Tahoe Prosperity CenterPosts

CONNECTED TAHOE: The Tahoe Prosperity has been working hard to connect with local jurisdictions, internet service providers, and other agencies to better collaborate across the region. There have been three Tahoe Regional Broadband Committee meetings thus far and continued mapping efforts by the Tahoe Prosperity Center. The TPC team is working to create a map specifically for partners that would facilitate collaboration, streamline funding applications, and consolidate available information regarding build-outs.
HOUSING TAHOE: One of the primary objectives of the Tahoe Prosperity Center is promoting intelligent, impactful policy changes in our communities that allow for equitable housing while still protecting our environment. As a participating member of the Tahoe Regional Planning Agency’s Living Communities work group, we think important progress is being made. The TRPA recently completed a deep dive into their construction policies including density, coverage, height and others, and we applaud TRPA’s commitment to these important policy reviews.

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

The Tahoe Prosperity Center recently launched a survey of community members to determine what is needed to make our Lake Tahoe communities a place where everyone can live, work, play, and thrive. Please complete this survey to have your say on Tahoe's future!

Envison Tahoe Update
Our Envision Tahoe, economy, recovery, and resiliency planning has been very active this past fall. We published the “Baseline Report for the Tahoe Basin"; completed a livable wage study, conducted interviews and focus groups, and held two Catalyst Committee meetings to develop a list of investment strategies and solutions for review by the community.

Next up is your opportunity to share your ideas. In January, we’ll be hosting a Tahoe Basin Community Survey and we’d like your input. You will be able to share your thoughts on strategies to help improve our regional community and economic diversification efforts. It’s important to get diverse input as we want to leverage state and federal funding with the highest local priority solutions.