City of Reno's Approach to Fixing Virginia Lake

The City of Reno will release details about a multi-year plan to zero in on the Virginia Lake water quality issue at a public meeting to be held on Tuesday, June 2, 2015 at 5:30 p.m. on the first floor of City Hall.

Marmot Properties Acquires Another Complex, Begins Marmoting

Marmot Properties Acquires Another Complex, Begins Marmoting

Sneak Peek of the Jungle

Check out a sneak peek of The Jungle, photos courtesy Courtney Meredith.

Reno Streetcar Coalition Makes Itself Known

Reno Street Car Coalition launches web site, makes themselves known.

Adventures of a Snarkitect

I've been friends with blogger Mike McGonagle for years now, but few know how involved he actually is with the resurgence of Midtown.

Color Goes On 777 Center

The first glimpse of color on the 777 Center building, formerly Maytan Music located in midtown on the corner of Cheney and Center Street.

Jack Bacon Building Purchased by Former Owners of Little House On Center Street

The "Jack Bacon" building, located at 516 South Virginia, the terminus of California Avenue at Virginia Street, has been purchased by the former owners of Little House On Center Street, Alex and Esmeralda Long, and will become a restaurant with a focus on seafood, hopefully by August 1st.

Reno Street Food Kicks Off at Idlewild

This year, Reno Street Food will once again begin hosting the popular events at Idlewild Park starting this Friday, May 22 from 5 PM to 9 PM.  This is a free event open to the public.

Get Cool Stuff and Support Local Theatre!

Good Luck MacBeth will be hosting a fabulous bazaar this weekend to help keep their doors open and continue to offer great plays and musicals for Midtown and beyond. Stop by and purchase something cool!

Coffee Coffee Everywhere!

One new coffee bar is open, one remodel is nearly complete, and a new coffee house opens on California Avenue.

Developer Blake Smith Snatches Up Waterfront Sales Office Property

Permit sniffer and good friend Mike McGonagle told me that S3 Renovation Investors, i.e. Blake Smith who recently built the Starbucks on Virginia Street downtown, and is constructing the Cov and an unnamed project on Sinclair and Stewart, has snatched up the lot on 2nd and Lake, where the half-built Waterfront Sales Office sits.

It would be sweet if he built some kind of mixed use live-work units in this spot.

Out and About in Midtown - Construction Updates

Out and About in Midtown.