Nevada County’s leading youth drug and alcohol prevention group, NEO, presented plans to open a youth center in the fall of 2013 to the Grass Valley City Council at its Tuesday night meeting. After four years housed within the Coalition for a Drug-Free Nevada County, NEO (New Events and Opportunities) has outgrown its facilities and has plans to seek nonprofit status, raise funds, open a youth center and make it a daily safe haven for the community’s teens and young adults, said Lynn Skrukrud, NEO’s cofounder. “Young people just really want somewhere to go and feel safe and that’s the …












