Projects

As part of the five-month program, participants work on Action Plans designed to improve or enhance some aspect of local community life. These Action Plans are intended to provide the framework to allow for real-world changes in the community. Through interviews, surveys, and research, the teams develop a program rationale (why is the program necessary), a set of measurable objectives, a needs assessment, a proposed budget, a timeline, suggestions for community collaborations and a promotional packet. The final projects will be presented on the last day of the program as part of the graduation ceremony. The action plans are modeled on the master’s projects that SNC students produce as part of the M.Ed. in Leadership program. Producing the action plan prepares a team to implement a good idea in a short period of time with a realistic budget through the cooperation and support of the local community. These action plans are a roadmap to effective change.

Tame the Flame
This project was designed for North Tahoe area homeowners and renters to gain better understanding of homefire prevention practices.

Tahoe Food Hub
The Tahoe Food Hub will bring organic food from small producers within 150-miles and make it available for wholesale distribution in North Lake Tahoe.

Professionals of Truckee-Tahoe
PTT will provide professionals in the area with the chance to network, connect with the community, learn about local career opportunities, and to build new friendships.

The Tahoe Mind
The Tahoe Mind is a project dedicated to helping diversify the North Lake Tahoe-Truckee Community by providing mentoring resources to entrepreneurs looking to develop and expand businesses in the Tahoe Region that are not solely tourist dependant.

Professional Housing Solutions
PH Solutions is a project designed to strengthen the North Lake Tahoe-Truckee Community by providing a vital link between unused second homes and the hard to find repsonsible, professional tenant.

Arts for the Heart
This project outlines the need for and idea of  a fundraising program for North Lake Tahoe arts programs.

Health Indictaors
The Health Indicators Project pertaining to Awareness and Participation in Cancer Programs is a study to determine what the special needs are of cancer patients and families in the surrounding community, how can the community become informed, and if interested, how can they participate

The Marketing Toolkit
The Marketing Toolkit Workshop is a seminar to be given with the goal of providing educational material and in-sight for “Maximizing Marketing Efficiency for Your Small Business.”

Walkability Assessment North Tahoe-Truckee
This report will display the value of walking and walkability and report on information gathered at public workshops, local government and master plan guidelines and various websites that led to our development of the Walkability Assessment in North Tahoe Truckee (WANTT) tool.

Compost Group Paper
This project presents a first-step solution to the challenge of informing the general public about how to compost and why compost in the Tahoe Region.

Tahoe Truckee Experiment
The goal of this project was to research methods to create and manage a resource for Truckee and North Lake Tahoe community members to turn to for civic awareness.

Kings Beach Commercial Core Improvement Project
In any community, decisions that impact residents, businesses, and visitors, can at best, be controversial, and at worst, divisive. The goal of this project was to use one such issue and its related public meetings as an opportunity to assess the methods of communication, and as a case study to provide recommendations for future such projects in the area.

Sustainability Made Simple
This program is designed to educate and influence North Tahoe and Truckee residents and visitors to take steps to keep the local wildlife, resources, and environment healthy and thriving via Shots of Sustainability.

North Lake Tahoe Community Garden
Project is to develop a fruit and vegetable garden within the Kings Beach community which will create opportunities for social gathering, beautification, education and recreation.