Station Casinos Opens Durango Casino & Resort In early December, Station Casinos opened the Durango Casino & Resort, the company’s newest resort in southwest Las Vegas. The resort features 83,000 square foot of casino space and over 200 guest rooms and suites. The resort also has dining options, including a food hall experience, Eat Your Heart Out, which spans 25,000 … [Read more...] about Around the State
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Around the StateDecember 2023
UNR Receives Largest Individual Gift in History to Create Aerospace Department The University of Nevada, Reno (UNR) recently announced a record $36 million individual gift to the University’s Foundation from the George W. Gillemot Foundation. Upon approval from the Nevada System of Higher Education Board of Regents the gift will be used to create the George W. Gillemot … [Read more...] about Around the State
Around the StateNovember 2023
Clark County Moves Forward with Innovation District In early-October the Clark County Commission voted to accept a strategic action plan for the development and implementation of the Clark County Innovation District (CCID) in the southwest part of the Las Vegas Valley. The district will be focused along the I-215 near south Decatur Blvd. and is being spearheaded by the Clark … [Read more...] about Around the State
Around the StateSeptember 2023
Roseman University Receives Grant for Empowered The EMPOWERED program at Roseman University College of Medicine was awarded a two-year grant of $230,360 per year through the Fund for a Resilient Nevada. The grant will support the program to continue to help pregnant and post-partum women in their recovery from opioid use disorders. The fund was established in 2021 to … [Read more...] about Around the State
Around the StateAugust 2023
Transportation Projects Awarded Grants The Regional Transportation Commission (RTC) of Washoe County is receiving $25 million in federal funding for the Lemmon Drive Improvements and Resiliency Project. The money is being awarded by the Federal Highway Administration (FHWA) and is part of the Rebuilding American Infrastructure with Sustainability and Equity (RAISE) … [Read more...] about Around the State
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UNLV Launches New Insurance Industry Center The University of Nevada, Las Vegas’ Lee Business School has established the Keretesi Center for Insurance and Risk Management. The result of a $5 million gift from the Nevada Surplus Lines Foundation, the center will advance faculty and student research in insurance and risk management. The center is also expected to serve as a … [Read more...] about Around the State
Around the StateJune 2023
UNR Wins NSF Engines Development Award The University of Nevada, Reno (UNR) has been awarded a Type-1 Engine award which consists of approximately $1 million from the U.S. National Science Foundation’s Regional Innovation Engines (NSF) program. UNR is one of 44 teams to receive one of the first-ever NSF Engines Development Awards. The intention of the program is to help … [Read more...] about Around the State
Around the StateMay 2023
RTC Southern Nevada Receives Federal Funding to Promote Efficiency The Regional Transportation Commission of Southern Nevada (RTC) has been granted $2 million in federal funding as part of the U.S. Department of Transportation’s inaugural Strengthening Mobility and Revolutionizing Transportation (SMART) program. The program was created to advance transportation and … [Read more...] about Around the State
Around the StateApril 2023
GOED Approves Tesla Abatement The Nevada Governor’s Office of Economic Development (GOED) approved a $330,250,366 tax abatement for Tesla. The company’s first abatement was approved in 2014 and, as a result, Tesla will begin paying an annual minimum of $53 million in real and personal property taxes and modified business taxes beginning July of next year. Since that … [Read more...] about Around the State
Around the StateMarch 2023
Six States Agree to Colorado River Cuts Nevada, along with five other states within the Colorado River Compact have agreed to a proposed series of Colorado River cuts. The agreement was sent in a signed a letter to the U.S. Bureau of Reclamation in an effort to curb regional water usage ahead of the federal government’s review. California was noticeably absent from the … [Read more...] about Around the State
Around the StateFebruary 2023
CCSD’s First Electric School Bus Begins Operations The Clark County School District (CCSD) has unveiled the first electric school bus in Nevada. The bus was purchased using grant funding from NV Energy and the Nevada Division of Environmental Protection (NDEP). The district has the largest owned and operated school bus fleet in the nation and transports 125,000 students each … [Read more...] about Around the State
Around the StateJanuary 2023
Clark County Launches TEAP for Small Businesses Applications are now open for the Technical and Economic Assistance Program (TEAP), sponsored by the Clark County Office of Community and Economic Development in partnership with the National Development Council. The program provides eligible small business owners and nonprofits who were negatively impacted by the COVID … [Read more...] about Around the State
Around the StateDecember 2022
Clark County Commission Allocates ARPA Funds for Business Incubator Program Last month, the Clark County Commission voted to approve $600,000 in American Rescue Plan Act (ARPA) funds in support of a new business incubator program, Incubate Vegas. The program was developed by the Clark County Office of Community and Economic Development in partnership with StartUPNV. The … [Read more...] about Around the State
Around the StateNovember 2022
Uprise Fiber Awarded USDA Grant to Build Fiber Network in Pershing County Reno-based independent fiber internet service provider (ISP), Uprise Fiber has been awarded a $27.1 million grant through the federal ReConnect Loan and Grant Program from the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA). The grant will be used to build a Fiber-to-the-Premise network in Pershing … [Read more...] about Around the State
Around the StateOctober 2022
Nevada Small Business Development Center Releases Survey of Small Business Challenges The Nevada Small Business Development Center (SBDC) released the 2022 Small Businesses Challenges survey. The survey showed that, of the 225 respondents looking to start a small business or scalable startup, 58 percent claimed that securing financing is one of the top three challenges they … [Read more...] about Around the State