On May 16th, the AMGEN tour of California will start in Nevada City, and roll through downtown Grass Valley before heading out past Alta Sierra on the way to Auburn and Sacramento.
Nevada City will also see the 50th running of the Nevada City Classic cycle race in 2010. In 2009 the race was won by none other than Tour Def France winner Lance Armstrong!
It’s slow going, but moving along…the mural on the rear and side of the Del Oro Theater in Grass Valley, California. And while it looks good close up, what will it look like from the freeway? Will the detail be lost? Will it work from a distance? Here’s a photograph of the new mural in progress taken from the Safeway parking lot.
New Del Oro Mural, November 2009
And here’s the old mural that was there previously…
The 27th Annual Sierra Festival of the Arts takes place on Sunday May24th in Grass Valley, California. From 10am to 5pm on Mill Street there will be fine arts and crafts on display, tasty food, live entertainment, and special booths for children.
Grass Valley fire department responded quickly to a fire on Race Street on Friday 24th April. A structure at the rear of 111 Race Street was engulfed in flames shortly before the fire department arrived with 4 fire trucks to tackle the blaze.
This morning my son and I went to Gold Country Gymnastics in Grass Valley. They offer open gym time to preschoolers on Fridays from 9am-10:30am for $6 per child. It’s a really fun time in a big open room with all kinds of things around for the kids to run off some energy, get exercise, and build their coordination by running, jumping, climbing, rolling, and playing in the in-ground foam pit. My two-year old son has a blast at the gym.
Gold Country Gymnastics offers classes for all ages of children from walking through high school. They have gymnastics classes as well as special tumbling classes, trampoline classes, and they host birthday parties.
Gold Country Gymnastics is located at 110 Spring Hill Drive, Suite 14 in Grass Valley. Take Idaho-Maryland to Spring Hill Drive – take the first right into the parking lot and you will see signs for the gym. Their phone number is 273-3680. Visit the Gold Country Gymnastics website.