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Lake Tahoe regulators hope ‘green’ development will help keep lake blue

Posted by: Maven on February 21, 2010 at 7:39 am

so lake tahoeFrom the Sacramento Bee:

“Development takes much of the blame for the long decline in Lake Tahoe’s legendary clarity. Now, in a move they admit seems “counterintuitive,” regulators are counting on more housing, ski lodges and hotel rooms to help reverse it..

Although construction of new projects has all but ceased at the sensitive Sierra lake, the Tahoe Regional Planning Agency (TRPA) has launched a new initiative – dubbed the Community Enhancement Program – with the goal of attracting a different breed of builder.

The idea: to replace blighted or environmentally damaging projects from the 1950s and ’60s with new, “green” buildings that not only fit in with their surroundings but also would hold back lake-clouding runoff.

The trick will be for developers to find a way to profit from their projects while navigating what many consider to be the most highly regulated and closely scrutinized review process in the country. … “

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Photo of Lake Tahoe by flickr photographer Mel Parkington (Creative Commons).

February 21, 2010 · Filed Under Lake Tahoe, the Sierras & foothills

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