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Posted on: April 19, 2023

Bridgeport Covered Bridge Wins 2023 Preservation Design Award

California Preservation Foundation Awards 2023

The California Preservation Foundation (CPF) has announced the winners of the 2023 Preservation Design Awards, recognizing the best in historic preservation, restoration, adaptive reuse, and rehabilitation. One of this year’s 16 winners is our v...

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District 4 News
Posted on: April 19, 2023

Community Wildfire Defense Grant Funding Awarded to Projects in Nevada County

Community Wildfire Defense Grant

On March 20, the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) announced that it was investing over $600,000 in wildfire protection projects in Nevada County through the Community Wildfire Defense Grant (CWDG) program. This program is designed to assist ...

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District 4 News
Posted on: April 11, 2023

Landline, Cellular, and VoIP Customers: Help Improve Existing California Telephone Service Standards

CPUC Voice Service Complaint

Have you experienced repeated or extended service outages? Poor response to customer service requests? Other non-billing challenges? Tell your story to the California Public Utility Commission so they can assess whether existing standards for telephone se...

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District 4 News
Posted on: February 15, 2023

Top Priorities in 2023

Each year, the Board of Supervisors identifies our top priorities – our “objectives” – during the Board’s January workshop. These objectives aim to address community challenges, help prioritize staff time ...

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District 4 News
Posted on: December 16, 2022

Nevada County Now Accepting Applications for Citizen’s Academy

Citizens Academy NewsFlash

Nevada County’s Citizen’s Academy offers a behind-the-scenes look at the ins and outs of County government. This is a unique opportunity to learn about the people, places, and programs that make our County government work. Have you ever wondered how the C...

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District 4 News
Posted on: December 16, 2022

Nevada County Connects Celebrates 12 Days of Free Transit Fares

Transit Nevada County Connects Free Fare - NewsFlash

Celebrate the 12 days of Holiday Cheer as Nevada County Connects offers free fares on all routes from December 17 until the end of the year! It’s our gift to you for the holidays.

Nevada County Transit Services has received a Low Carbon Transit Operations ...

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District 4 News
Posted on: December 15, 2022

Big Wins for the South Yuba River

Emergency Call Box

This fall, we celebrated the five-year anniversary of the South Yuba River Public Safety Cohort (known as “the Cohort”), a roundtable discussion group led by myself  -- District 4 Supervisor Sue Hoek -- and District 1 Supervis...

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District 4 News
Posted on: December 15, 2022

$6.6M in Federal Funding Awarded to Public Safety Projects in Nevada County

Funding Wins

Back in the spring of 2021, as Congress was starting to put together its proposed budget for FY22, they announced that they were bringing back federal “earmarks” – a portion of the federal budget that is set aside for members...

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