Some of the top golfers in the world will be teeing it up at Old Greenwood next week as the PGA Tour makes a stop in Truckee for the annual Barracuda Championship. The 22nd annual tournament will take place Thursday through Sunday and will be played at Tahoe Mountain Club’s Old Greenwood Golf Course where the tournament length is set at 7,390 yards with a par of 71. Due to the outbreak of Meet Our Team
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Hot market: High demand for rural real estate at Lake Tahoe
Almost everything has been affected by the coronavirus, including the Lake Tahoe real estate market. Since the pandemic, everybody seems wants to escape to Tahoe. Many are second homeowners who have decided to make Tahoe their primary residence. Many just want to get out of claustrophobic-feeling cities. “For people who had second homes here that were maybe using it as a vacation home or Meet Our Team
PGA Tour stop at Old Greenwood to be held without fans present
The PGA Tour still plans on hosting an event this summer at Tahoe Mountain Club’s Old Greenwood Golf Course, but spectators won’t be in the mix. Barracuda Championship officials, citing current state and Nevada County guidelines, announced Monday that the tournament, scheduled for July 27-Aug. 2, will be limited to players, caddies and essential personnel. “While it was a difficult decision for Meet Our Team
4th of July Truckee Tahoe Honor Flyover
Date: July 4, 2020 Time: 11:00 AM - 12:15 PM PDT Website: https://www.truckeetahoeairshow.com/ Event Description: The 4th of July Honor Flyover will take to the sky on Saturday, July 4 at 11 a.m. Warbirds will fly over Truckee and Tahoe communities to honor our nation’s independence and frontline workers during the current COVID-19 pandemic. The planned Meet Our Team
Should We Be Looking at Unemployment Numbers Differently?
The New York Times recently ran an article regarding unemployment titled: Don’t Cheer Too Soon. Keep an Eye on the Core Jobless Rate. The piece suggests we should look at unemployment numbers somewhat differently. The author of the article, Jed Kolko, is a well-respected economist who is currently the Chief Economist at Indeed, the world’s largest online jobs site. Previously, he was Chief Meet Our Team
Decline in Travel spending – Impact on Truckee
With much reliance on its tourism industry, Truckee is preparing for the economic impact from losses in visitor spending due to the outbreak of COVID-19. In early May, Tourism Economics released a report that projected California will lose $72.1 billion in travel-related spending in 2020. The lost amount is nearly half of what the state generated in 2019. “If 50% is the baseline used to forecast Meet Our Team
