Local Building Blocks
Local Animal Welfare
LOCAL ANIMAL WELFARE: Beth Williams, owner of K9 Wellness Center.As a physical therapist for people and pets, I am committed to promoting health and
well-being for 2 and 4 leggeds. I am a long time supporter and foster home for the SPCA of Northern Nevada, Nevada Humane Society, Wylie Animal Rescue Foundation and Rotten Paws Rescue. My current dogs were both strays with medical problems that I adopted through Washoe County Regional Animal Shelter, and my cat was an SPCA kitten.
click here for a link to all local rescue groups
LOCAL ARTS
LOCAL ARTS: Sierra Arts: Our mission is to develop and support local artists who are committed to our community, by providing funding, education for all ages, and by developing spaces and places for artists to display or perform their work — especially places that benefit from art “beautification” and economic development and revitalization.
LOCAL ECO CONSTRUCTION
Educate. Unite. Take Action. When you think about it, it makes intuitive sense. The first step to addressing any problem or issue is always to be educated on the issue and the possible solutions. We make sure that everything we do has an educational component. Next, we assess the resources that are already at work on this issue or could potentially be an ally in this platform and we aim to incorporate them in addressing the issue. There is no sense in reinventing the wheel, and our mantra is "let’s all work together". Finally, we must take action and do it! We work to create a game plan and then make it happen.
Local Education
Mission:To create an education system where all students achieve academic success, develop personal and civic responsibility, and achieve career and college readiness for the 21st century.
Local Energy
Feed-in Tariffs for Nevada (FIT4NV): an Energy Independence & Economic Security Initiative is individuals, businesses, government entities, and nonprofit groups all working together to promote energy independence, economic security, technological innovation, and job creation through the adoption of a renewable energy Feed Law in the state of Nevada in 2011.
Local Food/Farming
LOCAL FOOD/FARMING: Edible Reno-Tahoe Magazine.Through our printed publication, website, and events, we aim to connect consumers with these local growers, retailers, chefs, and food artisans, enabling those relationships to grow and thrive in a mutually beneficial, healthful, and economically viable way. We are part of a growing national movement throughout this country that is encouraging people to eat more locally-grown and locally-produced foods. By eating locally, we help sustain the small family farms that grow these foods, we enjoy food that is fresher and healthier for us, and we help reduce the cost to the environment – and in dollars – of transporting foods over long distances.
click here to see all Farmers Markets
Local Fuels
Advanced Refining Concepts, LLC is a privately held company based in Sparks, NV with additional manufacturing and corporate facilities located in McCarran, NV. Our company, through its proprietary closed-loop, zero-emission ClearRefining® process, efficiently refines petroleum with methane derived from natural gas or future waste biogas sources. The ClearRefining® process significantly modifies the asymmetric hydrocarbon distribution of traditional fuel sources, producing a more symmetric distribution that heavily favors lower molecular weight hydrocarbon components.
Local Health
Renown offers access to more healthcare services than all other providers in the region. This includes four hospitals plus Nevada’s only NACHRI-affiliated Children’s Hospital and Children’s ER. Renown Regional is the region’s only accredited Trauma Center to treat seriously injured patients. Additionally, recognized areas of excellence include Institutes specializing in heart, cancer, robotics and neurosciences. This Top 100 integrated health network offers physician access at 16 convenient medical group locations and nine urgent care centers, and the region’s most trusted insurance provider, Hometown Health.
Local Jobs
ItsAboutJobs.com is the first step to a new career! As a free public service, ItsAboutJobs.com is focused on meeting the needs of job seekers in Northern Nevada; connecting them with training opportunities and helping them take the next step in their careers.
Local Manufacturing/Technology
OUR MISSION: NCET CONNECTS NEVADANS TO THE RESOURCES THEY NEED TO START AND GROW SUCCESSFUL BUSINESSES.NCET is an independent award-winning 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization funded by public contributions, sponsorships, program revenues and limited grants. NCET is not affiliated with the State of Nevada and receives no state funding.
Local Media
Reno-Sparks Local Business Co-Op supports ALL locally owned media outletsand suggests all locally owned Business use Local Media when ever possible.
Local Minority Resources
Nevada Hispanic Services is the only nonprofit agency in Northern Nevada serving as a liaison between the English speaking social service providers and the non-English speaking Hispanic population. Provides interpretation, translation services, immigration assistance, information and referral, AIDS/HIV prevention outreach, job placement, youth programs, scholarships for college or trade schools.
Local Non Profit
NPcatalyst strengthens communities by creating, managing, and leveraging opportunities with its key community stakeholders: individual citizens, businesses, foundations and non-profit organizations. Our charter is to set the standard of philanthropic excellence through effective and value-driven best practices. Today’s communities have critical and deserving needs. NPcatalyst captures the energy of community stakeholders and shapes that energy in efficient and focused directions to create immediate and long-lasting impacts.
Locally Owned Businesses
Our Mission is Promoting a "Choose Local First" campaign to support our local economic recovery and create more jobs. We developed and maintain an on line search engine listing our locally owned businesses. We offer a FREE listing to every locally owned business and make this directory available to the public. We encourage using this directory when making purchase decisions.
Local Recycling
A nonprofit dedicated to creating a cleaner, more beautiful region through education and active community involvement. While providing the community with a convenient means to dispose of cut Christmas trees, this program also preserves landfill space, limits illegal dumping, improves air quality through reduced green wood burning, provides mulch for area park and open space projects and models effective conservation practices for our present and future. Last year, 10,500 Christmas trees were diverted from the landfill for use in park projects around the Truckee Meadows!
Local Spiritual Recources
Our Local Spiritual Community
Local Transportation
The Electric Auto Association is your Electric Car & Vehicle authority for Reno, Sparks, Washoe County, & Northern Nevada! We also encourage and support interest in all forms of alternative transportation options as well as renewable energy technologies and policies.
Local Water Resources
Truckee Meadows Water Authority (TMWA). We live in a high-desert climate with an average annual rainfall of seven inches per year and Lake Tahoe serving as our primary water source. Since water in our region is a precious and limited resource, we encourage responsible water use at all times.There are lots of easy things you can do to do your part at home and work. The conservation section of our Web site provides information on the most efficient ways to use water both inside and out, as well as provides information on leak detection and repairs. There are lots of tips, links to plans and publications, and fun stuff for kids, too.We take our role as steward of the region's water resources seriously. Whether through our commitment to sustainability of ground and surface water, or as a result of regulation, TMWA's focus is to promote the wise and efficient use of water.