INCLINE VILLAGE MAIN STREET – 2025 Accomplishments

Gateway Roundabout Improvements

• Established Design Team: Steve Porten, Christine Karnofsky, Dale Smith and Larry Wodarski; utilized community input for initial design
• Hired Lefrancois Engineering as Project Manager
•  LA studio completed landscape architecture drawings
• Successfully engaged agency partners
• Submitted preliminary plans to NDOT

Inclined to Bloom

Pots and Plants

• Hanging baskets in Village Center and Christmas Tree Village
• Railing planters and wooden planters in Raleys Incline Center
• Terra cotta pots at 3 bus shelters, watered by Rotary club

Dancing with Daffodils

*     Community planted 7,000 daffodil bulbs in high-visibility locations

Community-driven Projects that promote Walkability

• Gathering Place below Crosby’s at Christmas Tree Village 

Sierra Giving Circle partnership with Incline Tahoe Foundation

• Kick-off Roots to Revitalization Community Dinner in September
• Raised $230,000 for Beautification projects

2026 Plans:

STRATEGIC GOALS

• Create a visually appealing town center (placemaking)
• Revitalize commercial core
• Align community around a common goal(beautification)

TRANSFORMATIVE STRATEGY: BEAUTIFICATION

2025 was a pivotal year for Main Street. The Gateway Roundabout project with aesthetic and safety improvements got underway, under the direction of Lefrancois Engineering and the Main Street design team.  Inclined to Bloom pots and hanging baskets were installed. A Gathering Place was built below Crosby’s at Christmas Tree village driven by the center with a grant from Main Street. The Sierra Giving Circle was established with partner Incline Tahoe Foundation. $230,000 in private donations has been obtained for beautification projects.

GATEWAY ROUNDABOUT IMPROVEMENTS: 2026 COMPLETION ANTICIPATED

• Reflect natural beauty with boulders and trees
• Improve safety by making it more visible
• Improve esthetics with irrigation and perennials
• Reposition bronze animal sculptures 

INCLINED TO BLOOM

• Expand successful hanging baskets and terra cotta pots 
• Increase bulbs planted for Dancing with Daffodils
• Carry placemaking them from roundabout to Tahoe Blvd.

COMMUNITY DRIVEN PROJECTS THAT ENCOURAGE WALKABILITY

• Consider trail improvement projects to increase walkability
• Encourage Christmas Tree Village to expand easement improvements
• Explore feasibility of bike racks in strategic locations
• Other bike signage and safety projects under consideration

COMMUNITY DÉCOR 

• 4^TH of July
• Scarecrows at bus shelters and throughout town
• Holiday lighting

SIERRA GIVING CIRCLE

• Charitable donations  for beautification projects 
• Partner is  Incline Tahoe Foundation
• Raise additional funds for roundabout and other beautification projects

MAIN STREET PROJECT MANAGER

• Hire Steve Blaney to help research and organize community projects