Thank you for voting for Build2Win as one of your favorite service organization and nonprofit. You can participate: Everyone can help build a better community for us all! Message from Bepsy Strasburg, Founder and CEO of Build2Win.org“When you support our non-profit grassroots organization, you support our abilities to buildpublic awareness about social and civic issues through workshops, and build constructive, … Read More
Town Hall Meeting with Candidates and your Neighbors
RSVP to info@build2win.org. Vote for candidates with your values. The only time you can influence elected officials is during elections. After elections, they do what they want, not what their constituents want. After the candidate presentations at the town hall, talk to your neighbors about city officials’ decisions and statements. What are they: 1. Prioritization of the building of a city … Read More
Busy Time for City Manager
February has been a very busy time for our elected and appointed city officials. On February 5th, the City Manager proposed to override the Planning Commission’s decision to reject the State’s proposal to be exempt from the Master Plan downtown policies. On a majority vote of 3:2, the Board agreed with the City Manager and overturned the decision of the … Read More
City Manager, Glen Martel, reviews progress after six months.
Find out about his discoveries to date and what comes next regarding the City’s priorities, organization, practices and budget. Free to attend but donations to Build2Win are welcome. Build2Win is a 501 c (3) organization and we rely on your generous tax deductible donation to continue our mission of educating Carson City residents on local concerns, City policies, projects or … Read More
Residents’ Choice: Town Square Reimagined
https://drive.google.com/file/d/1FTkDXIJwYLgys4qAXTQzubZAOYoHYd2w/view?usp=sharing Build2Win sponsored four public forums from March to November in 2025 to gather residents’ ideas of what they would like to see as a counter vision for the Town Square proposal by Mr. Steve Neighbors, Trustee for the Hop and Mae Adams Foundation. Some workshops were attended by Mr. Metcalf, representing Mr. Neighbors. The Residents’ Choice: Town Square Reimagined is for Phase II … Read More
NONPROFIT PANEL AT BUILD2WIN
Find out about the four nonprofits participating in the panel to share their challenges, resources, overlaps and what’s next for Capital City Circles, FISH, Flavors Foundation and Ron Wood. Be present and build a better community. Date: Saturday, January 17, 2026 Start Time: 9:30am Place: 1455 N Carson Street, Carson City (enter from parking lot at back)
Year in Review – November 2025
How fast this year by… Workshops this year were: https://drive.google.com/file/d/1Gl8u28RNiFYv02UnEjJdDUZ_NnCoWwdL/view?usp=drive_link Residents’ Choice Proposal in December 2025
Carson City Downtown Project Proposal by Mae Adams Foundation, Steve Neighbors
Your voice matters – share your ideas on what should be build downtown to match Carson City culture and heritage. Preserve the small-town city which has drawn people here to call it their forever home. Carson City is close to Reno, Sparks, South Lake Tahoe to have big-city amenities within driving distance but the smaller size and scale of buildings … Read More
2025-2026 City Budget – What’s in It?
The Budget is the City’s prioritization of departmental spending. When is enough is enough for the Sheriff’s department or Parks and Recreation? What is a reasonable level to balance the citywide spending
Big City Capital or Small Town – the Future Vision of Carson City.
On May 31st, Build2Win sponsored a panel discussion to outline the future vision of Carson City from three different perspectives. Panelists included: 1. Tom Metcalf of Metcalf Builders selected to build the Downtown Town Square Project by Mr. Steve Neighbors, Trustee of Hop and Mae Adams Foundation; 2. Doreen Mack, President, Downtown Project 2020 who converted the freeway going through downtown Carson … Read More
Town Square Project
Project proposal from Hop and Mae Adams Foundationhttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P8W-m2ha2Fs Is this what you want for Downtown Carson City? Three knowledgeable panelists will discuss their thoughts on the vision for downtown Carson City and answer questions about the proposed Downtown Town Square project. 1. Tom Metcalf of Metcalf Builders representing the Downtown Town Square project 2. Doreen Mack – Downtown Project 2020 and 3rd … Read More
“Meet Your Merchant” Event – May 17
Build2Win is going….. are you going? Join us at the Build2Win booth.