Posted on: May 6, 2022
May is Building Safety Month. The International Code Council founded building Safety Month to promote worldwide building safety and help individuals, families, and businesses understand what it takes to create safe and sustainable structures in our commun...
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Community Development News
Posted on: April 26, 2022
Nevada County is developing an exciting plan to help guide future improvements for the Higgins Corner area in the South County region. The Greater Higgins Area Plan is a planning effort with two key goals:
- Establish a comprehensive future vision for the ar...
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Community Development News
Posted on: April 20, 2022
Come celebrate Earth Day in Nevada City as Nevada County Connects offers free fares on all routes on April 29th and 30th! It’s our gift to the Earth, from you.
Please help us make a positive impact in our communities by riding transit, ...
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Community Development News
Posted on: April 20, 2022
Waste Management offers Free Nevada County Greenwaste events this spring. Please see the specific details of their program below.
Who: Nevada County ResidentsWhen: Mondays: May 9 & 16th What: Dispose of all your lan...
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Community Development News
Posted on: April 19, 2022
The Nevada County Environmental Health Department Vector Control Program will be holding Mosquito Fish Giveaways on five Thursday afternoons throughout May and June. Mosquito Fish can consume large quantities of insect larvae in your pond or other standin...
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Community Development News
Posted on: April 7, 2022
Help ensure access to the Hirschdale area by using the parking and access points to the Tahoe Pyramid Trail and Truckee River (effective 4/8/2022). Please remember to respect homeowners, private property, and leave no trace to protect this important commu...
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Community Development News
Posted on: March 30, 2022
Nevada County’s Building Director Craig Griesbach shared with me a special experience he had while working to address green waste cleanup needs around the county: “This past month, I met a disabled veteran and his neighbor in Cascade Shores. The veteran n...
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Community Development News
Posted on: March 3, 2022
Nevada County announces Weights and Measures Week, March 1 -7, 2022. These dates are designated every year to commemorate President John Adams’s signing of the first United States weights and measures law on March 2nd, 1799.
“Here in Nevada Count...
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Community Development News
Posted on: February 23, 2022
Nevada County is developing an exciting plan to help guide future improvements for the Higgins Corner area in the South County region. The Greater Higgins Area Plan is a planning effort with two key goals:
- Establish a comprehensive future vision for the ar...
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Community Development News
Posted on: January 28, 2022
Nevada City, January 28, 2022—The County of Nevada is contracting with the Fire Safe Council to offer free storm-related green waste disposal to Nevada County residents for three extended weekends this spring. It is no secret that recent storms created a ...
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Community Development News
Posted on: December 20, 2021
The Nevada County Community Development Agency (CDA), Nevada County Office of Emergency Services (OES), Nevada County Contractors’ Association (NCCA), teamed up with several local design professionals to provide preapproved residential master plans for pr...
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Community Development News
Posted on: March 19, 2021
Join Nevada County for an online community meeting introducing CEQA (California Environmental Quality Act) to residents on Thursday, April 1, 2021 6:30 p.m. to 8:00 p.m. CEQA is a statewide policy implemented for environmental protection. The CEQA law req...
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Community Development News
Posted on: December 10, 2021
With meteorologists forecasting an impactful storm system this Saturday into next week in Northern California, Nevada County Public Works encourages residents to report their roadside concerns.
- If you have an emergency, please report immediately ...
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Community Development News
Posted on: November 17, 2021
For many Nevada County residents, outdoor recreation is like oxygen. It is essential and it is the reason many of us choose to live here. Similarly, many of us put down roots here, away from larger cities, because we’re drawn to the beauty that is right i...
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Community Development News
Posted on: November 10, 2021
This week the Nevada County Agricultural Commissioner presented the 2020 Nevada County Annual Crop and Livestock Report to the Board of Supervisors. This annual report helps gauge the economic health and diversity of the agricultural community here in Nev...
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Community Development News
Posted on: October 29, 2021
On October 12, Nevada County Supervisors unanimously approved a new Affordable Housing Master Plan Project. This project will help create affordable housing critical to the region by providing housing master plans that can be used for either acc...
