Category Archives: Community

TUOLUMNE MEDIATES: New Program Offers Conflict Resolution Training, Opportunities

By Teri | March 24, 2011

I’m a huge fan of mediation as a vehicle for conflict resolution: did you know bringing peace to people at odds can be as simple as helping them communicate more clearly? It’s true. A neutral mediator can help willing parties understand each other’s positions, underlying interests, and needs. As a result, people get to agreement, often restoring relationships in [...]

Thanks, God: Despite Discouraging Economy, Local Prospects Looking Up

By Teri | November 25, 2010

Boy, oh boy, do we have a lot to be thankful for! Despite lemons handed out with the recession, Tuolumne County Economic Development Authority has become adept at making lemonade in the last year. And while the gains haven’t and won’t erase many of the things we are still concerned about (and about which I [...]

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Update on Tuolumne Parking & Alleyway Study

By Teri | August 9, 2010

It’s been quite some time since the initial public meeting in the Memorial Hall in Tuolumne (last winter) when Community Development Department, Public Works, and the County Administrator’s Office staff took input from residents on the Parking & Alleyway Study. Since then, county staff has been pretty preoccupied trying to adjust to the ever-shrinking revenue stream [...]

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SPI TO RETOOL STANDARD MILL: 130 JOBS RESTORED!

By Teri | June 29, 2010

How about a little good news for a change? At a press conference this morning, Tuolumne County Economic Development Authority (TCEDA) staff and representatives for SPI announced that the Standard Mill will reopen next year! As you know from this blog, the closure of the mill (along with two other SPI mills) last year was devastating to the [...]

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