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Subscribe to The Weekly email newsletter by Vegas Business Digest for free. Panasonic Corporation today announced “Panasonic GREEN IMPACT,” a commitment to reducing CO2 emissions generated from its own business operations and value chain as well as expanding our contributions to reduce CO2 emissions of society. In a message at Panasonic’s press conference at the […]

Subscribe to our email newsletter and follow us on social media. LaPour Partners has announced Matthew Hoyt as its first Vice President of Finance. Hoyt brings more than 15 years of experience in commercial real estate finance, loans, and mortgages. His expertise spans a variety of property types, including office, industrial, retail, multifamily, self-storage, and […]

Subscribe to our email newsletter and follow us on social media. Carson City/Las Vegas, NV – The Governor’s Office of Workforce Innovation (GOWINN) announced this week two new additions to the office, Esmeralda Villeda to the position of Policy, Communications, and Community Outreach Manager, and Katie Gilbertson to the position of Program Development, Public Policy, […]

U.S. Senator Catherine Cortez Masto met with 16 local AAPI small business owners and community leaders to discuss her efforts to support Las Vegas’ growing AAPI business community and highlight federal resources available to help these businesses grow. The discussion and grand opening celebration took place at Taps & Barrels, a new AAPI-owned craft beer taproom owned by […]

Las Vegas NV — The Las Vegas Rotary Club is stepping up to help residents of Maui impacted by the recent wildfire disaster that ravaged the island late last week, stripping many of their homes and livelihood. In response to this catastrophic event, the Rotary Club of Las Vegas is calling upon the generosity and […]

Subscribe to our email newsletter and follow us on social media Consultant Connect, a national consulting firm for economic developers and site selection consultants, has recently named Las Vegas Global Economic Alliance (LVGEA) Chief Operating Officer Jared Smith to its 2022 North America’s Top-50 Economic Developers List. Smith joined LVGEA in 2016 to lead the […]

De Castroverde Law Group, a personal injury, criminal defense and immigration law firm founded in Las Vegas in 2005 by brothers Alex and Orlando De Castroverde, has hired new attorneys Natalie Hagen and Miguel Morales. Miguel Morales (Photo Credit: De Castroverde Law Group) Hagen was admitted to the State Bar of Nevada in 2021, and […]

Subscribe to our email newsletter and follow us on social media. This article is an overview of some of the affordable housing projects the state, Clark County, and City of Las Vegas are working on. $500 Million “Home Means Nevada” Affordable Housing Initiative Nevada officially launched the $500 million “Home Means Nevada” affordable housing initiative […]

This week, U.S. Senator Jacky Rosen (D-NV) introduced the Housing Oversight and Mitigating Exploitation (HOME) Act to crack down on price gouging by corporate investors.  According to the Nevada Housing Coalition, Nevada has a shortage of 83,994 rental homes for extremely low-income renters and 17 affordable and available homes per 100 renter households in Nevada.  […]

Subscribe to our email newsletter and follow us on social media. Through July 15, Nevada State Bank branches are accepting new school supplies donations to support Communities In Schools of Nevada’s Fill the Bus School Supplies Drive. Items needed include backpacks, planners, bookmarks, lunch boxes and bags, highlighters, pencil sharpeners, and composition notebooks. School uniforms, […]

The city of Las Vegas is looking for public input for designing the future of Historic Westside. In 2023, the city was awarded a grant form the Commission for the Las Vegas Centennial to create a Historic Westside Design Guidebook to support development in revitalizing areas.  An informational session will be held on Wednesday, April […]

Subscribe to our email newsletter and follow us on social media. Last Friday, SAHARA Las Vegas celebrated its 70-year anniversary. The original developer, Milton Prell, opened the hotel on October 7, 1952. The first expansion happened in 1954, adding more hotel rooms. Three new hotel towers were later added in 1960, 1963, and 1988, receptively. […]

Subscribe to our email newsletter and follow us on social media. Nevada Governor Lombardo delivered his State of the State address in Carson City and highlighted his plans for the 2023 legislative session and the new proposed budget. 22% Increase in Public School Funding The new budget contains $2 billion in new funding for K-12 […]

DECEMBER 15 2023 / ISSUE NO. 93 / ARCHIVE 2024 Sponsorship Package Available Now! Top Stories Fontainebleau Las Vegas Opens on the Strip Photo of Fontainebleau Las Vegas (Credit: Fontainebleau Las Vegas) Fontainebleau Las Vegas officially opened on the Las Vegas Strip. The 67-story casino resort features 3,644 guest rooms and suites, 550,000 square feet of […]