The Local Lens – Celebrating Community at the IVCBA Annual Meeting

IVCBA shared its accomplishments and current plans at its Annual Meeting yesterday at Prim Library. The evening felt like a true celebration of the past five years, bringing together the community and building programs that support businesses and strengthen connections across Incline Village and Crystal Bay. It was a meaningful opportunity to reflect on how far we’ve come and to share the vision for what’s ahead.

A huge thank you to UNR at Lake Tahoe for hosting and providing food and refreshments, and to UNR President Brian Sandoval for his annual update and continued partnership. We’re especially grateful to have spent the evening with more than 120 members of our community, an inspiring reminder of the people and relationships that make this work so impactful.

I want to share some of our history and accomplishments. We reformed the original business association into IVCBA in 2021, with membership dues ranging from $50 to $5,000. With over 285 members coming from agencies, businesses, nonprofits, and residents, we view our mission as a mandate. We are apolitical and view our work as benefiting the entire community by bringing people together and making our community stronger.

ACCOMPLISHMENTS

Our strategic priorities are economic vitality, civic engagement, and revitalization through beautification. 

• Provide local news and promotion for local organizations through the Weekly SnapShot, now reaching over 3,000 subscribers.
• Organize community-wide events Local Heroes 4^th of July Celebration with signature parade(partnership with Rotary) and community fair(partner with IVGID).
• Organize a Northern Lights Tahoe community tree lighting and a “Forest of Giving Trees” at Prim Library. Jingle Mingle is the “shop local” event. 
• Organize and promote Community events: Restaurant Week and Fall Fest.
• Started the LIVE.WORK.PLAY magazine highlighting local residents and organizations.
• Established the Washoe Tahoe Leadership Academy and VIP Receptions for community organization leaders.
• Maintain the community website and calendar at IVCBA.org.
• Started Incline Village Main Street beautification programs, including Inclined to Bloom and Dancing with Daffodils
• Initiated the Gateway Roundabout improvements, to be executed in spring 2026

I hope it is obvious that what benefits our members benefits the entire community. Most communities have local governance structures to help fund the programs we run. As an unincorporated part of Washoe County, we do not have a city government. Moving forward into 2026, we are asking the community to help fund and sustain IVCBA in a variety of ways.

• Join IVCBA
• Be a Family and Friends Community Sponsor and honor a Local Hero
• Make a charitable donation to the Gateway Roundabout and beautification projects at the Sierra Giving Circle through The Incline Tahoe Foundation.

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IVCBA is the Community and Business Association that promotes our local businesses and nonprofits, organizes community events, and produces the Weekly SnapShot!  If you are a subscriber and regular reader, please join as a Community Supporter for $50. If you are not a subscriber, do for free! Go to IVCBA.org. We are financially supported by our local agency “investors”, and our business community and residents. Please help! JOIN HERE