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NOVEMBER 8 2022 / ISSUE NO. 49 / ARCHIVE Please share this newsletter, subscribe here and follow us on social media. This Week’s Top Stories Nevada Announces The First Funding Awards for $500 Million Affordable Housing Initiative A construction site (Photo by pastorscott from Getty Images Signature) Last week, the Nevada Housing Division announced an […]

Subscribe to our email newsletter and follow us on social media. This commentary is written by PNC Chief Economist Gus Faucher. Job growth was much higher than expected in May at 339,000, with big upward revisions to job growth in March and April. The household survey was weaker, with the unemployment rate up to 3.7% […]

Subscribe to our email newsletter and follow us on social media Berkshire Hathaway HomeServices Nevada Properties has announced its 2021 sales achievements. The company closed 15,745 units and completed a record-breaking $9.3 billion in real estate sales in 2021, a $2.2 billion increase over its $7.1 billion in real estate sales volume in 2020. The […]

Kirk Kerkorian School of Medicine at UNLV has received a $1 million donation toward its 135,000 square-foot construction from Bank of America. The corporate donation is the very first of its kind benefitting the project, which broke ground in October 2020 and is slated for completion in 2022. To-date, the majority of the project has […]

DECEMBER 9 2022 / ISSUE NO. 53 / ARCHIVE Subscribe to Email Newsletter This Week’s Top Stories Courtesy of Henderson Chamber of Commerce Scott Muelrath has served as President and CEO of the Henderson Chamber of Commerce since 2011. Under his leadership, the HCC has expanded its valley-wide membership base by nearly 200% and grown […]

Subscribe to our email newsletter The Weekly Avison Young’s Sauter Multifamily Group closed the sale of the $37.8 million ($277,941 per unit) Terra Cotta Villas Apartments, a 136-unit property located at 4080 W. Twain Ave., Las Vegas, NV 89103. Avison Young Principals Patrick Sauter, Art Carll-Tangora, and Steve Nosrat represented the seller in this transaction […]

According to the Nevada Department of Employment, Training and Rehabilitation’s (DETR) September 2023 report, the state’s seasonally adjusted unemployment rate was 5.4% in September, which was unchanged from August and decreased by 0.1 from 5.5 percent in 2022.  At the MSA (Metropolitan Statistical Area) level, the state saw decreases in unemployment rate in all three […]

Subscribe to our email newsletter and follow us on social media. Last Friday, Habitat for Humanity Las Vegas, a 501(c)3 non-profit organization, hosted their 19th annual Home for the Holidays fundraising event. Established in 1991 in Clark County, the nonprofit builds single-family homes for working families earning less than 80% of Area Median Income. The […]

FEB 15 2022 / ISSUE NO. 11 / ARCHIVE Please share this newsletter to help us grow this local media publication. Thank you so much! Subscribe here. Follow us on LinkedIn and Instagram. This Week’s Top Stories UNLV Releases New Maryland Campus Master Plan The plan outlines short-term (3-5 years), mid-term (5-10 years), and long-term […]

The first full-scale Employ NV Youth Hub and Teen Zone in Southern Nevada officially opened inside the West Charleston Library last Thursday, August 4th. The nearly 2,500-square-foot hub and teen zone are a partnership between Workforce Connections and the Las Vegas-Clark County Library District and will allow young adults to access a variety of no-cost […]

MARCH 31 2022 / ISSUE NO. 69 / ARCHIVE This Week’s Top Stories Las Vegas Unemployment Rate 6% in February 2023 According to the Nevada Department of Employment, Training and Rehabilitation’s (DETR) February 2023 report, the  state’s seasonally adjusted unemployment rate was 5.5% in February 2023 which was unchanged from January 2023. The unemployment rates […]

Shriners Children’s Open, a PGA TOUR weeklong charitable tournament at TPC Summerlin in Las Vegas, is offering complimentary admission for first responders and military personnel during tournament play from October 12th to 15th. To claim tickets, simply present a valid ID at will call, located at the tournament entrance. To view ticketing details, please visit HERE.  […]

The 12-time GRAMMY Award-winner and EGOT (Emmy, GRAMMY, Oscar and Tony) winner John Legend announced his Las Vegas residency, “Love In Las Vegas,” at at Planet Hollywood, opening Friday, April 22, 2022. The performance will feature Legend’s incredible full band and will be a vibrant, colorful celebration of love and coming together, sentiments echoed on […]

Subscribe to our email newsletter and follow us on social media. Braintrust, a certified minority-owned business and integrated marketing agency, has promoted Sunny Wanser to director of digital development. In her current role, Sunny focuses on building custom websites, maintaining hosting platforms, providing technical guidance to all department clients, and managing the digital development team. […]