Palisades Press

07/13/2025

What can you let go of… to help save your home?

That pile of brush, the dry grass, the stack of scrap wood—those are part of what fire experts call “dispensable space.” It’s what doesn’t need to be there, and clearing it could make all the difference.

✅ Protect your home✅ Support firefighters✅ Keep your insurance✅ Help the whole neighborhood

Placer County offers free green waste drop-off and other resources to make it easy.

Let’s walk our yards, clear what we can, and stay fire-wise together.

Info here: https://ovpsd.org/community-services/green-waste-programs/

Drop-off day is TODAY (Sunday, July 13th)

- In the empty lot across from the OV Fire Station
- From 9am - 4pm

Green Waste Disposal Programs Creating Defensible Space around your home is an impart part of wildfire safety. The District sponsors and supports four programs to help Olympic Valley Residents comply with Defensible Space requirements. If you have any questions, please contact us at (530) 583-4692 o...

07/13/2025

A creek runs through it.

07/12/2025

Had the good fortune of bumping into AP Davis - an insanely good horse trainer in our Valley this morning. She told us about this year’s Tevis Cup featuring an all-star veterinary team, hailing from six U.S. states and as far as Australia These elite vets and horse trainers/lovers like AP are the unsung heroes behind every mile. Their dedication, skill, and heart help ensure the safety and well-being of horse and rider alike on the world’s toughest 100-mile endurance ride.

https://teviscup.org

07/12/2025

The heat is on. Protect your pets!

07/11/2025

💚 Love Olympic Valley? Give it one hour this Sunday.

Volunteer for our Green Waste Monitoring Project and help keep our Valley clean, safe, and fire-resilient.

✅ Just 1 hour (between 9am - 4pm)
✅ Real impact
✅ A chance to protect what we love
🗓 This Sunday | 📍 Empty lot across from the Olympic Valley Fire Department 🕒 Send me your desired 1-hr time slot: [email protected]

Your Valley. Your voice. Your hands.
Let’s show up. Together.

07/09/2025

The Defiant Ones: Junipers Above Olympic Valley.

Like a wood cut of William Blake’s “Blasted Trees and Flattened Crops,” these ancient Junipers rise throughout the mountains of Olympic Valley. The ultimate symbols of strength, endurance, patience, and persistence.

Our sentries.

https://www.bluewolfgallery.com/post/the-defiant-elegant-ones-junipers-above-olympic-valley

07/08/2025

SETTLEMENT AGREEMENT REACHED ON THE RESORT’S DEVELOPMENT PROJECT

Palisades Tahoe has reached an agreement with Keep Tahoe Blue and Sierra Watch to settle litigation challenging proposed development in Olympic Valley. The
organizations have issued the following shared statement:

“Sierra Watch, Keep Tahoe Blue, and Palisades Tahoe negotiated in good faith to find a solution that effectively ends the fourteen-year conflict over Olympic Valley while supporting the social, economic, and environmental needs of Olympic Valley and the Lake Tahoe region.

Under the settlement, all parties agree on a revised blueprint for the Village at Palisades Tahoe Specific Plan that:

• Reduces the total bedrooms within the Specific Plan by 40%

• Reduces total new commercial space by 20% in the Specific Plan main Village area

• Affirms the permanent elimination of an indoor waterpark within the Village Specific Plan area

• Protects the land that was proposed for development at the base of Shirley Canyon by creating a conservation easement, preserving the land for recreation and public trail access in perpetuity; and

• Prevents additional development within the Specific Plan boundary for 25 years
If Placer County approves the revised blueprint, the agreement would end the conservation groups' legal challenge to the County's 2024 approvals.

The three organizations appreciate the truly collaborative spirit of months-long negotiations and look forward to working together in the future to protect and uplift this unique region, its community, and all who love it.”

07/08/2025

It's Tuesday Bluesday!

Free outdoor weekly live blues music Tuesdays in the Village at Palisades Tahoe June 24-August 26

07/06/2025

Cash invites everyone down to Three Sheets Brewery for a pint and some music after today's concert at Commons Beach.

07/06/2025

Our little mountain town gathered at the Olympic Valley Chapel for a Fourth of July BBQ that felt like pure Americana—kids laughing, food sizzling, and neighbors coming together under windy skies and a sea of red, white, and blue.

From heartfelt conversations to shared stories, and a lot of silly hats, socks and outfits—this is the spirit of community.

Special thanks to the Olympic Valley Property Owners Association for putting on another great event. And to the Olympic Valley Chapel for the use of their venue, nestled under Tram Face, for this special occasion.

For more fun community events like this and important updates about things happening in Olympic Valley, please visit www.ovpoa.com.