We move to Renova Flats on Fourth Street

In August 2022, I gave up the apartment at Regina Marie in West Reno and Amy and I moved into a smaller studio apartment at a new place called Renova Flats at West Fourth and Ralston Streets.

Renova Flats has electric, gas, cable TV, free Wi-Fi, and trash included in the monthly rent, which is reasonable,

Each unit has a dedicated storage unit, central heating, and an individual Air Conditioner.

Renova Flats has a community shared kitchen, outdoor top deck, a main outside area gas BBQ, indoor media room with two large flat screen TVs.

A secure mail area is provided along with private dry food lockers, and a large ice machine.

Renova Flats is a gated community with 24-hour video surveillance. It has several entrances that open with an electronic keychain fob. 

Now that I am an older transwoman I do have to think about my own safety. I know many other trans people have been murdered for no reason.

This is the nicest home I have had in the past decade, and Amy and I love it.

The happiest woman in Reno

Okay. It may be exaggeration, but I am a happy woman living in Reno, Nevada. I have a cat, Amy, who I love. I have a job for which I am experienced. I am self-employed.

Soon, Amy and I will be in a new air-conditioned apartment exactly right for the two of us at Renova Flats, a new community on Fourth Street.

One of the things that made living at Regina Marie difficult for a couple years was that the apartment had no air conditioning. 

Since I moved in June 2021, I managed to get through the fall of 2021 and winter of 2022, okay with just ceiling fans. But spring and summer 2022 were difficult.

That's one reason I decided to move to a studio apartment at the newly developed Renova Flats on Fourth Street and Ralston in August 2022.

The 65-by-65-foot screen.

In May of 2023, Amy and I could watch from our front door at Renova Flats, as the Sands Regency casino hotel in downtown Reno became the brand-new J Resort. 

In May, I watched the men who climbed up ladders to put up the massive 65-by-65-foot screen.

And, in June, I could see the finished product. 

Work by digital artists from the United States, Europe and Asia is now featured on the screen.

The J Resort held a grand opening June 9th, 2023, as the downtown Reno hotel-casino completed major renovations. The rebranded former Sands Regency hotel-casino had been undergoing a multi-year renovation after Jacobs Entertainment bought it in 2017. 

The $300 million renovation was part of Jacob Entertainment’s efforts to revitalize downtown Reno’s west corridor as part of the Reno Neon Line District where Amy and I are happy to live at Renova Flats, across the street from the J Resort.