Written by Jonathon Gardner, Incline Village Main Street Manager, IVCBA, 09/25/24

Last Saturday, we spotted members of the Rotary Club of Tahoe/Incline cleaning up and painting the final bus stop of three along Tahoe Boulevard.  They began work on the other two in May and have been working on them all summer.  I snapped a couple of photos and then called the former co-president, Bryan Foertsch, to get the details of the project.  

“It all started in November 2022, thanks to Linda Offerdahl.  She told Mike [McCallum] about the idea of decorating the bus stops for the holidays, which we did that year.  The following year, in July, Mike and I became co-presidents of the Rotary Club of Tahoe/ Incline, and we made restoring the bus stations one of our top 5 priorities.”

Bryan mentioned that when they began the project, the bus stops were in rough shape and did not smell good.  In May of this year, they started the project by power washing the structures and the concrete.  Then, they scraped away the old paint and rebuilt portions where the wood had rotted away.  Over a dozen different members of the club showed up to paint and fully restore these bus stations.  “I’m a big believer in giving back to the community,” said Bryan, “It was embarrassing for me to see the condition of the bus stops for our residents and guests.  I’m glad we got it done.”

Thanks to the Rotary Club of Tahoe/Incline, the bus stops are now in great shape. Mike and Bryan have since left their co-presidency of the club, and Kevin Hunt is the new president. We are excited to see what community beautification projects the Rotary Club will take on next.

Bryan added, “Our motto is service above self.  Please join us on any of the first three Thursdays of the month at 7:30AM at the Hyatt for breakfast.”  He extends that invitation to any community member who resonates with the motto.