About
Truckee Tomorrow - Phase II
The Truckee Chamber of Commerce is dedicated to stepping up to the greatest challenges in our community, acting as:
Catalyst for business growth
Convener of leaders & influencers to get things done
Champion for a thriving community
The Truckee Chamber of Commerce Board of Directors recognized the need to identify real business issues as defined by our business community. As a result, Truckee Tomorrow-Phase II (an economic development initiative) was conceived, facilitated by, and is managed by the Truckee Chamber of Commerce in partnership with private investors and the Town of Truckee. This public/private partnership’s overarching goal is to create a diverse economy, while maintaining and growing a diverse, vibrant middle class.
In January 2018, the Truckee Chamber launched Business Speaks, convening the business community at quarterly gatherings to identify the greatest challenges facing the local business community and develop creative solutions. Through input from over 625 businesses over the course of 32 Business Speaks meetings, three projects were identified to tackle the issue of recruitment and retention, and address the overarching goal:
Develop an Employer Co-op - designed to help employers find workers to fill jobs
Growing Our Own- expanding on existing programs and identify creative opportunities for internships/apprenticeships
Develop Truckee as an Entrepreneur Ecosystem - a long-term, forward-thinking approach to diversifying Truckee’s economy.
The Trilogy of Economic Development Initiatives
In addition to the Business Speaks program, and projects in development as a result of those meetings, Truckee Tomorrow - Phase II includes:
Quality of Life surveys - annual surveys that measure and track community sentiment about living in Truckee
Socio-Economic Indicators - a central portal for key metrics that matter most to Truckee Citizens, in one easy place online, establishing baseline information to be measured annually to identify upward and downward trends that impact quality of life for Truckee citizens.
Truckee Tomorrow - Phase I:
Originating in 2010 on the heels of the recession, the Truckee Chamber of Commerce facilitated four community meetings to begin the dialogue of working together as a region to identify economic opportunities, challenges, and projects.
In 2013, a group of civic and community leaders were brought together to discuss economic development strategies to pursue. The group consensus was to pursue the creation of a Truckee brand and implementation of a place-based marketing effort that would create a centralized website providing live, work and play information. In 2015, upon securing funds from public and private investors, the Truckee Tomorrow economic development initiative began. In 2015, the Truckee brand, Base Camp for a Big Life, was developed with extensive community outreach and input. The new Truckee.com website focusing on economic, community and visitation launched shortly after in 2016.
Interested in joining the individuals and organizations that are creating and embracing change that will benefit our community for generations to come? Contact Lynn Saunders, President and CEO at lynn@truckee.com or 587-8808. JOIN US NOW TO BECOME AN INVESTOR.
Truckee Tomorrow Investors
Name | Company Name | Name | Company Name |
Jessica Abrams | Town of Truckee | Patty Baird | Cedar House Sport Hotel |
Alicia Barr | FiftyFifty Brewing Co. | Andy Barr | FiftyFifty Brewing Co. |
Kim Bateman | Sierra College Tahoe-Truckee | Brad Benamati | Truckee-Tahoe Lumber Company |
Tonya Beyer | W&T Graphix Screen Printing & Embroidery | Wes Beyer | W&T Graphix Screen Printing & Embroidery |
Janelle Bies | The Ritz-Carlton, Lake Tahoe | Scott Bower | Martis Camp |
Hardy Bullock | Truckee Tahoe Airport District | Stacy Caldwell | Tahoe Truckee Community Foundation (TTCF) |
Wrenn Cavallo | Tahoe Sports Hub | Rob Cavallo | Tahoe Sports Hub |
Kari Chalstrom | Sierra Sotheby's International Realty- Kari Chalstrom | Jeff Cobain | Lahontan Community Association |
Andrew Cross | Truckee-Tahoe Lumber Company | Colleen Dalton | Truckee Chamber of Commerce |
Robb Etnyre | Tahoe Donner Association | Dinny Evans | Radical Way Being |
Kim Fackler | Northstar California Resort | Steve Frisch | Sierra Business Council |
Colin and Kai Frolich | Landing | Emily Gendron | Emily Gendron Inc. |
Chris Gilbert | Sugar Pine Consulting | Scott Keith | Keith Design Group |
Morgan Goodwin | Town of Truckee | Nadia Guerriero | Northstar California Resort |
