I hardly think the "amount of blight" is a strength in Truckee. I mean, we hardly have any of that, which suggests to me it's not really our strong point. If we need that to be a strength, I would suggest a Pro-Blight campaign.
Add more adult oriented classes to Truckee Recreation program like art etc
So many locals are moving out of the area due to the extreme costs of living as new businesses are opening. The economy of Truckee is extremely concerning.
Not sure we should have completed this study as we have a second home in Truckee, not our primary! We love Truckee though.
Dont build a huge luxury garage for the Town of Truckee.
I have a second home in Truckee and I love spending my vacations in Truckee. The winter and summer months are wonderful for recreational sports.
Better handling of traffic during weekends and holidays. I love the energy when Truckee is full of visitors but the traffic is such a downer.
I thoroughly love living in Truckee. I commute to Reno three days a week for a high-paying job, and I am frequently asked, "Why do you live in California and not in Reno where it's cheaper?" For starters, Reno is becoming expensive - so there's that. I'm actually okay with paying taxes in California (state and local) because of the high quality of life. I can literally walk one minute behind my house and have a network of trails ready to explore. The higher cost of living is totally worth not having to deal with traffic, crime, and many of the common issues that plague mid-to-large sized cities.
I love Truckee. The access to year round extracurricular activities makes it a one stop paradise for the outdoor enthusiast
Healthcare used to be good in Truckee, but now that all the doctors are associated with Tahoe Forest Hospital, few of them actually take the major insurance companies like Anthem Blue Cross. While some services may be covered, most are not. I'm not sure who in Truckee is actually able to be seen and covered by folks at Tahoe Forest, but most people I know experience problems with insurance coverage both in Truckee and Incline. Why as a community should we continue to subsidize a health system that doesn't actually service our residents?
Plan for future growth! Think about what congestion, pollution, housing, etc will look like 30-50 years from now. It is going to grow, but you can design to limit that growth just like you can design to increase or accommodate it. What does the ideal Truckee look like to the community (including non full time residents), and then what does that mean in terms of the number of people, homes, cars, students, shops that you can reasonably accommodate without impacting that vision of the ideal Truckee.
We all need to get involved with decision making for our community. I feel that the branding of Truckee "Basecamp for a Big Life" has been detrimental, not helpful.
Call it what it is...Truckee City. We are no longer a Town of
Increased visitation and residency has altered the culture of our community - what used to be the Truckee Way has become the Bay Area Way - this makes me very sad. People move here because of the more relaxed way of life and because it isn’t what they left and as soon as they get here they want to change it into what they left. Additionally, out of fear and misinformation there is a movement precipitated by a loud few to eliminate our ability to have a simple barbecue. Where will it end? This isn’t right - reaction to this needs to be tempered with common sense and rational thinking not emotionally generated responses.
To be clear- our primary home is not in Truckee.
Springhill Suites was to be for employees in Truckee, but I have heard that only 6 units are available. That is so pathetic!
Shhhhh... I wish our Chamber would stop telling everyone how great living in Truckee is.
Hoping truckee Thursday gets moved to the railyard area to free up downtown a bit.
It would be nice if the Town of Truckee didn't view every new business and construction project as a good thing.
Love the work of Truckee Trails Love the work of the Land Trust Great job from the town with snow clearing
Gas prices are outrageous. 80 cents to $1 per gallon higher here than Reno or Auburn. Why? Transport, really? Sell that to me when small towns, places along 49 in the Sierra, much more remote, have lower gas prices. Otherwise, love living in Truckee, great people, great recreational opportunities, beautiful mountains, forests, lakes.
Yes, I live In Truckee about 5 to 6 months out of the year. However, My primary home is in the San Diego area. Our home is in Tahoe Donner. I feel Tahoe Donner part time owners get disproportionately highly taxed. We are heavily taxed on local bond issues and never get to vote on them. This does not seem fair. I think the town of Truckee should open up a more Constructive dialogue with the Tahoe Donner Board and Management to get their opinions of what should be done in the town and area of Truckee since about 85% of its residents who are part time owners are paying a large proportion of the costs. Also given this, I find it highly offensive we have to pay for PARKING Downtown. Consequently, we try to minimize our visits there. I suggest you give tags to local property owners who pay local taxes.
The Truckee Town Council and general plan goals should focus on being authentic and not trying be like the Jones'. Manage tourism in a sustainable fashion. I don't think we need to have huge marketing campaigns anymore regarding Truckee tourism, let's prioritize funding to sustaining the community and services offered.
there really needs to be some conversations between the town and the ski resorts in regards to all the tourist that came last winter and the grid lock traffic and all the people stuck in dangerous weather when 80 closed. Truckee can only take so many people without a danger to our infrastructure crashing and god help us if we have a forest fire during 4th of July. As a local I stayed home when the weather was bad and all the tourists were on the road. I have also attended CAL fires booths and have defensible space. The Sierra Sun was full of news of record profits for last winter, but at what cost?
It's getting harder for the working class. I've lived here since 1998 and while I know growth is great for community the issue I see is that we are adding more homes for out of towners and not supporting the local working class. If the service industry and working calss population continued to be pused to Reno and beyond the community will falter when you have noone to do those jobs. I hear it often that employers are struggling to fill open postions beciase employees cannot find homes to love in. I know the Town of Truckee is aware but you're giving permits for 2nd homes to be built.
Create a Truckee web portal listing all hiking trailheads, mtn biking, recreation opportunities with detailed access and parking suggestions. Make Truckee the high altitude sports training destination. Market the recreation center's pool. Create day long training schedules utilizing Truckee assets. Clean up river Street and have restaurants with decks overlooking river. The Truckee river is an underutilized asset!
Truckee is or has become very trendy & costly. Not much you can do about that!
Truckee is a “spiritual” town and alternative life styles are embraced. However in our own middle school curriculum on World religions the chapter on Christianity, which is in the text, can not be taught. Old school morals still need to be included or you will be loosing many people that have made the community what it is today.
Truckee needs low cost housing for laborer and a better hourly rate, like $15 per hour, it is time to help the workers.
Push for more underground utilities. Give thanks to all our Truckee public servants - they are the best!
Truckee is a great place to live but a hard place to live also. Affordable housing is a tremendous problem.
While Truckee would/will benefit from some development, lets hope it does not get so large as to loose the flavor that makes it special. Also, lets keep the local government in check, we don't want to become a small San Francisco with a lot of government overreach.
Always a problem parking and the meters, shop owners and salespeople often ignore customers. Most people I know won’t even go downtown! Gas prices have always a hardship here ....hmmm ....maybe even a rip-off. Just returned home from HA and it was much less than Truckee...even there, Love how our police department and fire department! They appear to be efficient, helpful, present and proactive! Trash management and road department very responsive and hard working to try and accommodate citizens responses and or complaints,
Improve the connection between the Town, business and the community. The Town of Truckee (big T.) consistently appears to have its own agenda and ego that is not necessarily in line with what is best for the community.