Live. Work. Create.
Building resilient mountain communities through creativity and connection.
Tahoe Silicon Mountain rebrands as Lift Truckee, and a new chapter for the community begins.
Lift Truckee is the successor to Tahoe Silicon Mountain, a long-standing nonprofit dedicated to supporting the local entrepreneurial ecosystem. Following a decade of hosting educational and entrepreneurial events, Tahoe Silicon Mountain is proud to announce an evolution to the Lift Truckee Foundation to grow a shared mission of supporting social enterprises, entrepreneurship, education, and community resilience.
Vision & Mission
Goals
At Lift Truckee, we envision a prosperous, resilient mountain community where people live, work, and create with purpose, sustainability, and belonging.
To bring this vision to life, we foster creativity, community-driven solutions, and entrepreneurial spirit—building sustainable, connected places where individuals and ideas can grow, prosper, and make a lasting impact.
Provide a nurturing environment for entrepreneurs, nonprofits & social enterprises, and the community to meet and collaborate.
Curate and host community programming across a wide range of topics.
Offer scholarships to entrepreneurs, local nonprofits, students, and needs-based community members towards memberships.
Build a sustainable organization to last generations.
Community Programs
Lift Truckee is building a prosperous mountain community through creativity, connection, and innovation.
Our evolving community and educational programming includes events open to all - learning lunches, wellness workshops, climate gatherings, entrepreneurial groups, film screenings, and art showcases.
Please visit Events for a full list of current and upcoming events.
Young Entrepreneurs Club
Along with the Truckee Chamber and Sierra Business Council, Lift Workspace is co-hosting the Truckee Tahoe Young Entrepreneurs Club, a new initiative designed to support and inspire the next generation of entrepreneurs in our region. The club is student-led by Truckee High School senior Saim Mian, who wanted to create a space where young people could learn real entrepreneurial skills and build their ideas into action.
Learning Lunches
At least once a month, we host a Learning Lunch they range across a variety of topics from health and wellness, to finance, AI, building relationship skills, and more.
Sometimes we run a series on a particular topic for a few months to build upon a subject matter over time.
Learning Lunches are at no cost.
Truckee Climate Hub hosts guest speakers, panels, and other events featuring climate related businesses and topics from renewable energy and wildfire to AI solutions and more. It's a great way to meet like-minded professionals working in energy, renewables, and climate.
This meet-up is part of Lift Truckee's investment into social enterprises and building a vibrant and sustainable planet.
Climate Hub events are no cost.
Each month, local entrepreneurs, small businesses, and non-profit owners gather and connect in a peer-to-peer mentoring series, held in partnership with local co-working spaces and businesses.
Attendees have a turn to discuss their most pressing or top of mind business issue and get input and advice from others in their group.
*Please register in advance. No cost*
Wellness Workshops
Join us monthly for hands-on sessions focused on enhancing physical health and performance. Wellness Workshops take place every 2nd Thursday of the month.
Each session dives in deep to help improve your fitness technique. More info on individual sessions below.
Your first Wellness Workshop is free!
Community Hub Scholarships
Lift Truckee supports discounted Lift memberships and meeting space for nonprofits & social enterprises, entrepreneurs, students, and rising stars.
Entrepreneurs in Residence
Nonprofits & Social Enterprises
Students (14-19 yrs)
Rising Stars
2025 Scholarship Recipients
Lift Truckee Foundation will be implementing an application process in 2026 for scholarships. Stay tuned!
Climate Entrepreneur in Residence
It's time to get rebate money moving, improve our built environment, and tackle climate change.Utilities and governments across the nation have allocated billions of dollars for energy efficiency, air quality, and reduced GHG emissions. For years, progress has been hindered due to complicated application processes, but it doesn't have to be this way.
Resolv's AI finds and completes all rebate applications directly from your project documents and photos.
Nonprofit in Residence
Since 1997, the Truckee River Legacy Foundation has led the effort to protect, restore and provide access to the Truckee River for future generations. The organization is committed to revitalize, restore, protect, and provide sustainable access to the Truckee River for future generations to enjoy and celebrate.Truckee River Legacy Foundation sponsors and leads restoration and revitalization projects on and around the Truckee River. A major focus has been the Truckee River Legacy Trail, which is on-going and will eventually reach from Tahoe City to the Nevada state line.
La Fuerza Latina Agency Entrepreneurs in Residence
La Fuerza Latina Agency is a women of color-owned marketing and PR firm rooted in Truckee. Founded by locals Marlyn Angeles and Leslie Caratachea, the agency blends strategic storytelling with cultural authenticity to amplify voices often left out of mainstream narratives. Their work bridges the gap between higher education and professional opportunity, offering pathways for Latinx youth to return home and thrive. One of their current initiatives is working with the Friends of the Truckee Library to build a digital campaign for the new library.
We provide memberships &
discounted space to over 20 local nonprofits
