Civic engagement…the term is often used as a catchphrase for attending community meetings or events, volunteering, donating to worthy causes, serving on government/nonprofit boards, or running for office. Civic engagement is a critical aspect of IVCBA and encompasses “building a thriving community that supports and is supported by our agencies, businesses, nonprofits and residents.” 

IVCBA has programs this Fall that encourage civic engagement.

WASHOE TAHOE LEADERSHIP ACADEMY: September 23-34

For the second year, we are partnering with Washoe County to teach a cohort of local residents or workers about the various entities that govern and serve Incline Village and Crystal Bay. A key component is teaching leadership,  advocacy, and civil discourse. Our goal is for these informed citizens to find ways to engage positively in the community and help improve our quality of life.

IVGID CANDIDATE FORUM TUESDAY, OCTOBER 13

IVCBA partners with IV-CB Community Forum (first and third Fridays at Incline Library) to host a community event for the IVGID candidates. This year, it is on October 13 at 6 pm in the Duffield Theater at Incline High School. It is moderated, and questions are submitted to ensure civil discourse.  Thank you to candidates Ryan Brooks, Dave Noble, and Harry Swenson for running!

IVCBA VIP RECEPTION

Twice a year, we bring community leaders together for updates and networking. New service club leaders get a chance to meet leaders in nonprofits and agencies.  This helps strengthen our community’s identity.

SHOUT OUT TO INCLINE SCHOOLS, CYMBAL AND IES PTA

Early September brings families to public and private schools to meet teachers and get the new school year off to a good start. It is often hard for working parents to volunteer at school. Thanks to great leadership from teachers and parents, the IES PTA and CYMBAL, the music booster club, both had significant attendance at their meetings this past week.  Get engaged with our schools by joining them.

I am convinced that these positive interactions and work on behalf of our nonprofits and families can build trust and help solve problems too big for just one group or organization.

It takes a Village. If you agree with me, please join IVCBA as a community supporter or business!

BACK TO SCHOOL was Monday!  I remember fondly taking the photo of the kids on the front step before they got on the bus. It was bittersweet…happy to see them go (and get out of my hair!) and a bit sad that they were growing up so fast. My kids are now “adulting” in their mid-thirties, and I remember fondly the excitement they brought home and the outstanding education they received, mostly through the public schools. But children are more diverse than ever, and Incline Village strongly supports the myriad school choices and the teachers working behind the scenes. 

Special Edition of Live.Work.Play: “Families and Education”

Timed for the beginning of the school year, watch for this special edition of our magazine, LIVE.WORK.PLAY. We are highlighting the support families are given through schools- public, private, and faith-based- as well as special services like speech and language therapy and sports and recreational programs. Learn about the new facilities being built by Boys and Girls Club to support kids from “diapers to diplomas”…in addition to the well-established after-school program at the Duffield Youth Center. 

Stuff the Bus!

Our businesses support the schools in many ways, but I want to give a shout-out to the Incline Village Realtors Good Neighbors Committee.  Every year, Stacy Collins of Stewart Title helps organize this event to supplement school supplies in Incline schools. Thank you to all the realtors that sat outside Raley’s on a hot day in August!

CAB Meeting on Monday, August 25 at 5:30

The Washoe County Citizen Advisory Board is holding its monthly meeting next Monday. Get the latest update on the Cal Neva renovations! Chris Wood is the new chair.

Music at the Hyatt

If the crowds on the beach on Friday are getting to be too much, or you just want to continue the music vibe, check out Cutthroats Saloon in the Hyatt. This Friday night, enjoy music by local artist Miki Rae, along with a great meal you didn’t have to prepare or haul to the beach!

Labor Day is coming up!

Many families stay in town that weekend, enjoying beaches that aren’t as busy as they were a month ago. This year, Labor Day is on Monday, September 7. Two traditions to watch for: the Ski Loft annual sale on Labor Day weekend and the Rotary Duck Drop on Labor Day at Aspen Grove.

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If you are a subscriber and regular reader, please join as a Community Supporter for $50. If you are not a subscriber, do so for free! Go to IVCBA.org.

We are financially supported by our local agency “investors” and our business community and residents. Please help!

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I am writing about my Dad today. It’s Father’s Day on Sunday, AND he is my Hero!

I can’t say I knew that when I was little. He worked 6 days a week to feed our family of 5 kids. I knew him more as a teenager, sitting around the kitchen table having rousing discussions with my parents and my siblings. He challenged us to be independent thinkers and certainly to be our own person. It was only as I got older, raising my own children with Richard, that I realized how much I was like him.

