Talk to focus on Reno’s economic impacts on Tahoe
How economic growth in Reno will impact the Lake Tahoe Basin, its workforce and its local economy will be the topic of a lunch on Aug. 7.
Mike Kazmierski, CEO of the Economic Development Authority of Western Nevada, will help facilitate a discussion to dig deeper into the possible scenarios for Tahoe associated with development in Reno. The goal is for participants to identify steps to take for the Tahoe region to ensure its workforce, businesses and economy are prepared for what’s next.
The event is from noon-2pm at Lake Tahoe Resort Hotel in South Lake Tahoe. This lunch is presented by the Lake Tahoe South Shore Chamber of Commerce and the Tahoe Prosperity Center. Registration is $25 and includes lunch. Reservations may be made online.
As someone who attended last month’s SET (‘Stronger Economies Together’) Conference @ UNR. . .& who initiated a major AIA Sustainable Design Assessment Team project for 7 counties of the Northern Nevada across 6 categories a few years ago, it will be interesting to hear “what happens next”, as it is the Tahoe-Reno Industrial Park (all 105,000 acres of it) that drives most economic activity there these days. . .
Noting that “Tahoe” precedes Reno in the naming of TRIP, but is secondary in the naming of the airport (Reno-Tahoe Airport). . .the Tahoe Basin is nevertheless an integral & necessary ingredient in any future NN regional economic plan, as most real estate presentations (whether residential or commercial) mostly end with “and, oh, by-the-way, you’re only X number of (minutes or miles) away from Lake Tahoe”… as a sort of built-in amenity to living here or in this region. . .
The initiation of the above-mentioned AIA project was actually premised upon the coming pressures of growth from the Northern Nevada direction, as west-slope issues were more about the onslaught of growth from the west, whether 50 in El Dorado County or 80 in Placer County, as a lot of Tahoe directives are ceded to TRPA, as not needing as much attention as those other growth elements, as, of course, growth in Tahoe was not as strong an element as might be expected from CA developers salivating over NN property that was cheaper than CA, while at the same time not as subject to the stringency of CA environmental concerns (& outside the jurisdiction of TRPA).
In short, a look at some future NN directions was needed to forestall undue divergence of sustainable issues for Nevada, and, in particular, undue pressures on the ecology of Tahoe with the influx of the growth issues just now being contemplated. . .
This subject is timely, in that Tahoe is not “prepared” (nor is NN, for that matter), as it has been already noted in recent times that Tahoe needs & wants a ‘vision’ but is not quite sure how to procure one for itself, so this might be yet another needed stimulus for Tahoe to “get its’ act together” – a new auto-parts store & another liquor outlet may not be sufficient economic development to be an attractive part of “what’s next” – in optimizing a future.
I will be attending, as in the following month, I & a colleague will be making a presentation, “Sustainable Economic Development: All-Inclusive”, at the APA (American Planning Association) Nevada Conference at the UNR Student Union, the same venue as the SET just last month. . .
It’s all about coming change, not protecting whatever one’s position is now . . . “Planning Precedes Performance”. . .