111119 Gerlach Community Development meeting minutes

Will Roger, Barrie Minnitte, Lisa Bertschi, Mike Black, Stacey Black, Georgie Golden, Susie Jackson, Quinn Yarbrough, Matthew Ebert, Dave Cooper

Clean up Main Street
Loella Sweet’s couches, porch
Replace with bench, put “Far From Home” marker
Flower boxes across form Bruno’s

Moving depot? Rebuild instead?
Put near water tower
Depot becomes archive, art gallery
Guru Road, add art sculptures from Burning Man

Big Art Small Towns
Create tourist events
Quinn improve look of buildings w/ facades
Sculpture near Saloon, reflects western railroad

Book at Costco about Washoe County

Sulphur plant needs fence
Need fenced storage for trailers
Travel trailers throughout town

Property for trailer storage?
Jamieson, Willy own crucial properties
GIA dissolved, GGID owns back Gerlach property now

Burning Man public storage facility in Gerlach

Boys Ranch: MMA guy-- Ken Shamrock, no business plan
Get Hycroft employees to live in Gerlach

People absent:
Sylvia Fascio/Jeff Barker want a store
Jason Walters: depot project
Train museum Reno going bankrupt
Gary Schmidt: service station, KLAP, has money

Railroad land for sale, could donate to nonprofit

Trego “Razorback” campground, vault toilet

Convenience store in Gerlach? Empire Store won’t move

Gerlach becomes a town? Incorporation
Find out pros and cons
GGID out of bounds
Police protection?

FBRHR is a nonprofit in Gerlach, some people don’t agree with BLM-related activities

Collective vision, theme for town not apparent

Jungo paved!!

Move forward with Main Street projects, flower boxes, facades

Tara, Margie from Communications should join main group
Bobbie Barlow, Tina Walters also involved

Next meeting Saturday, January 7