Lisa Hall | Truckee Donner Public Utility District | Matt Hanson | Tahoe Sierra Board of Realtors |
Cassie Hebel | Truckee Downtown Merchants Association | Eric Hines | Invested Resident |
Megan Hines | Invested Resident/span> | Hilary Hobbs | Town of Truckee |
Jan Holan | Truckee River Ventures | Rick Holliday | Holliday Development |
Nancy Holliday | Holliday Development | Alanna Hughes< | Riverside Studios |
Pamela Hurt-Hobday | Pamela Hurt Associates | Mark Johnson | Martis Camp |
Gus Jones | Martis Camp | Andie Keith | Word After Word Books |
Scott Keith | Word After Word Books | Virginia Kelley | Sugar Pine Consulting |
Michael Kinnaman | Tahoe Expedition Academy | Anna Klovstad | Town of Truckee |
Jordan Knighton | JK Architecture + Engineering | Eric Larusson | Villager Nursery, Inc. |
Tally Leontovich | Sierra Insurance Associates, Inc. DBA Truckee Tahoe Insurance Services | Robert Leri | Tahoe Truckee Unified School District (TTUSD) |
Jeff Loux | Town of Truckee | Pat Malberg | Donner Summit Association |
John Manocchio, CRPC® | John C Manocchio, CRPC®- Waddell & Reed, Inc. | Anna McGee | Coldwell Banker - Anna McGee |
Richard Molsby | Molsby & Bordner, LLP | Kevin Murphy | Sierra Insurance Associates, Inc. DBA Truckee Tahoe Insurance Services |
Stefanie Olivieri | Invested Resident | Ted Owens | Tahoe Forest Health System |
Mary, Alanna, Sondrea,Pat & Kahlil | Riverside Studios | David Polivy | Town of Truckee |
Steven Poncelet | Truckee Donner Public Utility District | Jim Porter | Porter Simon, Professional Corporation |
Ellen Raynor | Keep on Movin' | Sue Ruane | Tahoe Sierra Board of Realtors |
Lynn Saunders | Truckee Chamber of Commerce | Lil Schaller | Invested Resident |
Kane Schaller | KJM - Dickson Realty | Aimee Schaller | Tri Counties Bank |
Chad Schuchert | TrailRunner International | Christina Schwartz | Tahoe Donner Association |
Bruce Seigel | The Ritz-Carlton, Lake Tahoe | Jim Simon | Porter Simon, Professional Corporation |
Kevin Smith | Truckee Tahoe Airport District | John Stewart | Lahontan Community Association |
Beth Tanhoff | Donner Summit Association | Mark Tanner | Mark Tanner Construction, Inc |
David Tirman | Town of Truckee | Lisa Toutant | ELTE, Inc. |
Blake Tresan | Truckee Sanitary District | Kelli Twomey | Tahoe Truckee Unified School District (TTUSD) |
Elizabeth Wainscoat | Plumas Bank | Matt Warren | Elements Mountain Co. |
Harry Weis | Tahoe Forest Health System | Ravn Whitington | Porter Simon, Professional Corporation |
Doug Wiele | Foothill Partners | Dan Wilkins | Town of Truckee |
Jim Wilkinson | TrailRunner International | Jim Winterberger | Tahoe Getaways |
Todd Wold | Tahoe Truckee Unified School District (TTUSD) | Doug Wright | Mountain Hardware & Sports |
Shelly Wright | Plumas Bank |
Jobs Collective
Truckee Jobs Collective - Find a New Employee, Find a Job!
http://www.truckeejobscollective.com
We currently have more than 100 employers and about 100 job seekers signed up for the Truckee Jobs Collective. The employer profiles provide a good insight into the great companies that make up the Truckee business community.
Mission:
The Employer Co-op project team's mission is to develop a solution to the employee shortage crisis in Truckee. This solution is the Truckee Jobs Collective, where employers work collaboratively to hire individuals looking for more hours, part time, full time or contract work.
Join the Project Team - All Are Welcome
Contact us to join the team.
Next Project Team Meeting:
TBD
The Roundtable Meeting is an important component of the Truckee Jobs Collective, a product created by the Employer Co-op Project Team, Truckee Tomorrow Investors and the Truckee Chamber of Commerce to help our Business Community work toward solutions for our recruitment and retention issues. These Roundtable Meetings will be administered quarterly.
Business Speaks
BUSINESS SPEAKS |
We are currently planning our next Business Speaks meetings to discuss business challenges and share creative ideas with fellow business owners and managers in our community to help develop solutions for a strong economic future together!
Times:
Please check back to see when our next Business Speaks meetings will take place.
JUST 90 MINUTES -- Meetings last just 90 minutes and will be professionally facilitated with a format designed to allow businesses to speak candidly, while fostering conversation that can lead to creative solutions.
ALL BUSINESSES WELCOME -- No membership necessary - storefronts, brick & mortar, home-based, non-profits, special districts -- all invited!
NETWORK with your business neighbors
MEETINGS ARE FREE!
