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Patrick Dyer has a confession to make: He’s afraid of a real job. To remedy this phobia he became an entrepreneur, a Mayor, a Vice Mayor, The President of The Chamber of Commerce, a member of city council, a Master Goldsmith, and the owner, along with his late wife Diane, of Utopian Stone––the longest operating same-owner business (50 years) in Nevada City.

Utopian Stone Jewelers

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MEBII Turkey Trot: 19 Years & Counting

The Turkey Trot kicks off at 8:30am Thanksgiving morning with a 10k race and a 5k race/walk. The kids race starts at 8:15am on the football field with toms and hens chasing the big race-day turkey down the field. “It is a reunion. It’s fun. It’s fun seeing the little kids out on the field. It’s fun watching the people that come just to donate, have a cup of coffee and a donut.

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Planet Refills

We carry bulk soap, and we believe in sustainability and reducing plastic waste, but we also carry the raw ingredients for body butters, body oils, tooth oil, and offer several locally made salves for everything from arthritis to eczema to an amazing face oil.

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Grass Valley Provisions

Despite almost a decade of legalization in California, cannabis is still heard in whispers around holiday dinner tables, enjoyed discreetly in grandparent’s driveways, and hidden shamefully into unworn high-tops on closet shelves. It’s been given monikers to avoid outright speaking its name––Mary Jane, weed, pot, doobie, bud, ganja, hash––building on the stigma and depravity of its use.

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