Grass Valley hosts Foothills Celebration for food and wine tasting on March 5
NOW IN ITS 15TH YEAR, the Foothills Celebration in downtown Grass Valley is one of the region’s premier wine and food tasting events. Participants gather on Saturday, March 5, from 1-4 p.m., to sip wine from more than 20 foothills’ wineries while sampling delicacies from local restaurants, including favorite nibbles from their menus. One of […]
Grass Valley named one of best places to start a business in Northern California
Grass Valley has been named one of the best places in Northern California to start a business, according to NerdWallet. NerdWallet is a personal finance, information service. The list is 1. Emeryville; 2. South San Francisco; 3. Grass Valley; 4. Burlingame; 5. Palo Alto; 6. Fremont; 7. Monterey; 8. Los Gatos; 9. Walnut Creek; 10. Mill […]
Julia Jordan elected President of California Main Street Alliance
Nevada County resident Julia Jordan, CEO of the Lincoln Area Chamber of Commerce, has been elected president of the California Main Street Alliance, a prestigious statewide organization. Before that, Jordan had been executive director of the Grass Valley Downtown Association. California Main Street Alliance (CAMSA) works to improve the quality of life in California towns, cities […]
Julia Jordan chosen as new CEO of the Lincoln Area Chamber of Commerce
Mark Luster, president of the Lincoln Area Chamber of Commerce, has announced Julia Jordan, of Grass Valley, has been selected as the Chief Executive Officer for the Lincoln Area Chamber of Commerce, effective March 2. According to Luster, “Following an extensive search, we are very excited about the opportunities we have with Julia joining the […]
Exclusive: Western stars including Clint Walker coming to Gold Rush Days in Grass Valley
The Grass Valley Downtown Association is honored to announce that this year’s Gold Rush Days will feature western movie and television stars Clint Walker, Johnny Crawford, Peter Sherayko and Charlie LeSueur on June 21-22 in historic Downtown Grass Valley. Clint Walker is a local legend best known for his cowboy role as “Cheyenne Bodie” in […]
Winners of the 2014 downtown Grass Valley Car Show
The Grass Valley Downtown Association announced the winners of this year’s Downtown Grass Valley Car Show on Saturday, April 26, 2014: Best of Show- 1936 Ford 5 Window owned by Vern and Marilyn Kornbrust, Vallejo CA Rust of Show, sponsored by The Roadents- 1947 Ford Pick Up owned by Matt Martin, Grass Valley CA People’s […]
Grass Valley Downtown Executive Director, Julia Jordan, named Vice- President of the California Main Street Alliance
Julia Jordan, Executive Director of the Grass Valley Downtown Association, has been elected the Vice-President of the California Main Street Alliance (CAMSA). California Main Street advocates for and provides technical assistance to California’s historic commercial districts, traditional neighborhood commercial districts and downtowns. There are 27 California programs including Grass Valley, which is one of the […]
Grass Valley receives gifts of new flags
Thanks to the generosity of the American Legion Post 130, the Grass Valley Downtown Association is receiving a gift of new flags for the corner of S. Auburn and Neal Street. The flags fly high above the Welcome to Grass Valley sign at the corner. “The American Legion, local Boy Scouts and the GVDA will […]
Grass Valley Downtown Association offers kudos to our magazine for Welcome Guide
The latest version of the The Grass Valley Downtown Association newsletter includes kudos for the annual Welcome Guide we published for them (and also inserted into our Spring issue) for a total of 30,000 copies distributed regionally: “This year we added our beautiful Downtown Guide to offer visitors and locals. It is an in-depth look […]
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