An award; activists fight sprawl in Nevada

Carol Cizauskas and I have the same last name. In fact, we are sister and brother.

Ms. Cizauskas is a freelance journalist. A story she wrote last year for the Reno News & Review has just been awarded the Nevada Press Association first place award for best business news story in the 2007-2008 year.

Growing out
Activists fight sprawl into areas remote from the Truckee Meadows

By Carol Cizauskas

Reno News and Review

Originally published 31 May 2007

A small but persistent group is leading the fight against proposed development of 5,700 acres west of Pyramid Lake. It would create up to 12,000 upscale homes in an area called Winnemucca Ranch, a process that would be eased by enactment of Assembly Bill 513.

A couple of hours before a May 25 Senate vote, about 20 members of Voters for Sensible Growth held signs and called their state representatives from cell phones in front of Reno City Hall. A.B. 513 passed the Senate 15-5 a few minutes later, but protestors say they’ll fight on as the bill makes its way back to the Assembly for approval of Senate amendments to the measure.

One of the leaders of the group is Erik Holland, who moved to Reno from Alaska seven years ago and last year ran unsuccessfully for Reno mayor, in part on this issue. The biggest reason the group opposes the Winnemucca Ranch development, he said, is because it’s leapfrog sprawl, instead of building close to the city.

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Way to go, sis!