Transformation Begins of ReTRAC Cover Downtown

Transformation begins of ReTRAC lid downtown. 

ReTRAC Cover Downtown to Get Major Improvements by Next Summer

ReTRAC Cover Downtown to Get Major Improvements by Next Summer

Whitney Peak Hotel Partners with Cathexes to Upgrade Building Facades

Whitney Peak Hotel Partners with Cathexes to Upgrade Building Facades

Upcoming City Countil Meeting Tidbits

Things to pay attention to in the next Reno City Council meeting include adopting digital sign standards, taking the ReTRAC covers one step further, installing public restrooms at some bus stops, and more.

A Walkable Downtown Reno

Downtown Reno is now in a second wave of development, with many projects going on, perhaps more than any other point in this blog's 10-year history.

It's the perfect time to discuss downtown Reno's  walkability, how far it's come in the past 10 years, and the weak areas that should be a priority for both developers and the city council.

ReTRAC Covers Back in Play

The ReTrac train trench covers, located downtown between Commercial Row and Third Street, and between Virginia Street and Arlington Avenue, are back in play after a Redevelopment Agency Advisory Board meeting.

Meeting Essentials: On-Tap This Week

Interesting agenda items for downtown and Midtown in meetings this week.

Scultpure-Fest Coming to Downtown Reno

Reno Sculpture Fest will take place between the Whitney Peak and El Dorado on the ReTrac Plaza from May 8th-10th. The festival will feature over fifteen talented local artists including eight new commissioned sculptures for the event. The new pieces will be human sized or larger, up to 14 feet tall.

New Open-Air Market Downtown Launches This Sunday

A new Open-Air Market Downtown Launches This Sunday!

ReTrac in Retrospect

Now that the city is in a pickle, it's easy to say  that it was a mistake to build it, but was it really a mistake? And who was really responsible for the project? Read on.

Downtown-Related City Council Items

New bar going in Arlington Towers, Men Wielding Fire closer to opening, and interesting bond tidbits.

CAC Meeting Report

1/7/09 - CAC MEETING REPORT - This was one of the more contentious CAC meetings we have had in a while. Take a few newbie CAC members and add a dash of overwhelming badly timed agenda items, and you get quite a lively discussion. The meeting went so long I had to leave 2.5 hours into it. I think maybe it might have been a good idea to first brief the new CAC members on the redevelopment districts, how they work, priority projects for each district, how and what a redevelopment agency does. These new CAC members had no idea what they were stepping into, and didn't have a chance to really review the issues before them.
So let's get into the issues. We'll start with the easy ones.