LAS VEGAS (KLAS) – For the primary time, the mayors of Las Vegas, North Las Vegas, and Henderson all sat on the identical stage to share their imaginative and prescient for Southern Nevada.
It was a part of the Vegas Chamber’s Enterprise Energy luncheon on Tuesday, hosted on the Orleans Lodge and On line casino.
The panel lined subjects from larger schooling to inexpensive housing, laying out methods to make sure the continued development within the valley.
For the primary time, the mayors of Las Vegas, North Las Vegas, and Henderson all sat on the identical stage to share their imaginative and prescient for Southern Nevada. (KLAS)
“It’s an opportunity for our membership to actually hear some of the priorities of each of the municipalities, but then also to hear about some new things on the horizon,” CEO of the Vegas Chamber, Marybeth Sewald, who moderated the panel mentioned.
The group consisted of roughly 500 folks, and Sewald mentioned tickets for the occasion offered out shortly.
“It’s a mixture of all members of the business community,” Sewalk mentioned. “We have the smallest of businesses here, we have medium-sized businesses, and then we have C-suite executives.”
The mayors have been requested about modifications from the legislature impacting their metropolis probably the most.
Mayor of Henderson Michelle Romero honed in on schooling.
“We have been in a position to get voting rights for our appointed members to the college board, and I believe that is an incredible change we lobbied a very long time for,” Mayor Romero mentioned.
In the meantime, the Metropolis of Las Vegas Mayor, Shelley Berkley, centered on improvement.
“We are landlocked, we’ll have to start building up. We need to be on transportation routes, not only for housing and apartment living, but other businesses,” Mayor Berkley mentioned. Metropolis of North Las Vegas Mayor Pamela Goynes-Brown mentioned their imaginative and prescient was to construct a “complete city.”
“With our strategic plan, all that encompasses a complete city, great communities, safe neighborhoods. Fantastic shopping. All amenities within our city boundaries,” Goynes-Brown mentioned.
Nevertheless, Goynes-Brown added that in the case of their objectives for the valley, the three are best when united.
“We are stronger when we work together versus not, and so that’s another beauty of being on stage with these ladies,” Goynes-Brown mentioned.
