Nevada County Life

There are so many people who have chosen their dream town here in Nevada City or Grass Valley and then made their jobs work around it. People say it’s been great and they would never look back since moving here from the Bay Area or other places!

As cost of living and traffic have risen in cities around the country while technology is advancing, more and more people have been looking at working at home as a great option for a healthy work and home life. Many people are enjoying the quiet life here in Nevada County while still making their big-city money from their home office!

You find telecommuters – professionals who have moved here, but kept their jobs by traveling or by working remotely from a home office.

But even better, you find entrepreneurs! It’s amazing the range of small businesses we have here in Nevada County – retailers, web designers, inventors, writers, artists, ranchers, and the list goes on. It makes for great diversity.

In the past, young professionals would look for the the right job and assume they might have to move around the country to find it. These days that’s changing. Many young adults are feeling that where they live and their quality of life is the first priority, and then they’ll worry about a job.

In Nevada County, we have quality of life – one of the best school systems in California, amazing Sierra foothill scenery, a cultural scene including art, wine, and good restaurants, and most of all, friendly people!

Driving around Grass Valley and Nevada City a few days ago I could not help but feel that the building outline lights in downtown Nevada City were so much brighter and more festive than those in Grass Valley, which seemed dim and uninspired in comparison.  I’d first noticed this during the Cornish Christmas evenings but it was really apparent the other night when things were a little quieter in the streets.  Is it just me?

From 5th January the local bus service is cutting some routes (to Colfax) and also cutting the frequency of certain services (to North San Juan in particularly).  Check out the new route map to make sure you are not caught out in 2009!

Gold Country Stage Route Maps

The NOAA weather site says “yes” with an 80% chance of precipitation in Grass Valley on Christmas Day.  Their winter weather advisory states:
ANOTHER COLDER SYSTEM WILL THEN MOVE ACROSS THE REGION CHRISTMAS EVE AND CHRISTMAS DAY…WITH SNOW LEVELS FALLING TO BETWEEN 1500 AND 2000 FEET ON CHRISTMAS DAY.

Sometimes people are looking for something original from Grass Valley, Nevada City or Nevada County at large, but don’t really have the time to go mooching around all the shops or visiting street fairs such as Cornish Christmas or Victorian Christmas.  Well some of the local artisans have discovered a web based outlet for their work in the form of Etsy.com (http://www.etsy.com).

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