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Publications: Sierra Sun

Sierra Community House chats services in TTCF’s latest Lunch and Learn

Published in Sierra Sun on May 14, 2025

What exactly is "affordable housing"?

Is it defined the same everywhere, whether you live in the city or a ski mountain town? Are the same resources available to you no matter where you live?
To kick off Affordable Housing Month, Tahoe Truckee Community Foundation hosted a lunch and learn to dig into some of these questions.
While TTCF and our 27+ partners through the Mountain Housing Council determined a new definition to guide our work - achievable housing - affordable still applies here. Achievable encompasses all of the people in our region from unhoused to top-middle-income earners while affordable is specific to those earning 80% or less of the area median income.
As you can imagine, that's A LOT of us.
Denisse Vega Zarate, Housing Coordinator for Sierra Community House, shared the realities of local affordable housing- the developments, waitlists (up to 5 years!), and programs offered.
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Tahoe Truckee Community Foundation awards $1M grant to Sierra Institute and Mass Timber Strategy

by Eli Ramos
Published in Sierra Sun on October 7, 2024
TRUCKEE, Calif. – Last week, the Tahoe Truckee Community Foundation (TTCF) awarded a $1 million grant to the Sierra Institute for Community and Environment—the biggest grant that TTCF has directed in its history. The money will go towards the Sierra Institute’s Mosaic Timber operation to help thin the area’s overcrowded forests, create a forest economy, and offer a new building material called Cross-Laminated Timber.
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Washoe Tribe secures collaborative funding for a Lake Tahoe Community Liaison

by Ashley Beck
Published in Sierra Sun on June 28, 2024
LAKE TAHOE, Calif./Nev. – The Wá∙šiw (Washoe) are a sovereign tribal nation who are the original inhabitants of DáɁaw Ɂága (Lake Tahoe) and its surrounding areas. Lake Tahoe is the Tribe’s most sacred place, and they consider it a living entity that needs to be honored and protected. Now, The Washoe Tribe of Nevada and California, a formally recognized tribal government, has secured the funding it needs to establish a full-time Community Liaison. This liaison will represent its voice at community meetings and decision-making tables for the next three years.
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2024 Truckee Tahoe Airport District Agency Partnership Program Opens July 1

by TTCF
Published in Sierra Sun on June 20, 2024
TRUCKEE, Calif.  – [Correction: The informational workshop is on June 27 at 3:00pm, register here.]  Tahoe Truckee Community Foundation is working again with the Truckee Tahoe Airport District on their 2024 Agency Partnership Program. The Agency Partnership Program proudly supports larger, regional projects and programs between local nonprofits and partnering regional public agencies with awards of $5,000 or more. Projects must align with TTAD’s public purpose and their mission to provide safe, high-quality services and facilities, reduce impact on airport neighbors and the environment, and invest in opportunities that increase community safety and provide sustained benefit to the entire Truckee Tahoe region.
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Tahoe Truckee Community Foundation Accepting Workforce Scholarship Applications

by Press Release
Published in Sierra Sun on May 17, 2024
From May 15 - June 30, 2024, individuals pursuing in-demand careers are invited to apply to Tahoe Truckee Community Foundation's Workforce Scholarships. Eligibility and requirements are available at www.ttcf.net/scholarships/.  Since 2022, TTCF has brought together generous donors to help address workforce development in key careers such as education, STEM (science, technology, education, and mathematics), aviation, and vocational pathways. These are the stories behind the donors investing in our shared future.
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Accessory Dwelling Units: A potential [housing] solution

by Zoe Meyer
Published in Sierra Sun on January 16, 2024
TRUCKEE, Calif. – There is a severe shortage of housing options in Truckee and while Accessory Dwelling Units might not be the only way to solve the crisis, it is a solution that could make a dent in the problem. Accessory Dwelling Units (ADUs) stand as compact, independent dwellings situated on the same property as the primary residence. They offer essential living amenities like a kitchen, bathroom, and sleeping area. These units present a practical solution to the pressing demand for affordable, diverse, and accessible housing in our region, potentially playing a pivotal role in expanding long-term workforce rental options and providing an additional housing choice.
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Jeff Hamilton Legacy Fund Juniper Awards: A family affair

