Sierra Electronics has been keeping Northern Nevada connected since 1964. The company was built on public safety and mission-critical radio: hospitals, first responders, schools, and the wide-area systems that let people reach each other when it counts. That community focus is not marketing copy on their website. It is how Jarry Walton and his team have operated for more than sixty years.

When a tower owner with that history offers space on Peavine Peak for a nonprofit mesh repeater, it matters. Sierra Electronics is not just leasing us rack space. They are dedicating real infrastructure, at one of the best vantage points in the Truckee Meadows, to something that serves the public good.

I recently spent some time up on Brock Mountain here in Tonopah, Nevada, for the annual Brock Mountain Users Group Summit. There were about 20 of us in attendance, representing the Department of Energy, the Nevada Department of Transportation, the FAA, and several private infrastructure companies. It was my first time in a room quite like that, and it was incredibly educational.

We just received a very official letter from the Nevada Department of Taxation, and it is a big deal for the physical expansion of our network.

Under Nevada Revised Statute 372.3261 and Nevada Administrative Code 372.700, MeshEnvy NCC has been officially granted sales and use tax exempt status as a charitable organization. This exemption is valid through June 3, 2031, and it changes the math for our deployments in a major way.

At MeshEnvy, we believe that the vast distances of Nevada should not be a barrier to communication. Today, we are announcing our most ambitious project yet. We call it the Silver Triangle. This is a strategic mission to invite and inspire Nevadans from every corner of the state to help us assemble three critical backbones of mesh radio connectivity—an independent layer that complements cellular and tower infrastructure and adds redundancy for public safety.

There is a specific kind of awe that hits you when you reach the top of Ophir Hill. The summit sits in the Virginia Range above historic Virginia City in Storey County, at about 7,782 feet above sea level. From there the whole basin feels within reach, ridgelines in every direction and the Comstock country laid out below.

Spanish Benchmark is a Washoe County high point northeast of Reno, near Spanish Springs. The summit sits at about 6,165 feet above sea level with roughly a thousand feet of prominence, which makes it a strong perch for looking out over the Spanish Springs Valley and the Truckee Meadows rim. We highlighted this location when we announced we were working with the BLM Carson Field Office; here is a short field diary from early visits to the site.

In a state like Nevada, connectivity is defined by the land. Approximately 85% of our state consists of public lands, the majority of which are managed by the Bureau of Land Management (BLM). To achieve our goal of a truly connected Nevada, working alongside the stewards of this land is not just logical; it is essential.

We are thrilled to announce that we are working with the BLM Carson Field Office.

On November 28, 2025, MeshEnvy NCC reached its most significant organizational milestone to date: we are now officially recognized by the IRS as a 501(c)(3) tax-exempt nonprofit organization.

MeshEnvy NCC has elected its inaugural Board of Directors, marking a major milestone on our path to nonprofit status and statewide mesh coverage. The board blends decades of technical execution with nonprofit governance so we can scale responsibly while staying true to Nevada's mesh community.

MeshEnvy NCC now has its official Nevada community communications credentials locked in. The Nevada Secretary of State issued our Entity ID E52600402025-2 and Business ID NV20253463357, confirming that MeshEnvy NCC is formally recognized by the state. In parallel, the IRS assigned our Employer Identification Number (EIN) 41-2583340, allowing us to stand up banking, manage donations, and keep finances transparent as we grow.