collaboration

This morning, I was getting my morning coffee and gearing up for Motivation Monday at Adams Hub for Innovation. In the process, I overheard a conversation. Someone was looking for a solution. I had the answer.

CARSON CITY, Nev. – Carson High School Career and Technical Education graphic design students Stella Carroll and Luis Garcia developed a logo for Northern Nevada Development Authority’s new tribal economic development program, Native Nations Alliance.

NCET, Nevada’s Center for Entrepreneurship and Technology, selected AboveGeo as its “Aerospace Company of the Year.”

AboveGeo, formerly AboveNV, is an aerial services and data company that provides high-resolution geospatial data collection and analysis through leading edge drone and sensor technologies.

A four-week arts marketing workshop series for Northern Nevada “Artrepreneurs” is taking aim at the cliché of the starving artist. The workshop promises to help visual artists, artisans, performing artists and even literary artists achieve business success as they follow their creative passion.

Myron Freedman’s first trip to a museum was a family outing to the Nevada State Museum in Carson City in the 1960s.

The New Entrepreneur Network of the Hop and Mae Adams Foundation, together with the Carson City Library, will kick off the second Middle School Maker Camp during Spring Break, March 21-23, 2017.

Governor Brian Sandoval and the Office of Science, Innovation and Technology (OSIT) today announced $1,000,000 in STEM Workforce Challenge Grants to Nevada training providers throughout the state.

As a national treasure offering world-class recreation opportunities, Lake Tahoe is one of the most popular outdoor destinations in Northern California and Nevada. And sometimes, being popular has its challenges.

Heading a stellar line-up of speakers for the second annual UAS Search and Rescue Symposium, Gene Robinson, who literally wrote the book on how to use drones for search and rescue and disasters, will talk about how to train public safety agencies in the use of aerial and ground robots in emergency response.

The Brewery Arts Center in Carson City will present the celtic sounds of “Noctambule” on Saturday, March 11 at 7pm in the Maizie Harris Jesse Black Box Theater.

CARSON CITY, Nev. – Gov. Brian Sandoval has issued a proclamation declaring the week of March 10 School Social Work Week in Nevada. The proclamation celebrates the progress that has been made since the creation of the Office for a Safe and Respectful Learning Environment within the Nevada Department of Education.

Carson Tahoe Health, a leading healthcare system in northern Nevada, is dedicated to providing quality healthcare services to patients throughout the region. Carson Tahoe Health recently opened the Mallory Behavioral Health Crisis Center after having identified a community need for increased access to immediate mental health and substance use treatment.

MINDEN — Douglas County, emergency officials continue to focus on assessment and recovery efforts as the flood waters subside. However, the region is expected to see more dangerous weather in the coming days.

Last month, the Carson River breached its banks, crossed a major highway, and transformed commutes up and down the Carson Valley from Reno to Minden, turning a twenty- or thirty-minute scenic drive into a three- or four-hour ordeal.

Then, a series of winter storms dropped over ten feet of snow in parts of the Lake Tahoe Basin. Emergency officials advised residents in both areas to shelter in place to avoid the flood or the blizzard—and for some who live in the valley and work in the basin (or vice versa) — both.

An ambitious effort to explore solutions for safe, clean and efficient transportation and to establish a “Living Lab” in the northern Nevada communities of Reno, Sparks and Carson City is under way.

Winter is the time for farmers and ranchers to repair, replace and update farm equipment.
To facilitate these tasks, Western Nevada College Specialty Crop Institute, in collaboration with the University of Nevada, Reno Desert Farming Initiative, will offer a Small Farm Equipment Workshop on Friday, Jan. 20.

The workshop runs from 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. at the Desert Farming Initiative, 920 Valley Road, in Reno. Cost is $20 for those registering by Friday Jan. 13 and $25 afterward.