by Zoe Meyer
Published in Sierra Sun on January 16, 2024
On Dec. 17, 2023, nine Tahoe Truckee community members were honored for their commitment, fearlessness and imagination in their work, craft, art, and sport. This was the inaugural class of the Jeff Hamilton Legacy Fund Juniper Awards. The fund recognizes community members across six categories: art, music/writing, community impact, trades, medical care, and winter Olympics. In the last months of his life, Truckee local, Jeff Hamilton, worked with his family and the Tahoe Truckee Community Foundation to create the Jeff Hamilton Legacy Fund, a philanthropic fund that would allow him to continue to give after he was gone.
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Placer Supervisors approve $175,000 in defensible space grant funding for qualifying eastern Placer County residents

by Press Release
Published in Sierra Sun on January 12, 2024
TAHOE CITY, Calif. – The Placer County Board of Supervisors on Tuesday approved the acceptance of $175,000 in grant funding for the development of a Defensible Space Fuels Reduction Program, aimed at assisting low-income senior and disabled residents in eastern Placer County. The program will provide qualifying residents with assistance to improve defensible space around their homes and properties to reduce the risk of loss of life and property in the event of a wildfire. The funding is made possible by the Tahoe Truckee Community Foundation’s Forest Futures program.
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Agencies partner to combat homeless issue in North Tahoe/Truckee

by Zoe Meyer
Published in Sierra Sun on December 15, 2023
[Sierra Sun, December 15, 2023] Homelessness has grown more prevalent and visible each year in the Truckee North Tahoe region. There are several factors at play in our region that contribute to the growth of homelessness, such as lack of affordable housing, high housing and living costs, and the need for service-paying jobs in a tourist-based economy [...] TTCF and other local agencies are working collaboratively to house more of our neighbors.
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Tahoe Truckee Community Foundation awards over $500k to support private landowners in the battle against wildfires

by Sierra Sun
Published in Sierra Sun on August 24, 2023
TRUCKEE, Calif. – Forest Futures, a Tahoe Truckee Community Foundation initiative, is pleased to announce the implementation of the Truckee North Tahoe Forest Management Program. Established in 2022, the TNTFMP pilot program was created to assist private, forested property owners with wildfire resilience efforts. It has been made possible by a $1.9 million grant through the CAL FIRE Wildfire Resilience Block Grant Program.... read more. 
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Community Collaborative celebrates 3 social service professionals

by Staff Report
Published in Sierra Sun on December 13, 2022
The Community Collaborative of Tahoe Truckee, a program of the Tahoe Truckee Community Foundation, announced the recipients of its annual awards in its monthly partner meeting. The awards recognize the hard work and important contributions of dedicated partners, who work to address the fundamental needs of families in the North Tahoe Truckee region.
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Forest health partners deploy new technology to help reduce wildfire threats in Lake Tahoe region

Published in Sierra Sun on September 23, 2022
With the Mosquito Fire and Tamarack Fire burning close to Lake Tahoe, and the Caldor Fire entering the Tahoe Basin, the Tahoe Fund and Tahoe Truckee Community Foundation announced the deployment of Land Tender™. This is a powerful new software tool developed by Vibrant Planet, that will allow land managers to collaboratively address wildfire threats and plan forest health and restoration treatments. Land Tender will be used in the Tahoe Basin and surrounding critical watersheds covering 1.5 million acres, making this the largest deployment to date of this new system.
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Tahoe Truckee Community Foundation appoints 4 new board members

Published in Sierra Sun on September 20, 2022
The Tahoe Truckee Community Foundation has appointed four new volunteers to its Board of Directors with legal, business, sales, operations and nonprofit experience. With the addition of Cheryl Schrady, Lynn Madonna, Mike Rayfield and Rob Darby, TTCF’s Board now consists of 15 multifaceted professionals and community advocates.
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Tahoe Truckee Community Foundation receives $1.9M from Cal Fire

Published in Sierra Sun on September 19, 2022
In partnership with local fire districts and organizations, the Tahoe Truckee Community Foundation was awarded $1.9 million from the Cal Fire Wildfire Resilience Block Grant Program. With these committed funds, this pilot program assists private forested property owners with wildfire resilience efforts by providing technical and financial assistance for forest resilience projects. The program focuses on providing resources to private properties that are three acres or larger in size.
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