LAS VEGAS (KLAS) — Mabuhay Filipino City! Thursday morning, Clark County Commissioner Tick Segerblom joined Filipino neighborhood leaders to unveil the road signal for Las Vegas’ new Filipino City – a cultural district years within the making.
“It’s been so many years that we’ve been talking about a Filipino center, but now we have a town. A designation of Filipino Town,” said Filipino Town founder Rozita Lee. “We’re so happy that now we have a spot the place individuals can come collectively and we will have our companies collectively.”
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Lee has referred to as Las Vegas residence for 45 years, witnessing the Filipino neighborhood develop and thrive. She led the hassle to create Filipino City – a imaginative and prescient to focus on Filipino tradition and the neighborhood’s contributions throughout the valley.
“Some come from the Philippines, but people like me are born here. But we love our heritage, we have a wonderful, beautiful heritage that we want others to see,” mentioned Lee.
Filipino City runs alongside Maryland Parkway from Desert Inn to Flamingo – residence to dozens of Filipino-owned companies.
“Filipino Town is a historic area where the first Filipinos resided,” mentioned Catherine Francisco, Founder and President of AAPI Chamber of Commerce. “We are over 180,000 strong. We are in small businesses, we are entrepreneurs, we are in healthcare, and we are ecstatic to have this designation.”
That is solely the second Filipino City in the USA. Segerblom mentioned the brand new cultural district is each a celebration and promise for the long run.
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“It’s a revitalization, however extra importantly, it’s only a recognition of how essential the Filipino neighborhood is to us right here in Las Vegas,” mentioned Segerblom.
Future plans for Filipino City additionally embody a Filipino-American Museum. The cultural district is part of the Clark County Redevelopment Company’s plan to revitalize the world, which incorporates new residences and condos and a $300 million bus line connecting the airport to downtown.
