Village at Palisades Tahoe

Later this fall, the Board will meet, discuss, and make a final decision to approve or reject the Village at Palisades Tahoe project proposal. This is the final and most important opportunity for the public to share their views on the project. 

This page will be updated once the meeting date is announced.

The project was the focus of yesterday’s Placer County Planning Commission meeting. The League was there to voice our concerns about the impacts – from new traffic and pollution – the project would have on our Lake in public comments. We also submitted a public comment letter.

After more than six hours of presentations, public comments and deliberation, the Commission decided to recommend approval of the project. We’re disappointed, but far from discouraged. We’ll continue pushing to make sure Lake Tahoe gets the protection it deserves.

Next, the Placer County Board of Supervisors will take up the project – date this fall TBA. Check this page for updates, and always Keep Tahoe Blue.

At a public meeting on Saturday, August 17, nearly 300 people attended in person with well over 100 more joining online. About 50 people commented, with all but two opposing the project. After an almost 7-hour meeting, the Olympic Valley Municipal Advisory Council voted not to support the project. They also sent a message to Placer County and the applicant that:

1) the community is overwhelmingly against the plan,
2) the County and applicant are encouraged to evaluate a different reduced-size plan with a reduced-sized Mountain Activity Center, and
3) the community wants collaborative input.

Photo: Tom Mooers, Sierra Watch

On Friday, August 9, the public was allowed its first glimpse of final environmental documents for Alterra Mountain Company’s proposed development at Palisades Tahoe. The release sets the project on a path for denial or approval by the Placer County Board of Supervisors this fall.

The proposal for the enormous Village at Palisades Tahoe—with 850 condo and hotel units, 1,493 bedrooms, and a 90,000-square-foot indoor recreation center—has been in this situation before. And disturbingly, it looks the same as it did in 2014, 2016, and 2023, including the added traffic, pollution, and negative impacts it represents for Lake Tahoe.