The National Exchange Hotel in Nevada City has completed the remodel of the 165-year-old historic downtown building and has started giving tours in advance of Thursday’s opening. City officials and dignitaries were given the first tours following a land recognition by members of the Nisenan.
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The National Exchange Hotel will officially open Thursday.
“We are ready,” said Sherry Villanueva, managing partner with Acme Hospitality, which owns and operates the National, on the team’s certainty of the opening date.
She added, however, that the hotel’s team continued to work on final details this week in preparation.
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Janet Peake was working from home when she got a call that her office of 27 years was on fire.
“I came.. and just watched it burn,” Peake, a financial consultant, said, her voice quivering.
According to Peake, far from receiving minimal damage, Wednesday’s fire that razed a vacant home in downtown Nevada City left the roof of her building next door to the structure that completely burned nearly caving in, with a hole in one wall completely exposing her to the elements.
Her upstairs office is now completely unusable, she said. Over the last 48 hours she’s hasn’t had time for much but to reassure clients and thank her many well wishers for reaching out.
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A Nevada City utility undergrounding project nearly a decade in the making can now move forward with funding from the county.
Nevada County supervisors on Tuesday voted to transfer $500,000 in Rule 20A credits to Nevada City, allowing the $1.2 million project to proceed after two previous attempts lacked capital.
Under the California Public Utility Commission’s Rule 20A program, utility companies set aside $1 per month charged to customers to help fund a portion of undergrounding projects that reduce fire danger and service interruptions.
Nevada City will borrow from five years of future Rule 20A credits to complete the project. According to a PG&E report, over the last 14 years Grass Valley, Nevada City and Nevada County have averaged $60,493, $26,106 and $466,141, respectively, in annual funds.