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	TRUCKEE'S HISTORIC RICHARDSON HOUSE TDHS newsest Business Member The Richardson House Re-Invigorated www.richardsonhouse.com Courtesy Photo 13 May -16 June 2010 Moonshine Ink On the Spot: Business News Read more of this article > > >(link to Moonshine Ink web page) or (open as link in TDHS website) See the inside renovations of this historic home The Richardson House — photos published in the Reno Gazette Journal> > > (link to RGJ.com web page) or (open as link in TDHS website) VIEW THE SNOOPY LICENSE PRESS RELEASE VIDEO The HISTORIC DONNER SUMMIT ROAD PLAQUE (aka Rainbow Bridge), circa 1925 is on LOAN to the DONNER SUMMIT HISTORICAL SOCIETY Learn more about the 20-Mile Commemorative Museum Coming to Donner Summit in the Wednesday November 4, 2009 Sierra Sun article By Greyson Howard Read more of this article > > >(link to Sierra Sun web page) or (open as link in TDHS website) click here to see a photo of the Plaque and the Loan Document return to top 2009 EVENT PHOTOS ARE AVAILABLE TO VIEW Find the link either on our Event Photos Page or go directly to the new their new web pages for Haunted Tour right mouse click here \| for Annual Election Dinner right mouse click here for Old Timers' Picnic right mouse click here \| for Ice Cream Social right mouse click here Check out our new Picassa Web Album return to top VOLUNTEER FOR THE FUN OF IT Start to have some fun using your skiils as a TDHS Volunteer. Please contact the person listed below the job positions: 1. Research Library staff To sort, catalog, and archive our extensive research materials 2. Research Historians Several volunteers are needed to stay on top of our numerous research requests, organizing, and archiving contact Katie Holley 3. Publicity Chair contact Billie Cornell 4. Old Jail Museum docents 5. Transcriber for our Oral History project contact Chelsea Walterscheid 6. Grant Writer(s) 7. Fundraiser(s) 8. Ice Cream Social Event Coordinator for 2010 contact Judy Dunlap return to top OLD JAIL MUSEUM OPENS FOR SUMMER 2010 Open Saturday & Sunday starting June 12 Located near the corner of Jibboom and Spring Streets in Historic Downtown Truckee, CA Docent Training - learn more click here for a PDF (right mouse click to 'Open Link in New Tab') Contact Don Colclough to book your 2010 private tours. OLD JAIL HAS A NEW ROOF . . . Come see it this summer ESCAPEE'S BEWARE; OLD TRUCKEE JAIL MUSEUM RE-ROOF IS A GO! Published in the web edition of Moonshine Ink, Friday October 23, 2009 The Truckee Town Council, acting as the Truckee Redevelopment Agency Board of Directors, voted to allocate $29,000 for the re-roof project of the Old Jail Museum in downtown Truckee. The Truckee Donner Historical Society (TDHS), the group who operates and maintains the Old Jail Museum, awarded the project bid to a local construction company, Mark Tanner Construction. Read more of this article > > > (link Moonshine Ink web page) or (open as link in TDHS website) TRUCKEE'S OLD JAIL MUSEUM RE-ROOF RECEIVES TOWN FINANCIAL SUPPORT Published in the Sierra Sun, Friday October 13, 2009 The Truckee Donner Historical Society is pleased to announce the re-roof of the Old Jail Museum in downtown Truckee will proceed on schedule, thanks to the Town of Truckee's financial support. The Truckee Town Council, acting as the Truckee Redevelopment Agency Board of Directors, voted unanimously on Oct. 1, 2009 to fund the re-roof project for $29,000. The RDA vote means the Society can award the project bid to a local construction company, Mark Tanner Construction. Mark Tanner Construction removed the old roof and installed the new roof before the Historic Haunted Tour fundraising event Oct. 21, 2009with Trails and Vistas. Read more of this article > > > (link to Sierra Sun web page) or (open as link in TDHS website) return to top return to top TOWN OF TRUCKEE MAJOR DEVELOPMENT PROJECTS Brickelltown Streetscape Project TRUCKEE'S BRICKELLTOWN REDEVELOPMENT PLANS ON HOLD DURING TALKS WITH RAILROAD Town hopes things get back on track by summer By Greyson Howard Published in online edition of the Sierra Sun, Thursday April 29, 2010 Read more of this article > > > (link to Sierra Sun web page) NEXT PHASE OF WEST DOWNTOWN TRUCKEE REVITALIZATION By Greyson Howard Published in the Sierra Sun, Friday November 27, 2009 Next Brickelltown workshop will be held on Wed, Dec. 2, 2009 from 6 to 8:30 p.m. at Town Hall. The town is looking for public input once again as it hones in on plans for the western end of historic downtown. Two previous workshops looked at plans for Brickelltown — which spans between the roundabout and Spring Street — at the conceptual level, weighing two options; keeping Donner Pass Road in place or moving it south toward the railroad to allow more parking in front of businesses Read more of this article >>> (link to Sierra Sun web page) or (open as link in TDHS website) return to top BRICKELLTOWN UPDATE COULD COST MORE THAN FIRST ESTIMATE By Greyson Howard Published in the Sierra Sun, Friday November 9, 2009 With some of the conceptual work well under way, the town is looking at what initially appears to be the rising costs of revitalizing Brickelltown. In a number of public workshops, the town has been looking at two alternative options for improving the