The DSAA Board met in April for its monthly meeting. We discussed ongoing projects including our effort to build a public park and playground on Donner Summit, establishing a Donner Summit marker to let visitors know they are on historic Donner Summit, and a brainstorming meeting for a summer geotourism event on Donner Summit (we’ll [...]
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The DSAA Board met in February and March for our regular monthly Board meetings. During the meetings we talked about active projects including locating a place along I-80 for a Donner Summit marker or sign; finding a location for a Donner Summit playground in Placer County; our newsletter; a nd planning for summer events including [...]
DSAA is starting a regular newsletter. Here is the first edition! DSAA Newsletter March 2010.pdf We plan to publish the newsletter on a quarterly basis to start. Our members receive the newsletter by email. Others can find the newsletter here, on our site. Enjoy!
Join your friends and neighbors for the Annual Donner Summit Cleanup. It’s a fun way to make a big impact , and it only takes a couple hours! Saturday, June 5, 201010am – noonSoda Springs General StoreAppreciation Party Aftwerds (1pm – 3pm) Meet at Soda Springs General Store for your cleanup assignment. DSAA will provide [...]
The DSAA has a job opening for an administrative assistant. A full description of the position is available here. Please send your resume to info@DonnerSummitAreaAssociation.org, or mail a copy to PO Box 674, Soda Springs, CA 95728 by March 15th.
The meeting on March 2nd will be at 1142 Lake Drive, Serene Lakes, 6:30 PM.
Donner Summit Area Association (DSAA) is hosting a free Red Cross emergency preparedness seminar: February 272:00 pm – 4:00 pm Ice Lakes Lodge Soda Springs Road Serene Lakes A representative from Red Cross will discuss area-specific topics such as winter and storm preparedness, traffic and railroad emergencies, propane tank safety, and wildfire danger and prevention. [...]
The DSAA Board met on Tuesday, January 5, 2010 for our regular monthly meeting. We discussed our upcoming newsletter, which will be sent to all our members quarterly, and talked about holding a brainstorming meeting in April for planning a Donner Summit event this summer, along the principles of Geotourism. We also heard committee updates [...]
The last two DSAA Board Meetings have focused primarily on supporting the effort of Donner Summit Historical Society and local Donner Summit businesses to install markers along Donner Summit as part of the 20-mile historical museum. DSAA will be one of many local groups to donate money to purchase and install a sign along the [...]
Starting this Saturday, November 21st, and continuing on into however long the economic recovery takes, residents of Donner summit will be seeing more trains passing through the community. Union Pacific has completed their work on the tunnels between Sacramento and Reno that will allow double-stack container trains to use the Overland route. UP will simultaneously [...]
