The Nevada Chamber Music Festival will bring incredibly accomplished musicians to the Biggest Little City for one week.

Taking place from December 26 to January 1 when the rest of the world is on a break, Reno will become the chamber music capital of the world. As the 15th NCMF makes its way to tow, the following roster will blow you away:

• Martin Chalifour (violin): 2018 Nevada Chamber Music Festival artistic director; concertmaster, Los Angeles Philharmonic
• Rebecca Hang (violin): violinist, Felici Trio and Chamber Music Unbound
• Ruth Lenz (violin): concertmaster, Reno Phil and Reno Chamber Orchestra; violinist, La Musica Chamber Music Festival (FL)
• Jun-Ching Lin (violin): assistant concertmaster, Atlanta Symphony
• Chee-Yun

Flirtey CEO Matt Sweeney claims that the drone delivery age is right around the corner and Reno will be the first on the list.

The Reno-based drone company completed the first multi-drone delivery demonstration with a single pilot in the Federal Aviation Administration’s Drone Integration Pilot Program. The test was successfully performed in front of FAA representatives and put the company on track to approval for its drone delivery program. They hope to send consumer products by air, including FedEx packages, medical equipment and supplies.

“This program runs us through the end of 2020, so we expect that we’ll be regularly saving lives and improving consumer lifestyles through drone delivery in Reno even before that,” Sweeney said. “We’re

There are so many awesome outdoor experiences around Reno and Lake Tahoe and Interbike 2018 is here this week so we wanted to share some of our favorite mountain biking trails.

Before we know it, members of the biking world from all over will be descending on our area looking for great places to ride. These trails are fun for locals and visitors alike!

Peavine

Peavine is a great place to start here in the Reno area. It has a huge network of trails and the Biggest Little Trail Stewardship has spent recent years adding and improving the single-track trails. Peavine is a big mountain all by itself on the northwest side of town, resulting in fast, flowy trails with awesome views of downtown Reno and the Sierra Nevada.

The Marlette Flume at

Reno launched from number 11 last year to number 6 this year in the annual “America’s Best Cities 2018” list.

From the buzz, the recreation and the booming tech industry, Reno was a no brainer to land in the top ten overall among small cities. Nevada landed a one-two punch with Las Vegas ranking as the number 5 best large city. The Resonance Consultancy releases the rankings, with their clout as a global destination branding consulting firm with offices in NYC and Vancouver.

The report bases its rankings on six different categories, a mix of traditional and non-traditional metrics like economic factors, infrastructure, housing affordability, Google results and social media trends. It’s no longer accurate to rely only on economic indicators.

Memorial Day weekend is coming up and Reno has it packed with fun and reflective events.

Whether you’re chowing down on pancakes for breakfast, or you’re honoring our troops at a Virginia City parade, this is a great list of events to get your Memorial Day weekend with the family planned. Remember those who have served and also spend some quality time together. What could be better than that!

Pancake Fundraiser

Get your ‘cakes as early as 7am on Monday, May 28 at the Atlantis Resort. This is a fundraising event to benefit Honor Flight Nevada, which sends veterans to Washington D.C. to visit memorial sites. Join in on the breakfast gathering from 7am until 11am.

Service at the Northern Nevada Veterans Memorial Cemetery

This event will

On May 9, Reno celebrated 150 years since the city’s founding back in 1868.

How did Reno get started you ask? A century and a half ago, the Central Pacific Railroad auctioned off 400 lots surrounding the site of a planned railroad depot. The city of Reno was born.

The town was named after General Jesse Lee Reno, who was a Union Army general that was tragically gunned down by a Confederate sniper in 1862. General Reno has actually never set foot in Nevada, much less the city that was named for him. Historical researchers believer that CPRR president Leland Stanford dubbed the town Reno to honor his friend General Irvin McDowell, how was one of Gen. Reno’s former commanding officers.

Reno was not the first settlement in the region and the

Nancy Fennell, President of Dickson Realty, shares her insight on the rise of luxury home sales in the Reno area.

The luxury market in Northern Nevada is defined as homes valued at $1,000,000 or higher. It’s also important to consider that people who own this price home in the Nevada market are very likely to own another luxury home in a different market. Fennell shares who is buying and selling these properties and what some of the trends in this price range are. Dickson Realty has been actively engage in the luxury market since 1988 when they were invited to join a small group of brokers from around the country. Dickson is now a member of Luxury Portfolio.

The luxury market in Northern Nevada is representative of just under 4% of sales in the

An 11 million-square-foot data center facility will be joining the Tahoe-Reno Industrial Center (TRIC).

EdgeCore has been granted $26.3 million in tax abatements by Nevada’s board of the Governor’s Office of Economic Development. The company’s senior VP of investments said that EdgeCore is a startup with zero clients so far.

“Demand will continue and we want to position our platform accordingly,” said Matt Muell of EdgeCore.

Legacy and emerging industries in the Silver State have and will continue to rely increasingly on big data. Several experts have predicted that Nevada will need more data centers before too long in order for the new economy to continue maturing. The EdgeCore facility will have 225 MW capacity and will be built in

Companies looking to relocate are flocking to Northern Nevada - why?

The Reno-Sparks region has become a distribution mecca, due mostly in part to its proximity to I-80. Nancy McCormick is the vice president of business retention, expansion and workforce for the Economic Development Authority of Western Nevada (EDAWN) and they use I-80 as a selling point. According to data from EDAWN, the area has one-day truck service to the Bay Area, Sacramento, Los Angeles, Phoenix, Portland and Boise. Add an extra 24-hours and two-day service is available to Montana, Wyoming, Colorado and New Mexico.

"We have immediate access to port of entry in California and logistically can reach locations in 11 western states within 24 - 48 hours," said McCormick. "It's

Lake Tahoe has water so deep it could sink the Empire State Building and you still wouldn’t see the top. Combined with the surrounding tall mountains and ski resorts make Tahoe a winter paradise.

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Tahoe’s ski areas are all within easy reach of one another, our top three each have a distinct look, personality and audience. What’s great about those three is that they are all operated by Vail Resorts and can be ridden with one Epic Pass. Next month is the Epic Pass’s 10th anniversary and the program now offers access to 46 ski resorts in seven countries around the world!

There’s still time to get your Tahoe mountain high. Most resorts won’t close until early April (if not later, depending on the late season alpine