GREENevada

Great Basin Comm Food Co-Op, we see you! CONGRATS for winning in the Small Business category!

The Great Basin Community Food Co-Op (GBCFC) has a long history in northern Nevada, opening their first store in 2005 and moving into their current location in 2012. Their new Foodshed Cafe, opening just a year ago in 2018 as Reno’s first cafe that features primarily organic and local goods. GBCFC operates as a cooperative business that prioritizes “organic, local, single source clean food that is produced in a fair way for all involved,” it has long been their goal to both educate the public about sustainable food production in the region and bring organic, local food into Reno’s food deserts. Adopting a larger view of the food system looking to impact all levels of food production and consumption has allowed them to become a business that, in their own words, models, practices, and promotes environmental stewardship. GBCFC’s 2018-2021 Strategic Plan highlights their commitment to sustainability. Strengthening the local food system is a big part of what they do along with many others such as cutting food waste, landfill diversion, community outreach, staff education, and paying farmer and ranchers top dollar for their products.

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Yahoo! CONGRATULATIONS, Keep Truckee Meadows Beautiful, for winning in the category of Nonprofit Organization!!

Keep Truckee Meadows Beautiful (KTMB) is a 501(c)3 nonprofit dedicated to creating a cleaner, more beautiful region through active community involvement and education. Keep Truckee Meadows Beautiful was founded in 1989 and has worked for 30 years with businesses, municipalities, community groups and individuals to keep our open spaces, the Truckee River, business corridors, and neighborhoods beautiful and clean for all to enjoy. Keep Truckee Meadows Beautiful organizes hundreds of community beautification projects each year including flower and tree planting, is the voice for a clean and beautiful area by assisting local leaders with major issues like illegal dumping and trash along the river, holds large-scale cleanup events and recruits over 4,000 volunteers a year to help remove litter and invasive weeds, and educates the public about current issues and solutions, provides recycling resources and inspires children to become community stewards through its standards-aligned school programs.

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CONGRATULATIONS to Christi Cakiroglu with Keep Truckee Meadows Beautiful for winning in the category of Individual/Volunteer!!

Hired as Executive Director in 2002, Christi leads her small staff to coordinate more than 100 volunteer cleanup and beautification events that engages approximately 5,000 volunteers, and educates more than 4,000 youth each year. Under her leadership, KTMB has undertaken several innovative initiatives including the Great Community Cleanup and Truckee River Cleanup Day which is a partnership of local and federal agencies that now engages close to 1,000 volunteers every spring and fall. Working with Lynda Nelson at Washoe County Parks in 2006, Christi developed and KTMB continues to lead the Illegal Dumping Task Force which pursues ways to prevent illegal dumping including educating residents and elected officials about the dangers and negative impacts of blight. Christi’s persistence and tenacity helped provide the spark needed to create what has evolved into the One Truckee River Partnership and Management Plan to guide local municipalities and agencies who want to protect the river.

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