western end of downtown between the roundabout and Spring Street — shifting Donner Pass Road to the south, toward the railroad tracks, to bring more parking to the north side of the street, or keeping Donner Pass Road where it is and making other streetscape improvements. Read more of this article > > > (link to Sierra Sun web page) or (open as link in TDHS website) return to top BRICKELLTOWN HEADED FOR A HUGE FACELIFT by Beth Ingalls Published: by Moonshine Ink, Friday November 3, 2009 * Web Exclusive * The Truckee Town Council will get an update on the Brickelltown Streetscape project at their regular meeting on Nov. 5 and the public will also be given an opportunity to comment and provide feedback. Phase one of the project, which includes public involvement and the creation of preliminary designs for the corridor extending from Spring Street to the McIver roundabout, was authorized by the council in July at a cost of $429,000. Read more of this article > > > (link to Moonshine Ink web page) or (open as link in TDHS website) return to top Truckee Railroad Museum View photos from the opening day posted May 14, 2010 on the TDHS Page Updated 05.29.10: The Railroad Museum had it's official Opening May 8, 2010 during National Railroad Day. See it coming down the tracks to one of the Sierra Nevada's most beloved railroad towns — Truckee. Aptly housed in an old Southern Pacific Railroad caboose that was once used in the area, the 300-square-foot Truckee Railroad Museum is slated to open its doors (maybe) this winter. The facility is now located next to the train depot and the California Welcome Center in the heart of Truckee's historic downtown. (Sierra Sun, Friday May 28, 2009) (read more > > ) (Sierra Sun, Friday April 20, 2010) (read more >>) return to top The Mousehole Truckee Mousehole: More short-term fixes on the way this summer Read more about the project > > > (from Sierra Sun Friday, March 11, 2010 online edition) UNION PACIFIC RAILROAD NEEDS CONVINCING ON MOUSEHOLE By Greyson Howard Published in the Sierra Sun, Thursday, November 26, 2009 TRUCKEE — Union Pacific Railroad officials aren't on board with plans to create a pedestrian tunnel at the Mousehole undercrossing, but town planners think they can change their minds. The Town of Truckee and Caltrans have been working together for years on a safe way to get pedestrians and cyclists through the Highway 89 south undercrossing of the railroad tracks, known as the Mousehole. The preferred solution they've landed on is a separate tunnel to the east with a trail connecting the sidewalk opposite Deerfield Drive to West River Street. Read more of this article > > > (link to Sierra Sun web page) or (open as link in TDHS website ) Railyard Master Plan JUDGE RULES AGAINST FRIENDS OF TRUCKEE IN RAILYARD LAWSUIT By Greyson Howard TRUCKEE- ... "I'm ecstatic," said project owner Rick Holliday in a Friday interview. "I do feel we had won in the court of public opinion: 5-0 in the planning commission, 5-0 in the town council, and felt the public's voice was loud on this." .... (Sierra Sun, published in the Wednesday June 2, 2010 edition (read more > > > ) To read a PDF version of Judge C. Anders Holmer's ruling (download here > > > ) TROUT CREEK RESTORATION PROJECT MOVED UPSTREAM DOWNSTREAM STRETCH WAITING FOR RAILYARD DEVELOPMENT, according to town officials By Greyson Howard TRUCKEE — Town council decided last week to concentrate restoration efforts on Trout Creek upstream, and to wait to tackle the lower part of the creek until the Railyard development's fate becomes more clear. (Sierra Sun, Wednesday May 26, 2010 (read more > > ) RAILYARD LAWSUIT JUDGE MAKES RULING A Nevada County Superior Court judge has ruled in favor of the Town of Truckee and Holliday Development regarding the planned residential and commercial development at the Truckee Railyard. (Sierra Sun, Friday May 28, 2010 (read more > > ) RAILYARD MASTER PLAN APPROVED BY TOWN COUNCIL (Sierra Sun, Friday June 17, 2009) (read more > > ) Download information on the Town Council Public Hearing held June 17, 2009 Additional sources: Sierra Business Council Truckee Railyard Blog Town of Truckee Railyard Master Plan Truckee Railyard website If you have any questions, please contact Denyelle Nishimori, Associate Planner, at (530) 582-2934. return to top Hilltop Master Plan COVER IT LIVE RECAP: TRUCKEE SENIOR HOUSING PROJECT PRESENTATION Read more about the project > > > (from Sierra Sun Wednesday, March 10, 2010 online edition) POLLARD STATION SENIOR LIVING AT HILLTOP PROJECT Read more about the project > > > (from Truckee Planning Commission agenda Jan 13, 2010) By Greyson Howard Published in the Sierra Sun, Monday, November 23, 2009 TRUCKEE, Calif. — The first project in the Hilltop development in Truckee could be a senior living community. FNC Communities of Truckee is proposing an 8-acre project named Pollard Station, which includes 153 units, both for sale and for rent, and a list of features designed to accommodate the senior community. Read more of this article > > > (link to Sierra Sun web page) or (open as link in TDHS website ) For more details refer to the Town of Truckee website Or contact Duane Hall, Town Planner at (530) 582-2918 or dhall@townoftruckee.com.
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