Entries by NAIOP Southern Nevada

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Clark County Fence Permit Fees

Please be advised that Clark County Building Department has recently discovered an error in how some fence permit fees were being calculated.  Fees were being calculated on a lower project valuation number; resulting in a lower permit fee being charged. Effective January 3, 2022, this calculation error has been corrected.  As a result, please be […]

Community Service Committee Update Ending 2021

Helping Hands of Vegas Valley: Throughout the month of October, NAIOP members participated in the Helping Hands of Vegas Valley food drive where they collected and donated 1,164 pounds of food, 222 rolls of toilet paper, 48 rolls of paper towels, paper plates and plastic cutlery. $740.00 was also collected that will support the elderly […]

2022 Breakfast Meeting Schedule

Mark your calendar for our 2022 Breakfast Meetings! Professional live stream Zoom option is also available (fee waived this month) Click here to register to attend our January Breakfast in person or by Zoom Click here to pre-pay for 2022 Breakfast Meetings – must be a member Click here for upcoming events  

President’s Message – January 2022

This is my NAIOP story. My first NAIOP event was sometime in 2008. A leasing executive at a major landlord in town invited me to one of the breakfasts while we were touring space. Someone that morning told me that DL membership (a membership category for 35 and under) was only $195 per year. I […]

Government Affairs Report – December 31, 2021

Happy Holidays! 2021 brought tremendous yuletide cheer, not only was there an infrastructure week, but multiple infrastructure bills.  And, may our hearts be still, one of them actually passed! The following bifurcation from the controversial “Build Back Better Act,” the hard infrastructure bill was signed on November 15, and is 2,700 pages in length.  Generally, the bill appropriates […]

New year ushers in first-ever Colorado River water shortage

Low water levels in Lake Mead prompted the federal government to declare a water shortage declaration on the Colorado River that takes effect in January 2022. Combined with existing water reductions outlined in the Drought Contingency Plan, the declared shortage reduces Southern Nevada’s annual water allocation of 300,000 acre-feet from Lake Mead—the source of 90 […]

The Right Brain – January 2022

You think money grows on trees?!  I must’ve heard that a million times from my parents growing up.  With the cost of lumber today, makes me wonder if wood still grows on trees! Click here for more cartoons. Brent Wright, PE, SE CEO, Wright Engineers bw@wrightengineers.com              

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Member Highlight – Rick Van Diepen

Name: Rick Van Diepen Title: Principal & Founder Company: GRN Vision Sustainability Consultants # years in the industry: 10 Where are you originally from and how long have you lived in Las Vegas: I’m from Modesto, California in the central San Joaquin Valley (home of Gallo Winery and George Lucas). What has NAIOP provided you that […]