Officials aren’t sure when the work at Memorial Park will be done, but they want it ready by the park’s centennial this coming Veterans Day.
The Grass Valley Council on Tuesday opted for a plan that will make the clock tower the focal point of the park. Two new benches will adjoin existing benches on the front of the clock tower, with kiosk signage on both sides of the courtyard, according to a staff report. Landscaping will be at the entryway and as a backdrop to the hardscape improvements.
A Community Development Block Grant of $3.5 million was obtained for this and other improvements to Memorial Park. City Manager Tim Kiser estimated the cost of work in the clock tower area to be between $40,000 and $50,000. It’s unknown when the work can be completed, but the goal is to be finished before the park’s centennial on Nov. 11.
African Methodist Episcopal Churches in Nevada County February 23, 2021
The Grass Valley City Council will vote tonight on designating the former location of the African Methodist Episcopal Church as a historic site. Joyce Miller talks to Linda Jack of the Grass Valley Historical Commission about the church’s history in Nevada County.
By George Boardman | Columnist
Anybody who thought the coronavirus pandemic would put a damper on the 2020 edition of the You Can’t Make This Stuff Up awards underestimated the zaniness and clueless behavior of many of their fellow citizens in western Nevada County.
The pandemic still provided an endless array of possibilities to compete for the seventh year of the coveted awards, whether it was KNCO realizing Rush Limbaugh is a divisive person and canceling his show, or that taxpayers weren’t allowed to observe planning to reopen the economy.
Grass Valley decided to turn its vacant retail stores into a Potemkin village and voters gave the OK to reap the tax benefits of the pot business, a subject the City Council wouldn’t even discuss a couple of years ago. Then there was the Chamber of Commerce’s endorsement of a rally to reopen business that was withdrawn because of criticism. Of course, the Grass Valley chamber actually has somebody to run it, unlike the one in Nevada