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A HOME SERVICES AND RELOCATION DIRECTORY
Entrepreneurs Still Contributing
RESOURCES
Nevada County
Economic Resource Council
The Green Screen Institute
104 New Mohawk Rd., Nevada City
[phone]; ncerc.org
Tech Connection
nctechconnection.org
Connected Communities Academy
connected.academy
Sierra Commons
Non-profit helps launch and grow
businesses.
Offers co-working, mentoring and
education.
[phone]
sierracommons.org
Town of Truckee
Information on starting a business.
Section on growth and development.
townoftruckee.com
T
he Gold Rush brought thousands of
miners to Nevada County. But, it also
attracted another group, entrepreneurs
who provided food, goods and shelter often
achieving greater wealth than the miners.
Today, there is a place in the local econo-
my for everything from small family busi-
nesses to cutting edge tech companies and
manufacturers that ship their products all
over the world.
The county is fortunate to have a history
of tech companies that dates back to 1959
with the formation of Grass Valley Group
(GVG). The company continues today as
Grass Valley, a Belden Brand, and is an
important world supplier of video equip-
ment. Some of the area’s most successful
companies were founded by former GVG
employees.
In Western Nevada County, there is a re-
newed interest in undertaking projects that
will provide additional housing and com-
mercial space. A subdivision of single family
homes is currently under construction, and a
charter school broke ground on a multi-mil-
A tech company in the Litton Business Park, one of several such parks in the county.
lion dollar campus set to open in 2018.
At the eastern end of the county, the
Town of Truckee economy is for the most
part tourist driven. There is not a great deal
of manufacturing, although there is some
light industry. The largest areas of employ-
ment include government, schools and the
hospital, as well as businesses geared to the
needs of tourists.
To an extent, development has returned
to Truckee and several major projects are
in the works including a subdivision, and a
mixed use community that includes industri-
al space.
Economic Resource Council
The Nevada County Economic Resource
Council (ERC) is dedicated and positioned to
assist in business attraction, creation and re-
tention. It works with businesses looking to
grow and entrepreneurs thinking of creating
a business.
One ERC goal is for Nevada County to be-
come known as a hub for entrepreneurship
and dynamic small business growth com-
pared to other rural counties in California
and the United States. It is promoting the
county’s TOTAL Package – Talent, Outdoors,
Technology, Arts and Lifestyle.
Another project of the ERC is Tech Con-
nection, an all things tech in Nevada Coun-
ty website. A collaborative effort, it needs
the participation of the tech community.
The website has three sections that show-
case Nevada County as an excellent choice
for tech business, employees, development
teams and freelancers to be located.
The Green Screen Institute
An initiative of the ERC, t