Nevada County Life

Over the summer there was construction work at the Memorial Park playground and a number of tall metal columns were installed.

This week shade “sails” were added to the columns, shading both the climbing structure for the 2-5 year old children, and the swings.

Even late on an early October day the difference between standing in the shade and standing in the direct sunlight was noticeable!  Should be really useful next summer though as not only will the shades protect the children from the sunlight, but they’ll also stop the equipment getting too hot in the afternoon.

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.