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"Reno is a breakout city and people are really recognizing it."
- Hillary Schieve, Mayor of Reno, says of the recent announcement to invest $1 billion into the Grand Sierra Resort to build a 10,000 seat arena, which will be the new home of Nevada Men’s Basketball. She says this is the largest private investment into the City of Reno, and the arena will bring in incredible acts, sporting events and more. - Friday, October 6, 2023.
"We really wanted to do something that addresses the jewel of the Sierra, and not just identify the problems, but really try to get at the solutions."
- Lina Tanner, Nevada Clean Energy and Transportation Conference, explains the basis of the convention. She says part of it is to look at accessing funding and the different ways we can explore electrification to ultimately alleviate the air emissions issues and traffic concerns in the Lake Tahoe area and what infrastructure is needed. - Thursday, October 5, 2023.
"These are the kinds of projects that our civil society really benefits from."
- US Senator Jacky Rosen explains how the historic Abraham Accords are helping to create peace and stability in the Middle East. She shares that each country is excited about building on these partnerships and enhance areas like energy security, tourism, cyber security and healthcare. - Wednesday, October 4, 2023.
"It’s need, it’s money, it’s water — all of those factors will go into that decision."
- Congresswoman Dina Titus, CD 1, says of the Ivanpah Airport, later adding that infrastructure is key to bring power and water to the corridor. She also says she doesn’t expect a seven-year gap between when Harry Reid International Airport is predicted to reach capacity and when Ivanpah could be built, explaining they’ll either speed up Ivanpah or find some other way to expand. - Tuesday, October 3, 2023.
"This is an issue that isn’t just like a normal crime."
- Congresswoman Susie Lee, CD 3, discusses a recent announcement that nearly $2 million has been awarded to the Nevada Attorney General’s Office to the Violence Against Women Prevention Program. The money will help law enforcement, prosecutors and non-profit organizations combat violent crimes against women in Nevada. - Friday, September 29, 2023.
"We’re known as the conscience of the Congress."
- Congressman Steven Horsford, CD 4, says the job of the Congressional Black Caucus, which he now serves as Chair, is to represent their constituents who are concerned about issues around healthcare, jobs, the economy and how we create opportunity that is equitable that lifts up every community. He adds they also advocate for issues like voting rights, social justice and environmental justice. - Thursday, September 28, 2023.
"They’ve earned the right to go ahead and pursue this project in a socially and environmentally responsible manner."
- Congressman Mark Amodei, CD 2, says of the Thacker Pass project, commending them for being a great example of doing everything right. He earlier explains that the system can work, sometimes not as fast as you’d like it to, but “those folks have crossed every ‘t’ and dotted every ‘i’” administratively, legally, environmentally and culturally. - Wednesday, September 27, 2023.
""I think we can fix that system, that broken immigration system, and still secure our borders at the same point before the elections of 2024."
- US Senator Catherine Cortez Masto says the U.S. immigration policy could be fixed within a year if some members of Congress would quit playing politics with the issue. - Tuesday, September 26, 2023.
"We wanted something different, something experiential."
- Jonathan Fine, CEO, Fine Entertainment, discusses the Reno City Center project, saying they didn’t want to be just a bar or a tavern, rather they wanted to create an experience to bring people in for events. - Friday, September 22, 2023.
"During the pandemic, and since the pandemic, really the need of all of our communities has been licensed child care."
- Mike Wurm, President/CEO, Boys & Girls Club of Truckee Meadows, says the clubs are helping the entire family — and not just school-aged children — by providing licensed child care for kids ages 6-weeks to 5-years-old. - Thursday, September 21, 2023.
"The news just keeps getting better as far as the impact."
- Carol Chapin, Executive Director, Tahoe Douglas Visitors Authority, discusses how the Tahoe Blue Event Center could help the year-round local economy by about $60 to $70 million. She says while Tahoe is known for seasonal dips, the Center is already showing bookings during shoulder months. - Wednesday, September 20, 2023.
"We’re sad to say goodbye to Reno, but we’re excited about what the future holds for us."
- Mary Beth Sewald, Reno Air Races, discusses how the event and region grew exponentially, contributing to the decision to end the event at the Reno-Stead Airport in Northern Nevada. Tony Marini, Reno Air Races, adds that the event’s new home will be announced in 2025 and the six potential sites attended the show. - Tuesday, September 19, 2023.
"But with the mob, it’s never the usual."
- Geoff Schumacher, VP, Exhibits and Programs, The Mob Museum, talks about the continued obsession with the mafia in Las Vegas. He says while we see run-of-the-mill crimes on the local news, the mob draws fascination through all the different personalities and sophistication of the crimes combined with the audacity of what they were doing. - Friday, September 15, 2023.
"If I would say there’s one common theme, it’s about how to digitize the management of water."
- Nathan Allen, Executive Director, WaterStart, says this company works on international water innovation projects like using technology to gather more data to make better management decisions, and ultimately, make the public safer. WaterStart recently announced in a press release a “first-in-the-nation approach that will integrate water consumption into economic development planning and incentives in Nevada,” made possible by funding from GOED. - Thursday, September 14, 2023.
"I’ve never seen a place where too much education has failed."
- DeRionne Pollard, President, Nevada State University, says there is “no competition here” against the other institutions in the Silver State. She adds that both she and the other institutions know their own lanes. - Wednesday, September 13, 2023.
"This problem continues to keep coming home to roost."
- Bryan Wachter, Senior Vice President, Retail Association of Nevada, says it seems that at the end of many sessions there are large increases in financing and investment into public education, but there aren’t results benefiting those who are in the system now. He adds that this has lifetime implications to both the students and our economy in Nevada. Alexander Marks, NSEA Political Coordinator, agrees with accountability measures, adding that while the $2 billion in additional funding is a “good start” we will run through it quickly with inflation and past chronic underfunding. - Tuesday, September 12, 2023.
