nation’s state, local, Tribal, and territorial public health departments.

Toni Thompson has long had a love for the American West and its history. It shows both in the decor of her retail store and in the building she rents.

Thompson, owner of Eagle Mountain Trading Post at 110 S. Curry Street in Carson City, said she couldn't be happier running her business out of the historic structure that once served as a freight depot, livery and Overland Stage stop back in the early days of the Nevada state capital.

This is in reference to the development called The Vintage At Kings Canyon, which was announced to the public at the Fritsch School on April 7, and which has been much discussed in the Appeal and CarsonNow.

The details of the plan, as announced, can be found on the website
vintage2016blog – All the facts about The Vintage At Kings Canyon
https://vintage2016blog.wordpress.com/. 

The Nevada state capital has seen its share of natural disasters and citywide emergencies.

From wildfires to flooding and all-too-common high wind events, Carson City Manager Nick Marano says local government is ready to respond at a moment's notice.

"The city has an emergency operations plan," Marano said. "We've gone through several rounds of modifications to it."

There is an emergency operations center, he said, that enhances communication between public safety and public works departments during local emergencies.

Tuesday the Executive Board voted to remove Assemblyman PK O'Neill from the Carson City Republican Party. There has been much press and he has a very good writer who accentuates his few highly selective non-controversial votes while in the legislature and ignores the bulk of his decisions. Obviously our action is not due to his non-challenging votes but rather his many dubious ones. He does not acknowledge his campaign promises. He does not discuss attending a CCRP meeting at which he asked for our direction on this tax issue.

Eighteenth Century English poet William Cowper once wrote that variety is the spice of life.

In Carson City, both variety and spice can be found together in one place at Sassafras Electic Food Joint, currently located on the Carson Hot Springs Resort property at 1500 Old Hot Springs Road.

This week's It's Your City celebrates National Public Health Month. Host Cortney Bloomer talks with Taylor Radtke, public information officer for Carson City Health and Human Services.

Carson City Health and Human Services, Carson Tahoe Health and Partnership Carson City will host a public health town hall meeting April 28 as part of Public Health Month.

Carson City Health and Human Services, Carson Tahoe Health and Partnership Carson City will host a public health town hall meeting as part of Public Health Month.

The event aims to provide an opportunity for residents to speak with area leaders, public officials and health officials about issues such as access to healthcare and mental/behavioral health services. The meeting also serves as an opportunity to collect input for the next Community Health Needs Assessment that will be published by CCHHS later this year.

The Division of Public & Behavioral Health (DPBH) is working with healthcare, public health, emergency management, ethical and legal partners to develop Crisis Standards of Care (CSC) Guidance for the state of Nevada. It is very important that the public provide feedback on the guidance as CSC standards will assist healthcare professionals to decide how to provide the best possible care when resources are limited and/or unavailable.

The organizers of the annual Nevada Day celebration are considering changing the course of the parade to move from south to north on Carson Street.

The staff of Nevada Day, Inc. met on Tuesday with Carson CIty officials to go over the planned changes for the parade. The basic outlines for the plan have the parade starting on South Carson Street at 10th Street, continuing north before taking a right turn on William Street, and ending at the intersection with Stewart Street.

Carson High School students will soon register for next year’s classes and will now have a new choice in the schedule as CHS’s Career and Technical Education program begins offering a new manufacturing technologies course of study in the 2016-2017 school year.

It’s Christmas in March for Tyler Smith, the winner of The Polar Express Ticket Giveaway for tickets to the opening weekend of The Polar Express Train Ride on the historic Virginia & Truckee Railroad this 2016 season.

For the past month V&T conducted surveys for customer feedback about their experience with the railroad. Each survey participant was entered in a giveaway to win four coach tickets to the highly anticipated opening weekend of holiday train, Nov. 17-20.

The U.S. Forest Service Lake Tahoe Basin Management Unit will soon begin the planning process to designate National Forest System areas for snowmobile use in the Lake Tahoe Basin.

More than 30 volunteers and University of Nevada, Reno staff and students spent a sunny, yet windy, winter day last week building six hoop houses that will be used to grow vegetables year-round to benefit Catholic Charities of Northern Nevada food programs.

On Tuesday night at the annual Jalé and Warren Trepp Business Plan Competition, three teams of young entrepreneurs studying at Sierra Nevada College competed for $6,000 in cash prizes.

This event is one of the most exciting celebrations of the academic year at SNC Tahoe. After each team presented twenty-minute oral presentations to a panel of live, external judges and a public audience of more than 100 people, the room waited in anticipation for the announcement of the winners.

The Bistro restaurant at Tahoe Ridge Winery remains closed for renovations, winery employees have said, but the winery continues its retail and production operations in the rear of the building.

The bistro closed right after Christmas 2015, and has not reopened. A sign on the front doors of the restaurant stated the bistro was temporarily closed for renovations, and winery employees last month reported the bar area of the bistro was scheduled for a major remodel.

Here's the speech made Wednesday by Carson City Mayor Bob Crowell at the 2016 Chamber of Commerce State of the City address held at Gold Dust West: