Talk about recharging your batteries! Talk about recharging your batteries! Wouldn’t this be nice: put on a few pounds…notice some wrinkles…lose a little hair…catch a virus. No problem. Just restore to factory settings. No longer will youth have to be wasted just on the young.
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Brent Wright, PE, SE
CEO, Wright Engineers
bw@wrightengineers.com
2022 Spotlight Awards Project Merit Award Winners and Industry Award Nominees Back in the Spotlight – 25th Anniversary Spotlight Awards Saturday, April 2, 2022 Red Rock Casino Resort – Red Rock Ballroom 11011 W. Charleston Blvd. | Las Vegas, NV 89135 Google Map 6:00 – 10:00 pm Cocktail Reception 6:00 pm Dinner and Awards Ceremony […]
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 advised the permit fees for fence permits issued on or after January 4, 2022 may be higher.
We apologize for any inconvenience this may cause.
Click here for the notice.
Respectfully,
Jerome A. Stueve, P.E.
Director/Building & Fire Official
jerry.stueve@clarkcountynv.gov
To view the FULL proposed ordinance amendment please click on the link below.
Comments or arguments regarding this proposed ordinance may be submitted by replying to this email, or click on the Comments and Arguments link by 5:00 p.m. on January 13, 2022.
The City of Las Vegas is also hosting an Industry Workshop on Tuesday, January 11th from 9am to 1pm at the City Council Chambers to answer your questions regarding the proposed changes.
Please RSVP for the Industry Workshop by clicking the link below to register:
For additional questions or concerns, you can contact us at AmendTitle6@lasvegasnevada.gov
Department of Planning
495 South Main Street
Las Vegas, Nevada 89101
495 S. Main St. | Las Vegas, NV 89101
lasvegasnevada.gov
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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 community for months to come.
Turkey Baskets:
The Community Service Committee teamed up with Communities in Schools this Thanksgiving and adopted 35 families to provide meals and groceries. Each family was given a decorated basket that included all the fixings for a Thanksgiving meal, groceries to stock their pantries for the month of December, and a grocery store gift card to purchase their perishables. The total donation value was $7,070.00. The committee went above and beyond to be sure it was a Thanksgiving meal the families would not forget!
CASA Foundation Toy Drive:
Each December, as the Community Service Committee is wrapping up their year of outreach events, members come together to collect toys for the CASA Foundation Toy Drive, and this year was no different! The group collected a total of 346 toys for groups of all ages. The smiles on the kids’ faces receiving the gifts were priceless!
Catholic Workers Food Serving & Homeless Care Packages:
A few years ago, the Community Service Committee members initiated an event where they provide care packages to the Las Vegas homeless community at the Catholic Workers breakfast service. The group started with just a few items per bag and are now up to 28 items per bag! The bags include beanies, blankets, toiletries, snacks, and other various items. This is a rewarding event that reminds us to count our blessings as we head into the Holidays!
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Megan McInerney
Associate | Las Vegas – Office Division
Colliers International
(702) 836-3700 | megan.mcinerney@colliers.com
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
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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 registered and joined the membership committee.
Linda Gonzales came in my office one afternoon in 2009 (we worked at the same company back then). She handed me an application for Developing Leaders Institute and a letter of recommendation that she already wrote for me. “Do yourself a favor and sign up for this,” she said. I did. I don’t fully remember how I paid for it because I definitely remember having less than $200 in my bank account that next summer before I got married.
Over the next decade I attended most social events, Spotlight Awards, education events and oh-so-many monthly breakfasts. I was invited to participate as a panelist at a few breakfast programs. I have been a moderator a handful of times. I’ve served on a few committees, but the Programs Committee grasped my passion enough for me to Chair for a couple of years. I put myself forward to run for the Board in 2018.
I came to NAIOP because someone that I respected invited me. I stayed because of the professional development, relevant education, and ability to serve. Perhaps the thing I value most is the personal relationship I developed along the way.
And now I will add serving as Chapter President in 2022 to my NAIOP story.
The last several years have been turbulent. Yet, we enter 2022 on strong footing as an industry. And the Southern Nevada commercial real estate development market is healthy.
Still, there is uncertainty from lingering pandemic affects, inflation, supply chains, and even local municipalities.
I draw confidence knowing that NAIOP Southern Nevada Board Members: [Lisa Brady, Cassie Catania-Hsu, Julie Cleaver, Shawn Danoski, Reed Gottesman, Jay Heller, Matt Hoyt, Jennifer Levine, Michael Newman, Steve Neiger, John Restrepo, Mike Shohet, Dan Tuntland and Katrina Bruce] have chosen to make service to NAIOP a part of their NAIOP story. I draw confidence knowing that you have made NAIOP a part of your story.
Whatever 2022 writes, I believe we stand a better chance facing it because we have incorporated NAIOP into our narratives. It connects us. It provides collective leverage to face challenges, and celebrate successes, as one industry.
I would like to invite you to think about your NAIOP story. When did you originally join and why? What causes you to continue with your membership? And if you’re inclined, email me to share your NAIOP story hmizrachi@mdlgroup.com. Happy 2022!
Hayim Mizrachi, CCIM
MDL Group
NAIOP Southern Nevada President
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 percent of the community’s supply—by a total of 21,000 acre-feet (nearly 7 billion gallons of water).
While the shortage declaration is the first of its kind, it is not the first time Southern Nevada was required to reduce its water use in response to drought conditions. When the drought was first declared in 2002, Southern Nevada was using more than its 300,000 acre-foot allocation. However, the community’s commitment to conservation led to a 23 percent decline in water consumption since 2002 despite the addition of nearly 800,000 new residents.
But conservation progress has stalled in recent years. As an example, only about half of single-family households comply with the year-round seasonal watering restrictions. If every water user diligently followed these restrictions, Southern Nevada could save more water than is being cut under shortage conditions.
The Southern Nevada Water Authority (SNWA) is updating its 50-year Water Resource Plan, which shows that continued water conservation throughout the community remains imperative in balancing Southern Nevada’s water supplies with water demands.
“In the face of this unprecedented shortage, we must step-up our commitment to conservation,” said SNWA General Manager John J. Entsminger. “These efforts are imperative to ensure our community’s long-term economic success – and history has shown that they work.”
SNWA 702-862-3740 or snwa.com
Patrick Watson
Conservation Services Administrator
Southern Nevada Water Authority
patrick.watson@snwa.com 702-862-3734
SNWA rebates
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Lake Mead water levels have dropped by nearly 150 feet since 2000, triggering the first-ever federally-declared shortage on the Colorado River, the source of 90 percent of Southern Nevada’s water supply.
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!
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Brent Wright, PE, SE
CEO, Wright Engineers
bw@wrightengineers.com
