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Member Spotlight: Blue Granite Climbing Gym

October 22, 2018
    Member Spotlight

Blue Granite Climbing Gym is a new rock climbing gym that opened in South Lake Tahoe in September. Beyond rock climbing, the gym also offers yoga and group fitness classes, youth camps and teams, fitness equipment, and can host groups and birthday parties. Blue Granite also has a coffee bar, smoothies, and food options for their customers to enjoy. […]

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Member Spotlight: Pacific Development Group

October 17, 2018
    Member Spotlight

The Sierra Garden Apartments in South Lake Tahoe have been beautifully and appropriately renovated to match the environment and the community around them. The Pacific Development Group, in partnership with St. Joseph Community Land Trust, Community Revitalization & Development Corporation, and Bucky Fong; purchased the property and completed an extensive rehabilitation program while retaining affordability for existing and future residents for years to come. […]

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40 under 40: Madelyn Rios, LTCC / Lake Tahoe School

    40 Under 40

Kelsey Magoon follows the wisdom that “success is a series of small wins.” All of her small wins have added up to a big impact on our South Shore community. […]

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Member Spotlight: Singletrack Bookkeeping

    Member Spotlight

Singletrack Bookkeeping has been specializing in helping small businesses since 2006. The company focuses on the individual instead of the industry to create a custom experience for each client. The company saw an opportunity in South Lake Tahoe because of the number of like-minded entrepreneurs who build their lives around similar priorities; such as, family, the outdoors, and opportunity.

Learn a little more about Singletrack Bookkeeping in their Q&A; […]

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40 under 40: Darcie Goodman Collins, League to Save Lake Tahoe

October 16, 2018
    40 Under 40

Kelsey Magoon follows the wisdom that “success is a series of small wins.” All of her small wins have added up to a big impact on our South Shore community. […]

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Meadow Restoration Work Underway Near Baldwin Beach

October 12, 2018
    Community NewsPress Releases

The U.S. Forest Service Lake Tahoe Basin Management Unit (LTBMU) resumed meadow restoration work last week in Baldwin Meadow, which lies just south of Baldwin Beach on the south end of Lake Tahoe. The restoration work at Baldwin Meadow includes thinning conifer trees (white fir, lodgepole pine, incense cedar and Jeffrey pine) that are encroaching into the meadow and prescribed fire operations (understory burning) in the meadow itself. Mechanical fuels reduction work, also known as forest thinning, is expected to take place over the next several weeks, with prescribed fire operations expected to begin in mid-October, weather permitting. […]

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Austin’s House Celebrates 10 Years

October 11, 2018
    Community NewsPress Releases

Austin’s House, formerly known as Carson Valley Children’s Center, is proudly entering its eleventh year. Austin’s House provides emergency shelter for children who have been separated from their parents or legal guardians because of neglect or abuse.

Austin’s House is licensed by the State of Nevada and is the only shelter of its kind in rural Nevada. Children from Douglas, Lyon, Storey, and Carson City Counties are safe and compassionate care in the facility located in north Douglas County. […]

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40 under 40: Dr. Matthew Wong, Matthew Wong, PsyD

October 9, 2018
    40 Under 40

Matthew Wong is in the profession of helping people, but he refuses to stop there.

As a clinical psychologist at Matthew Wong, PsyD & Mountain Therapy Collaborative, Wong specializes in therapy, assessments and consultations. Beyond his inspiring daily work with children, adults, and families, this “40 under 40” honoree developed a children’s camp in collaboration with the Boy’s and Girl’s Club to help foster leadership and confidence. […]

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Member Spotlight: Palisade Building

    Member Spotlight

Join us for an Open House and Ribbon Cutting for Palisade Building on Thursday, October 11, from 4-5:30 p.m. Light refreshments will be available.

Palisade Building is a commercial office building with individual offices (some with lake views) for lease with 2 conference rooms available for tenant use. The building underwent a complete renovation and reopened July 2018. The contemporary building features: Each office has its own keyless security lock, high speed fiber optic and all utilities included, two conference rooms, digital directory, secured building with video surveillance and keyless entry, handicap access, 24 hour access. […]

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Tahoe Chamber’s Level UP Workshop Series – Ecommerce for Small Businesses

    Chamber NewsFeatured EventsPress Releases

E-commerce—sales done online—represented 10% of all sales in the United States in 2017 and that number is expected to grow 15% annually. South Shore businesses can get ahead of the curve and learn how to sell and market their products online in today’s fast-paced digital world by attending this interactive workshop, presented as a webinar by Veronika Monnell. […]

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