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Community Development News
Posted on: October 27, 2021
For the bus art to truly reflect the community, we asked the community, you, to vote on your favorite designs. We collected results and the winner was selected.
Nevada County Transit announces the bus art winner Denise Wey with Poppies. Coming Su...
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Community Development News
Posted on: October 22, 2021
Nevada County property owners knew there were complicated issues involved with cleaning up their property. With the guidance of Nevada County Code Compliance staff, the property owners better understood the unique challenges they faced and were connected ...
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Community Development News
Posted on: October 18, 2021
The Nevada County Fish and Wildlife Commission is now soliciting grant proposals for the Fiscal Year 2022/2023. The grant program is entirely supported through the Nevada County Fish and Wildlife Propagation Fund, which receives revenues resulting from vi...
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Community Development News
Posted on: October 8, 2021
Nevada County is kicking off an exciting project to help guide future development and amenities in the Higgins Corner and Lake of the Pines area in the South County region. The Greater Higgins Area Plan is a planning effort with two key goals:
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Community Development News
Posted on: October 4, 2021
This week, October 3rd through the 9th, 2021, people across California are joining together to recognize code professionals and their vital role in promoting the health and safety of the public and environment. These professionals work tirelessl...
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Community Development News
Posted on: September 30, 2021
On Friday, September 22, various members of the Nevada County Cannabis Alliance and the Cannabis Compliance Division Program Manager, Jeff Merriman accompanied the Department of Cannabis Control (DCC) on a cannabis-specific tour of local busines...
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Community Development News
Posted on: September 21, 2021
Cannabis Compliance Division works in partnership with the community to permit and maintain a safe, legal, environmentally responsible, and thriving cannabis industry. This division is the lead agency for local cannabis cultivation permitting and enforcem...
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Community Development News
Posted on: September 9, 2021
The Nevada County Environmental Health Department and the Department of Toxic Substances Control (DTSC) have spent the last couple of weeks working tirelessly to remove hazardous waste from the 94 properties affected by the River Fire within Nevada County...
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Community Development News
Posted on: September 1, 2021
Nevada County Transit is pleased to announce their new brands Nevada County Connects (formerly Gold Country Stage) and Nevada County Now (formerly Gold Country Lift).
In celebration of the new branding and as the only rural county with two (2) Cu...
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Community Development News
Posted on: August 26, 2021
The Veterans Memorial Building in Grass Valley received a long-overdue renovation of its maple flooring. The facility was renovated in 2008 to bring in modern comforts while preserving the space's historic character.
Sandy “Jake” Jacobson, former Director ...
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Community Development News
Posted on: August 10, 2021
Please be advised that effective Monday, August 16th, 2021 Nevada County Connects fixed-route bus service and Nevada County Now ADA and Senior On-Demand Paratransit services will resume normal operating hours for weekday service.
Normal Monday &a...
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Community Development News
Posted on: August 10, 2021
We are pleased to announce that our new Public Works Director, Panos Kokkas, will be starting on August 16, 2021. Please help us welcome him to Nevada County!
Panos Kokkas has over 36 years of extensive technical and management experience in the ...
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Community Development News
Posted on: July 22, 2021
‘The best outcomes’: Nevada County’s CDA director plans to strengthen partnerships. Trisha Tillotson, newly appointed, would "like to see the CDA be a partner with community organizations". She hopes to continue to remove barriers and create connections.
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Community Development News
Posted on: July 1, 2021
Have you been affected by Unpermitted Structures or gone through the After-the-Fact Permitting? The NCCA and NCAOR want to hear from you. Take this confidential survey to help them better understand the challenges. Enter to win a $125 Visa Card!
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Community Development News
Posted on: June 4, 2021
Nevada County’s Public Works Director, Trisha Tillotson, has been appointed as Nevada County’s Community Development Agency (CDA) Director beginning June 27th. CDA includes Nevada County’s Agricultural Commissioner, Building, Environmental Health, Plannin...
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Community Development News
Posted on: May 26, 2021
The Community Development Agency (CDA) cleaned up our “adopted” LaBarr Meadows Road on Saturday, May 22, 2021. The effort comes at a critical time in the County’s effort to encourage litter pick-up, responsible recreation, an...
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