The Capital City Arts Initiative announces its exhibition, ART from SNC, at the Community Development Building [the Brick], 108 E Proctor Street, Carson City. Nine student artists from Sierra Nevada College in Incline Village, Nevada, have work in the exhibit. The free exhibition is available to the public from December 1, 2016 – January 30, 2017.

Four years ago this month, the Tahoe Regional Planning Agency approved the 2012 Regional Plan. The landmark plan charts a course to restore Lake Tahoe’s environment and revitalize our communities and it was forged through Herculean work by California, Nevada, local governments, the public, and dozens of other partners.

Silver Springs, Nevada – Healthy Communities Coalition of Lyon and Storey Counties holds its December public meeting and holiday brunch on Thursday December 8th at 9am at the Silver Springs Community Center.

Acting director Wendy Madson explained that the gathering will include a “celebration of Christy McGill, who was Healthy Communities’ Executive Director for more than a decade.” McGill has accepted a position in the Office for a Safe and Respectful Learning Environment at the Nevada Department of Education.

Reno, Nev. (November 29, 2016) — Bishop Manogue Catholic High School is one of approximately 1,000 schools worldwide to implement AP Capstone — an innovative diploma program that allows students to develop the skills that matter most for college success: research, collaboration, and communication. The program consists of two courses taken in sequence: AP Seminar and AP Research. Developed in direct response to feedback from higher education faculty and college admission officers, AP Capstone complements the in-depth, subject-specific study of other Advanced Placement courses and exams.

TACH (Traditional Association for Cultural Harmony) a non profit organization founded by Internationally renowned musician Thakur Chakrapani Singh going to present "World Music Award Night" on Dec 10th, 2016 @ 5.30PM.
In this event TACH is going to present it’s 4th annual award “Award of Excellence” to an artist who are having the extra ability in the field of music. TACH is going to add a new award from this year"SRIJAN Music Excellence Award" to an artist who devoted in music field as well as creating and innovating in music.

The nominee of the “Award of Excellence” is

Click Bond, Inc. kicked off its 30th anniversary celebration in Carson City this week with the opening of Building 51, the company’s engineering and design hub, newly renovated by Carson-based Shaheen Beauchamp Builders LLC.

A 43-year-old South Lake Tahoe man was arrested Tuesday as the suspect in a food contamination case at Raley’s in the Village Center near Stateline.

Using tablet computers, a group of fifth-graders at Fritsch Elementary School directed a robot named Dash to slide across the floor, stop, spin around and wink.

Chefs Josh and Whitney Deri of Blend Catering, Reno, join Chef Charlie Abowd in the kitchen for this year’s Celebrity Chef and Harvest Dinner, A Benefit for The Greenhouse Project, Monday, Nov. 7 at Cafe at Adele’s in Carson City.

The Capital City Arts Initiative [CCAI] presents its exhibition, "Pocket Ziggurat", by artist Chelsea Pegram at the CCAI Courthouse Gallery. The exhibit will be in the gallery from October 7, 2016 - January 19, 2017. The Courthouse is located at 885 E Musser Street, Carson City. The exhibition is free and the public is cordially invited. The gallery is open to the public Monday – Friday, 8am – 5pm.

Creating more public art and arts festivals along with more collaboration among artist groups were among the suggestions presented at the Arts Town Meeting on Tuesday evening at the Brewery Arts Center.

As Nevada looks to observe its statehood this weekend, the Washoe tribe is also planning a celebration of its heritage.

“The Washoe tribe has been here 18,000 to 25,000 years,” said Martin Montgomery, who is organizing the powwow through the Red Hoop Singers. “It’s all a collaboration of community.”

A collaboration of agencies and organizations officially kicked off the 2016 Holiday with a Hero campaign on Wednesday with a goal of giving at least 200 homeless children in Carson City a Christmas experience by providing them gift cards to spend on themselves prior to the holiday.

I grew up where the handshake deal was gold. If someone said they would do something, they did it. All it took was a handshake and work began. Handshake deals are still pretty common. Unfortunately, plenty can still be misunderstood with a handshake deal.