From McDermitt and Montello in the north to Laughlin in the south, Nevada’s rural cities struggle to foster economic development but desperately need it. Each locale differs, in terms of primary economic sectors, natural assets and location for instance. However, common themes have been for some, and continue to be for others, dilapidated downtowns, struggling businesses and … [Read more...] about Slow & Steady: Economic Development in Rural Nevada
Peter Wallish
Rural Nevada: All Boom No Bust
The price of gold has been hovering around $1,300 an ounce lately, down more than 25 percent from its peak of over $1,800 in 2011. In times past, that would have been a sure signal for the bottom to fall out of the economy in many of Nevada’s rural counties, for which the boom-and-bust cycles of the mining business come as regularly as a spectacular desert sunrise. But, … [Read more...] about Rural Nevada: All Boom No Bust