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The 20th annual Dummy Downhill is this Sunday (March 20th) and we can’t wait to see all the creative dummies fly and crash hard! Build a dummy with your family, friends, coworkers, etc., and invite your crew to watch the madness from the deck (don’t forget to register your dummy online). We’ll also have a wacky costume parade and dance party after the dummies are judged for creativity that is open to all! Visit the website for the schedule and details.

The Tahoe Prosperity Center is pleased to share the second of three reports as part of our Envision Tahoe, economic recovery and resiliency plan, funded by the US EDA. A few highlights:
* Tahoe residents – regardless of their specific location around the Lake or individual situation – are unified in their concern that housing, traffic congestion, and other visitor impacts pose the biggest threats to the quality of life in the Tahoe Basin.
* 2020 U.S. Census data shows that Tahoe median home prices have tripled in nine years, from $345,000 in 2012 to $950,000 in 2021, while the number of housing units has only increased by 1%. Compared to updated income data, there are zero homes presently listed for sale in Tahoe in a price range that is affordable to a person or couple earning a median Tahoe area wage of $53,000.
* Natural Beauty, Lifestyle and Recreation Make Tahoe a great place to live: Strong majorities of residents cite Tahoe’s natural beauty (75%), its outdoor mountain lifestyle (61%), and unique access to outdoor recreation (58%) as the most important factors that make Tahoe special.
*Solutions Should Prioritize Housing, Tourism Fees, Transportation, and Restrictions on Second Homeownership: 79% of respondents said that expanding economical housing opportunities for workers should be a “very high” or “high” priority. 75% said priority should be on imposing public access fees on tourists to pay for investments in the environment, transportation, and community services.
We look forward to putting an action plan into place to help Lake Tahoe tackle these challenges and are happy that we are more united than divided in the solutions.
Get involved and learn more about Envision Tahoe at tahoeprosperity.org

INCLINE VILLAGE, Nev. — This year, on Jan. 5, there were high fives, whooping and hollering on the UC Davis research vessel. New Year’s Eve had long past, and everyone had driveways full of snow waiting to be shoveled at home. Why the festivities?

The reason for the celebration was “clear.” The first lake clarity measurement for 2022 was just taken and the Secchi disk was visible at an astounding 138 feet below the lake surface. That is the second deepest measurement recorded since routine monitoring started in 1968, the best being 142 feet on Feb. 8, 1968. It is worth noting that a majority of TERC’s sampling team had not even been born at that time and the current, aging research vessel had yet to be built.

What did this measurement signify? Had the lake’s clarity been restored? Had the devastating fires and smoke from just a few months earlier somehow jolted the system back half a century? Read more at the link below.

As we wrap up our pile burning efforts for this season, we would like to say THANK YOU to our community for your support and cooperation over the past four months as we conducted pile burn operations. We thank you for your patience and understanding with the short-term smoke impacts, realizing that improving forest health and fire safety are the long-term benefits.

In addition to our community, we would also like to say THANK YOU to our agency partners Incline General Improvement District (IVGID), Nevada Division of Forestry (NDF), Nevada Division of State Lands (NDSL), NV Energy, and US Forest Service (USFS) for successful coordination and support in meeting our overall objectives to provide for public fire safety and forest health improvement.

Our statistics for the 2021/2022 field season to date:
98 acres hand thinned
153 acres pile burned
NV Energy – 1400 poles, 55 powerlines right of way acres treated
Chipping – 271 residences
Defensible Space Evaluations – 812 inspections conducted with 314 compliant

With spring around the corner, we anticipate starting up our curbside chipping and defensible space evaluation services in May. Please visit our website for updates and to sign up. Another key component to creating effective defensible space is to ensure the built environment, as well as the non-combustible area of your home, is free of fire hazards. Please refer to the Home Vulnerability form that may be included if needed, during the defensible space evaluation. For more information on home hardening please refer to the Wildfire Home Retrofit Guide.

Jimmy was a friend of mine. He was blind, but often saw more than I did. He was nine when he walked up to my lifeguard stand, introduced himself, and asked me to teach him how to swim. I taught him how to swim and he taught me how to see. He taught me how to read braille and see with my fingers. He told me the color red was the sound of trumpets blaring, and I heard color for the first time. He cared nothing about the color of skin, and asked me to read him Alex Haley’s Autobiography of Malcom X that was just out, and from reading that book together, well, we grew alongside each other.
Read the rest at the link below...

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Emotional, Social + Career Education for Teens

• Are you a parent of a teenager and worry about the many complex challenges your teen faces emotionally, socially and in their future career and financial life?
• Is your teenager struggling with motivation, confidence? Is she/he/they withdrawn, afraid to speak up, or insecure?
• Does your teenager know how to make good decisions that are line with what they care about and what’s healthy for them?
• Does your teenager collapse, get angry or defensive, or hide in the face of challenges or setbacks?
• Are your teenager’s relationships healthy and do they take responsibility for themselves and their actions?
• Does your teenager have good communication skills, and do they know how to tap into their potential?
• Is your teenager confused about college, their career path, and making money?
• Are you fearful or worried that you/your teenager will go into debt and not be able to find meaningful work after college?

