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By Tim Hauserman
On January 25th the Tahoe Regional Planning Agency’s Governing Board approved the Tahoe City Lodge project. Coming after approval by the Placer County Board of Supervisors on December 6th, developer Kila Properties can now move forward to finish design and start construction of the project, the first from scratch hotel built in Tahoe City in decades. Completion is expected in 2018.
The Tahoe City Lodge will will be a four story, condo/hotel with 118 units as well as restaurant facilities and in cooperation with the adjacent Tahoe City Golf Course/Tahoe City Winter Sports Park, meeting space. The property will replace the white stucco project built in the 1960s known as the Henrickson Building at 255 North Lake Blvd. near the entrance to Tahoe City. In contrast to other development proposals at Tahoe, the lodge has received strong support not only from the local business community who has hoped for a top notch hotel in Tahoe City for decades, but from environmental organizations which sees the benefits of redeveloping a parcel that has been in need of an upgrade for decades. The hope is that hotel guests will drive to the lodge, leave their car and then walk to restaurants, shops and the cinema.
“Given its location, its environmental benefits and the collaborative process that surrounded its development, the Tahoe City Lodge proposal stands as a model for how developers should proceed at Lake Tahoe,” said Darcie Goodman Collins, PhD, the League’s executive director. “This is the type of Lake-friendly project we envisioned for Tahoe when the League supported the Regional Plan Update in 2012.”
Join the celebration of approval for the Tahoe City Lodge on February 7th between 5-8 pm at the Tahoe City Winter Sports Park. For more information please go to: Tahoe City Lodge
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Hopefully you have power by now and you can check out the 2016 4th quarter real estate stats and also the years 2005 – 2016 bar graphs.
For the 2016 4th quarter market stats, go here: yourfriendinhighplaces.net/north-lake-tahoe-truckee-real-estate-market-stats/
For comparative Market stat graphs overall for the years 2005 – 2016, go here: yourfriendinhighplaces.net/market-results-2004-2013/
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Be safe out there. Mother nature has been packing a wallop with a series of major storms. Bluebird days predicted for this weekend!
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By Tim Hauserman
The first half of January 2017 has brought copious quantities of snow, rain, and even dense fog to the Tahoe region. It brought crippling power outages, long periods of road closures, but raised the level of Lake Tahoe over a foot. It was a time of seemingly endless snow shoveling, candlelight dinners next to the woodstove, traffic jams and high avalanche danger. Finally, it was an opportunity to enjoy some of the best ski conditions in years…if you were not too sore from all that shoveling to get out and ski.
Hard to believe now that at the end of 2016 the ski resorts were just barely sneaking by with a minimal amount of snow. With the turning of the calendar a fresh set of storms set us up with a deep coating of white. It was a true Goldilocks situation. Enough to open up all the mountains, but not so deep to severely impair travel. Next, unfortunately came what we used to call a Pineapple Express and now call an atmospheric river. Whatever you call it, it’s a lot of rain in a short period. I watched my garage and basement flood. But late in the evening of January 8 the rain changed to snow…and the snow kept coming. Five plus feet at lake level with double that at the higher elevations.
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The real reason the ski resorts were closed…
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That much snow, especially after a drenching rain, causes problems. The two biggies were road closures and the power outages caused by falling trees. When you saturate the ground severely, dump a bunch of wet heavy snow on trees with roots sitting in puddles, and add the piece de resistance of heavy winds: Trees fall on power lines. The groomers at Tahoe Cross Country Ski Area reported having to cut 30 trees off the trails during one night of grooming.
Now with the power back on almost everywhere, and after a few days to get shoveled out…a fresh new set of storms are just hitting the area. The skiing is going to be great, and the lake is going to be full of water…eventually, but first, more tricky roads and crossing fingers that the power stays on.
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