My children got to know their Grandpa Dutch very well, between visits to Minnesota and to Arizona in the winters. He challenged them to think as well, and it was fun to see the interaction between those generations.

That phrase, “everything I know, I learned in kindergarten”…so much of who I am, I got from my dad. Some of my core qualities are his: opinionated and never afraid to take action (but not always right), that driving passion toward doing stuff that needs doing, a strong work ethic, gregarious and outgoing personality, and a heart full of love for the people around me, even though I don’t always show it. 

Take a moment to think about that strong person who shaped your life and be sure to tell them how grateful you are! 

WHO’S YOUR LOCAL HERO! Please nominate them here: NOMINATE YOUR HERO >

NEWS FROM OUR MEMBERS:

If you are out and about on Saturday…

• Check out Natural Grocers at 11 am to learn about “Demystifying Micronutrients.”
• Learn about Wildifre Pro Shop’s fire protection technology at their open house on Saturday. They are in Incline Center, in that little building off to the right of Raleys.
• Also, at Incline Center, remodeling is starting in the old Rookies building. Finally! It will take all summer, but we can look forward to the opening of a new restaurant called Maddy’s. It will have an Eastern Mediterranean vibe and flavor!

On Sunday…

It’s Boys and Girls Club Wine on the Water at the Kings Beach Conference Center, right on the beach! 

CIVIC ENGAGEMENT

It’s all about TRPA Monday and Tuesday…

• CAB meeting Monday night
• TRPA Zoom coffee hour on housing solutions. Learn about St. Joseph Land Trust’s TAHOE program to help renters buy the home they are living in. It’s coming to Incline!

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IVCBA is the Community and Business Association that promotes our local businesses and nonprofits, organizes community events, and produces the Weekly SnapShot!

If you are a subscriber and regular reader, please join as a Community Supporter for $50. If you are not a subscriber, do for free! Go to IVCBA.org.

We are financially supported by our local agency “investors”, and our business community and residents. Please help!

JOIN HERE

Have you driven by the roundabout this week? Go around the whole thing! Shrubs and perennial flowers have been installed. The final touches of mulch and cobble around the perimeter should be finished by next week.  Thanks to IVCBA Main Street and the project donors to the Sierra Giving Circle through Incline Tahoe Foundation! 

I am going to make a shameless plug for YOU to join IVCBA as a Community Supporter for $50. Our membership is comprised of 285 residents, small, local, and corporate businesses,  and ALL of the nonprofits. Our agencies and some philanthropists comprise our Investor-level members. Washoe County supports us as well. These memberships fund our work that supports the entire community. Ideally, our largest base of supporters should be Community Supporters. Here’s what we do on behalf of the entire community:

COMMUNICATIONS

IVCBA.org calendar, The Weekly SnapShot, LIVE.WORK.PLAY magazine

COMMUNITY-WIDE EVENTS

Restaurant Week, Local Heroes 4^th of July Celebration, Fall Fest, and Northern Lights 

BEAUTIFICATION

Gateway Roundabout project, Inclined to Bloom, Dancing with Daffodils

Can you support our vision of a thriving community that supports and is supported by its agencies, businesses, nonprofits and residents? Join here!

THANKS TO ALL OF OUR MEMBERS AND ADVERTISERS FOR YOUR ONGOING SUPPORT!

PET GALA

Yes, I am going, and yes, I bought a new gown! We have no pets, BUT we have 7 grand cats!!

Thanks to the Pet Network board and gala committee for putting on this FABULOUS event every year!

CIVIC ENGAGEMENT

I can argue that attending fundraisers is a form of civic engagement!  But caring for our environment is a top priority heading into summer. If you didn’t go to the Defensible Space seminar last week, watch the slide deck here. Thanks to Kristie Wells of Casa Tua for organizing.

Come to the Village Spring Green Clean on June 13! It’s a week later than usual, but it is still followed up by the Incline Library Block Party. Grab supplies provided by IVGID’s Waste Not. Some people aren’t waiting for June 13: You might see any number of people picking up trash as part of a Blue Crew, but I am guessing it could also be Steve and Maren Ross of IV Enhancement Fund, Sally and Dwight Zuck, or passionate locals Ben and Carolyn! And if I missed giving YOU a shout-out, I want to hear about it!

LIKE WHAT YOU READ?

IVCBA is the Community and Business Association that promotes our local businesses and nonprofits, organizes community events, and produces the Weekly SnapShot!

If you are a subscriber and regular reader, please join as a Community Supporter for $50. If you are not a subscriber, do for free! Go to IVCBA.org.

We are financially supported by our local agency “investors”, and our business community and residents. Please help!

JOIN HERE