Sitemap - 2021 - Our Town Reno Newsletter
Our Photo of the Year and 2021 (S)hero(es) of Reno
Family Soup Mutual Aid Begins New Season of Volunteering
25 Gifts Reno Could Give Itself Now to Become a More Caring Biggest Little City
Savannah, Facing Eviction Amid Gentrification and Rising Rents
7/11s and Jacobsville or Jacobstown?
Karen Foster, A Reverend Pleading with Developers
As if it never snows in Reno in December
Giving a Platform to 775 Queer Pride
On Student Perspectives, Police Intimidation, Million Dollar Murrays and Gentrification in Overdrive
Students Visit a Tent Village Right Behind their Classes at UNR
Bills Sims, with an Unhoused Father Now Helping Others
On a Reno PD Shooting, Notices, Boulders, Park Rangers, Ordinance Ideas and Zines
Seniors in Service Program Matches Foster Grandparents with School Kids in Need
Termed out 2022 Mayoral Hopefuls?
Jane Dunn, Leading the Reno Posse with Outreach for Unhoused Neighbors
Third Acts and "Paul Blarts" at the Park
Ken Stover, a Lawyer Defending Activists and the Unhoused
The Local Specter of Fake News and a Lack of Public Input
Kathy, Unhoused and Swept Repeatedly by Police as Her Partner Died
Shelter Winter Preparations Put to the Test and Another Motel Boarded Up
The Truckee River Runs Through Us, an Expert's Take
On Stopping Sweeps and Facing the Constant Threat of Being Swept
Jacobs and Keolis Back in Question
Bargaining Power and More Gentrification in Progress
RTC Washoe Bus Drivers Renew Strike Action Against Keolis
A Case and Whips Withdrawn with COVID at the Top
A Family in Washoe County Shattered by a Police Killing
The Future at the Cares Campus, Safe Camp and Daily Bagel in Question
Alexis Hill, Now Leading the Way to Help the Unhoused in Northern Nevada
The Downtown Dominion of Reno's Casino Operators
Helping Seniors Combat Smoke and COVID Loneliness with Technology
More money and new leadership to help the unhoused, but where are the blankets and towels?
Forced Evacuees of California's Caldor Fire Cross Over into Nevada
Jessica Castro, From Unhoused and Surviving Trauma to Helping Others in Reno
Anthony Shafton, an Author Tracking Reno Through Famous Artists and Public Spaces
Never Ending Fires and Covid 4.0 at UNR
Richard Bednarski, Covering Fires and Smoke in the West as a Reporter and Photo Journalist
Bus Strike Ends and Dangerous Schooling
Making Public Art More Equitable and Better for Communities
Smoke, Strike, Sweep, a Service and a Survivor
Of Substacks, Jacobs Entertainment and a Fallen Giant from the streets of Reno
How the Pandemic Affected the Unhoused
Futures in Doubt for the Lear Theater, Buses, and the Mayoral Election
Never Forget: Kenneth Stafford, A Black Soldier Killed by Reno and Sparks Police in northern Nevada
Inklings of a Pushback and the View from Anchorage
Eileen Bidwell Advocating for a Safe Parking Program
A Visit to the Pilot Safe Camp at the Nevada Cares Campus
Growing Calls for Transparency
At the "Witchy" Coyote Supply Co. Store in Reno
Michelle Hamilton, a Local Activist Seeking Support for a Carbon Tax
Mutual Aid in Northern Nevada in Flux
Gallo Chingon, Leaving the Rat Race for Podcasting and Other Pursuits
A Meeting Between Anti-Sweeps Advocates and the Mayor
Stop the Sweeps Advocates Confront Police in Reno
A Stop the Sweeps Occupation and Challenging Conditions Inside the New Shelter
Wraith, Helping an Encampment Village Move Again
New Campus Shelter Confusion and Challenges
Project Unity, In the Wake of Black Lives Matter Reno
Carl, Preparing to Leave Tent City
Tiny Homes, our Podcast gets a new schedule, and our Sister Channel's Reporting
Alex Munoz, Studying the Geographies of the Unhoused
On New Developments, and "Ethical" or "Horrible" Journalism
The Reno Gastro Project, Helping Both Restaurants and People in Need
Sana Sana, an Artist Protecting Humans, Land and Water
Two Women in Tent City Share their Experience
Lily Baran, Leading a New Garden Project to Heal and Grow
Laundry to the People, a New Initiative for Neighbors in Need
Mutual Aid Expands and Fights Back
An EMT Speaks Candidly About Working At Night in Downtown Corridors
The Slog of the New "Cares Campus", and one Motel Still Standing
Reno Soup for the Soul Recharges for Spring
Kelly, Trying to Avoid Police and More Sweeps of Her Tent
Hands of Hope, an Ingenious Food Bank Threatened by Relocation
Michael Carson, from Facebook Lives During Sweeps to River Cleanups and a Garage Pantry
An Advisory Board without Lived Experience
Jeremy, Looking to Regain Health on Streets After Heart Attacks
Street Outreach with the Eddy House in Reno, Nevada
A sweep, an arrest, a war zone of gentrification and a hostile chair in Midtown
Honoring the Godfather of Graffiti in the Truckee Meadows
A new Citizen Movement for the Unhoused Emerges
A Community Comes Together To Provide Motel Vouchers
New Bathrooms and Sharps Disposals
James, the Bike Fixer "Fixing to Move"
The Northern Nevada Community Steps Up in a Big Way for the Unhoused
Troy, In a Tent With a Bad Back while Going Blind
Linda, 70 and Unhoused, Packed and Ready to Leave, but Not Sure Where to Go
Our Town Reno's Week in Review