In the MAPPS Program your teenager will experience and benefit from:

• A fun and enlightening space (you wish you had then!) to help your teenager become more successful in their emotional, social and financial life through proven scientific and experiential exercises that set them up to be a fulfilled and high-functioning adult.
• An actionable pathway that is designed to boost their confidence, motivation and self-esteem, so they can have a healthy relationship with them themselves and others, and a successful career of meaningful contribution and service.
• A new and deeper understanding of what they care about and what is healthy for them, so they can make choices and decisions (with new practical tools) that are in alignment with what is good for them and their future.
• Develop new resiliency skills that increase their capacity to deal with challenges and overcome setbacks, which is often the difference between people who reach their full potential or not.
• Tools specifically designed for building and maintaining better relationships, and for taking more responsibility for their actions and behaviors.
• Learn techniques for recognizing how their language and word choices determines what they can create in their emotional, social and financial lives, so that they can develop empowered ways of speaking and communicating.
• A safe place for your teenager to explore their desires for their career and financial life, so that they can align their interests and desires with the decisions they make in college and beyond.
• A strategic career map for their path forward, so that your teenager (or you) doesn’t spend $20K - $100K on a college education they will never use or on a college education that will lead them into a career they hate just to pay of their loans.

ABOUT ME:

Leili Eghbal is the Founder and CEO of the Community School for Human Arts and MAPPS (Mentoring Adolescents && Adults for Personal and Professional Success), a human-centered personal development program that helps individuals from all walks of life define and develop a fulfilling and effective work purpose.

Over the past 5 years, the MAPPS program has served a wide range of clients, from established leaders to mid-career professionals to schools (middle and high school). Today, Leili devotes her time to working individually with teenagers as well as working with middle and high schools affiliated with the Catholic church. Leili is a licensed Human Element and Implicit Career Search Practitioner and holds a BA in Broadcast Communication Arts + Journalism.

Testimonials:

“The MAPPS program is rewarding and gives you the tools to live a more fulfilled life.”
-Nicole

“Leili naturally recognizes and honors the dignity in all people and exalts that essence in those around her. I have found her to be one of the most insightful, generous, respectful, inclusive leaders I know!

For Leili, the focus is always on the needs of the learner. She is very aware of what’s needed in the moment and adapts with ease to ensure that those needs are met with spontaneous, relevant and creative approaches.

Her mastery in understanding the influences of human behavior is evident. She consistently instills confidence in those she teaches and mentors; yet what makes Leili so special is less her obvious intellect, and more in her true calling to support the communities she serves. What motivates Leili is her deep desire to foster warm relationships and to genuinely help others!

To that end, Leili is brilliant in creating a "safe container for crucial conversation", where students feel included and comfortable in addressing any topic. World events have exposed the imperative to ensure safety, trust, inclusion and openness in any relationship, and especially in learning environments that have been historically hierarchical. This is where Leili shines.

Any individual, group or organization is better for having had Leili’s influence and direct support.”

-Shelley

“If you need a new perspective, a sense of connection and belonging, and support to help you develop essential skill sets to achieve your goals, try the MAPPS Program. Drawing on decades of experience, Leili Eghbal has designed a community-based approach to helping individuals find their true calling and chart a path towards fulfilling the goal of a life well lived."
-Shiva

The MAPPS Program is a long-term solution to mental stability and personal development. With consistency, it will change you and your life indefinitely—for the better.

-Jasmine

I have experienced Leili as an authentic and competent guide on the personal development path. The MAPPS program is well prepared and balanced, coherent and inclusive...and, most importantly, from the heart.
-Angelika

Contact: Leili Eghbal, Mentoring Workforce Accountability + Productivity Development
Founder & CEO, Community School for Human Arts|MAPPS: Mentoring Adolescents & Adults for Personal and Professional Success
C: 775.830.5695
leili.eghbal@gmail.com

TOCCATA is looking for additional choral artists (classically trained singers) in all voice registers to join for our annual performances of St Matthew Passion. March 27 at 1:30 will be the time to audition for the first rehearsal starting at 2pm. Location to be announced soon. Call James Rawie at 775 833 2478 for an appointment.

PARTNERS IN EDUCATION! New to Incline, the Britney Bladel State Farm Insurance Agency has wasted no time in becoming a valued community partner. With a matching grant from State Farm, the Britney Bladel local agency was a lead business partner in making the Incline Elementary School Makerspace a reality. Thank you again to the Britney Bladel State Farm Agency!

The 40th annual Crab Feed is sold out - thank you, Incline Village-Crystal Bay! But, that doesn't mean you can't support our high school kids, staff, and programs. This year's "Fund-A-Need" donations will provide funds to be used for building children’s social, emotional, and academic success.

Tahoe Family Solutions is proud to announce the return of our hit spring event, Crystal Cabaret, on April 28! The evening will showcase The Dean-O-Holics. Please join us for a Rat Pack Party featuring star-studded performances by Dean Martin, Marilyn Monroe, Frank Sinatra, & Sammy Davis Jr. impersonators backed by a live band. Tickets go on sale March 16th - follow the link below to purchase.