Posts from ‘September, 2008’

Teri Vance or the Nevada Appeal has written a great story about our New Washoe City Bullriding company, the Triple J Bull Riding Livestock Company. Johnny Howell and his son’s run the company which has a complete bull riding facility at their home. Bull riders and aspiring bull riders come from all over to practice [...]

The Nevada Division of State Parks announced today that it is accepting applications for the 2009 round of recreation trail projects during the fall of 2008.
This Federal Highway Administration grant program is administered by Nevada by State Parks. The total amount of available funds for 2009 will be announced this fall. Funding is expected to [...]

from a reader:
We are all so fortunate to live in such a scenic area.  Many of us take a daily early morning walks.  I enjoy seeing many of my Neighbor’s out walking their dogs, but I don’t enjoy seeing all the dog poop left on the edge of the road and [...]

The SVAP meeting last week went well for residents as the county commissioners chose to scale back the “Weston/Lowden” development proposal in this article in the RGJ.com. According to the article, about 100 valley residents made a presence that once again impressed the commissioners.
The commissioners have given the planners 40 days to change the development [...]

Ever hear of that one? Go to Sierravistaranches.com
and check out the plans for thirteen 5.7 acres lots in the “Equestrian Country Club” planned for a strip of land across the street from Little Washoe Lake along East Lake Blvd. The site includes conceptual sketches of the homes, site and views. The development will stretch [...]

On September 9th, the county commissioners are going to revisit the latest version of the South Valleys Area Plan. This is after years of negotiations between citizens of Washoe Valley and the county’s planning staff. Previous public turnout at these meetings has had a great effect on convincing the commissioners that residents of Washoe Valley [...]