Gala for a Greener Truckee

Spring is in the air, Truckee is starting to bloom, and we are excited to invite you to join us as we kick off our 2022 election campaigns with a Gala for a Greener Truckee! Christa and Suzie have both been hard at work in our respective offices making Truckee more sustainable, achieving major wins in the past four years, and are looking forward to continuing that work with your help.

Thank you for everything you do for Truckee!

Christa Finn is the President of the Truckee Donner PUD Board of Directors. She was first elected in 2018, and has pushed the PUD for faster adoption of renewables in our energy portfolio, local energy generation, and closer collaboration with regional entities. During her tenure, the PUD crafted a new strategic plan and added a major solar power purchase to increase the amount of renewable energy to 75% of the portfolio. The PUD has also improved its emergency information systems, including adding Nixle alerts during outages and creating a much improved website outage map. They have expanded electrification rebates, and are exploring opportunities to collaborate on local generation projects. If re-elected, she would continue making our energy and water systems more reliable, resilient and renewable, helping Truckee become a more carbon efficient community.

Suzie Tarnay has served for nearly four years on the Truckee Planning Commission, and was elected by her peers to be the Commission Vice Chair. Within the last four years, the Commission has moved decisively to initiate affordable housing projects, require expansion of bicycling facilities, and deny the clear cutting of native vegetation for surface parking lots. Suzie has consistently raised awareness of modern planning principles that simultaneously lead to lower greenhouse gas emissions and enhance our community character. She is a staunch advocate for walkability, bikeability, housing for our local workforce, user friendly transit, and a more transparent and accountable local government. As a Truckee Town Council member, Suzie’s researched perspective and attention to detail will bring a new dimension of collaboration to projects and policies for Truckee’s most critical challenges. Together we can address the issues of wildfire mitigation, traffic congestion, and greenhouse gas emissions in a way that makes our community greener, more affordable, and accessible for all.