I have a dream that my four little children will one day live in a nation where they will not be judged by the color of their skin, but by the content of their character.Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr If Dr. King were alive today, half a century after his famous speech, he would surely be disappointed his dream remains unfulfilled. It seems the country is even more divided, … [Read more...] about Can’t We All Just Get Along?
Archives for September 2021
How Nevada Stacks Up2021
Each year, Nevada Business Magazine compiles data comparing Nevada to other states and to U.S. averages. A big part of these annual exercises is tracking how the state responds to the ups and downs of economic cycles. However, assessing the damage done by the economic fallout of the COVID pandemic is rather like taking stock after a Category 5 hurricane. Although the sun is … [Read more...] about How Nevada Stacks Up
Industry FocusBankers
As the pandemic took its toll on businesses throughout Nevada, bankers were called upon to implement the Paycheck Protection Program (PPP), a loan program intended to provide American small businesses with cash flow. They did so efficiently while also overcoming new challenges to banking arising from a myriad of sources. Recently, bankers met in a virtual roundtable, hosted by … [Read more...] about Industry Focus
Healthcare Heroes2021
Corporate Sponsor It means the world to us to provide care to the communities where we live and work. At Southwest Medical, part of Optum Care, it’s something we have been doing for nearly 50 years. Across each passing decade, the health and well-being of our patients, our community and our team members continues to be our top priority. We want to see patients stay … [Read more...] about Healthcare Heroes
A Place to Call HomeNevada’s Residential Housing Market
In southern Nevada, between 13,000 and 14,000 new home permits have been pulled in 2021, up 11 percent from 2020, said Nat Hodgson, CEO, Southern Nevada Home Builders Association (SNHBA). “We thought we were going to get about the same as last year, so an 11 percent increase when we were factoring zero is pretty good. We’re actually tracking over 14,000 right now, but I don’t … [Read more...] about A Place to Call Home
The Public Education Monopoly is Not Long for This World
Our one-size-fits-all public education model simply isn’t up to the challenges faced by a post-pandemic world. Although, to be fair, it wasn’t exactly knocking it out of the park prior to the pandemic either. Nonetheless, the seismic disruptions to our world—economically, socially and culturally—are demonstrating the full extent of such a system’s shortcomings. As usual, … [Read more...] about The Public Education Monopoly is Not Long for This World
Keith Earnest
Executive Vice PresidentVan Trust Real Estate Type of Business: DevelopmentBased In: North Las Vegas, NVHails From: Boulder, Colorado Years Co. has been in Nevada: 06Years with Company: 07Employees with Company: 60 “Your people skills are just as important as academic skills – develop them both.” What was your First Job? I worked as a bus boy at Pedro … [Read more...] about Keith Earnest
Around the StateSeptember 2021
Home Means Nevada Co. Clothing Goes Statewide The Reno-headquartered Home Means Nevada Co. clothing brand has announced the opening of its third Nevada location at the District at Green Valley Ranch in Henderson. The company began as a Reno t-shirt brand and has grown to represent the Nevada lifestyle on a national scale. The retailer has three locations in Nevada and has … [Read more...] about Around the State
Commercial RE Report: Office SummarySecond Quarter 2021
Northern Nevada By Colliers | Reno Reno’s office market activity has remained strong through the first half of 2021. The region has not seen the influx of sublease office space and rising vacancies that have burdened other markets in the past fifteen months. Office vacancy increased slightly this quarter to 12.6 percent, though it remains equal to the pre-COVID rate of … [Read more...] about Commercial RE Report: Office Summary
Business IndicatorsSeptember 2021
The “advance” estimate of U.S. real gross domestic product (GDP) for the second quarter of 2021 grew strongly, but lower-than-expected, at an annual rate of 6.5 percent. As a result, the real GDP has now fully recovered from the COVID pandemic recession and surpassed its pre-pandemic peak. The strong growth largely reflected a 11.8 percent surge in consumer spending, which was … [Read more...] about Business Indicators
Last WordWhat Habit Are You Working on Forming?
Chris Richardson Director Logic Commercial Real EstateCCIM “I’m working on leaving ‘work’ at work. It’s a harder habit to form than I expected because my workplace is the office AND everywhere my phone is.” Angela Giles Online Marketing and Success Coach “[I’m working on] making sure that my communication is on point. When I use empathy as a skill in … [Read more...] about Last Word