About Business Speaks:
Business Speaks is a program of Truckee Tomorrow, a collaborative economic development initiative led by the Truckee Chamber of Commerce in partnership with the Town of Truckee and public/private partners dedicated to creating a diverse, rising tide economy while maintaining and growing a vibrant, diverse middle class.
In January 2018, the Truckee Chamber launched Business Speaks, convening the business community at quarterly gatherings to identify the greatest challenges facing the local business community and develop creative solutions. Through the input of over 625 businesses over the course of 32 Business Speaks meetings, three projects were identified to tackle the issue of recruitment and retention, and address the overarching goal:
1 . Develop an Employer Co-op - designed to help employers find workers to fill jobs
2 . Growing Our Own - expanding on existing programs and identify creative opportunities for internships/apprenticeships
3 . Develop Truckee as an Entrepreneur Ecosystem - a long-term, forward-thinking approach to diversifying Truckee’s economy
All business owners, including home-based businesses, are invited to attend a meeting. All meetings are inclusive, you don’t need to be a Chamber member to attend. Meetings will last just 90 minutes and will be professionally facilitated with a format designed to allow businesses to speak candidly, while fostering conversation that can lead to creative solutions. Meetings will be held twice a year. Learn more about why you should attend with the Business Speaks FAQ.
Got Questions? Contact Us Here
NEWS & UPDATES -- Notes from all Business Speaks meetings
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March 2019 Business Speaks Meeting Notes
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Employer Co-Op Jan. 3, 2019 Meeting Notes & Presentations
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Business Speaks Sept. 25-27 Meetings Notes
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Register Now for Business Speaks Sept. 25-27
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Business Speaks June 19, 20 & 21 Meetings Notes
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Register Now for Business Speaks! June 19-21
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Entrep. Ecosystem
Mission:
The Entrepreneurial Ecosystem Project Team is developing a set of tools and services of improved access to resources, ideas, creative networks, incubators, technical assistance, financing, and a culture that will help give existing businesses, start-up new businesses, or potential businesses a greater chance of success.
Join the Project Team - All Are Welcome
Contact us to join the team.
Next Project Team Meeting:
TBD
View Project Presentations, Notes, Documents:
Project Presentations, Notes, and Documents
Updates:
Truckee Tomorrow's Entrepreneurial Project Team launched a comprehensive Business Climate Survey in February 2019 and collected 108 responses.
The survey collected qualitative and quantitative data on Truckee’s business sizes, sectors, resiliency, confidence, growth plans, hiring needs, greatest threats, skillset needs, capital plans, infrastructure needs, and existing or desired markets. This survey will be used as a baseline in year one for the Truckee Tomorrow Entrepreneurial Project Team and repeated every two years.
Survey Results:
Growing Our Own
Mission:
Expanding on existing Tahoe Truckee Unified School District and Sierra College programs and identify creative opportunities for internships/apprenticeships to help define / design / implement how we can collaborate/initiate/innovate to provide more opportunities for our students and members of our community in Truckee to engage in viable careers/jobs opportunities.
Join the Project Team - All Are Welcome
Contact us to join the team.
Next Project Team Meeting:
August 22nd 8-9:30am Truckee Chamber Admin. Office
View Project Presentations, Notes, Documents:
Project Presentations, Notes, and Documents
Updates:
Stay tuned for updates soon.
Quality of Life
Quality of Life Survey - Decreasing loyalty trends cause flight to competing towns and cities, in addition to painting a negative reputation with prospective residents and business owners. We will measure and track community sentiment about living in Truckee providing invaluable information to assist in understanding trends in our community’s feelings about the quality of life in Truckee. Are you interested in joining the team to help put Truckee Tomorrow ideas and plans into action? Join us now to become an investor.
LEARN MORE & SEE SURVEY RESULTS
Watch Mt. Ventures Summit 2019 45-minute presentation by Truckee’s Brand Communications Director Colleen Dalton describing the results and outcomes of the Socio-Economic Metrics and Quality of Life Surveys.
Socio-Metrics
Socio-Economic Metrics - Thanks to Truckee Tomorrow Phase II investors, in Summer of 2018 Truckee Chamber published a central repository for key socio-economic indicators. VIEW THE DASHBOARD.
These indicators are the first ever tracked baseline for Truckee, and are an outcome of feedback from the Quality of Life surveys, Business Speaks and Investor input.
Working collaboratively with districts, agencies, nonprofits, the private sector, and research groups, we identified, measured, and recorded key socioeconomic indicators - the source, methodology, frequency and other impacting conditions.
The DASHBOARD is valuable to business owners, the public sector as whole, and business investors who are considering Truckee to start a business and raise their family.
Watch Mt. Ventures Summit 2019 45-minute presentation by Truckee’s Brand Communications Director Colleen Dalton describing the results and outcomes of the Socio-Economic Metrics and Quality of Life Surveys.