Northern NV Now Announces “New 2024 Board of Trustees”
PRESS RELEASE The Economic Development Authority of Western Nevada Announces New 2024 Board Members RENO, NV. (May 3, 2024) - The Economic Development Authority of Western Nevada (Northern NV Now) recently announced the appointment of 13 new members to their Board of Trustees. The board provides leadership and oversight to Northern NV Now's CEO and staff for the mission of adding quality jobs to the region. Northern NV Now does this by recruiting new companies, supporting the success[...]
CEO & Business Development Updates – March 2019
CEO Updates Time to Think Differently About Housing: Steffen Lehmann, Director of Architecture at UNLV and internationally recognized scholar, was the keynote speaker at the recent Northern NV Now Housing Summit. Thank you to our following sponsors: Dickson Realty, Grand Sierra Resort, Greater Nevada Credit Union and THE ROW. The presentation highlighted the need for more housing density and options to address the growing housing shortage in the region. The RGJ provided an excellent article[...]
Northern NV Now – CEO & Business Development Updates – January 2019
CEO Updates Happy 2019! We're expecting 2019 to be another exciting year. We will present our annual Northern NV Now update and provide an update to the EPIC numbers at our State of the Economy luncheon on February 7. Register here. Also, consider joining us at the Alliance Event on January 23rd. Affordable/Workforce Housing is our region's top issue. Please fill out the TMRPA's survey on the issue as there needs to be[...]
Entrepreneurial Development – December 2018
Entrepreneurial Update Happy Holidays from the Northern NV Now Team! On behalf of the Northern NV Now Board of Trustees and staff, we wish you the very best this holiday season. We are excited about the progress we've made over the past year: more than 2,100 new quality jobs; the attraction of 15 new corporate headquarters; with a 38% increase in the average wage of assisted companies over the past two[...]
Business Retention | Expansion & Workforce Update – December 2018
Business Retention | Expansion Happy Holidays from the Northern NV Now Team! On behalf of the Northern NV Now Board of Trustees and staff, we wish you the very best this holiday season. We are excited about the progress we've made over the past year: more than 2,100 new quality jobs; the attraction of 15 new corporate headquarters; with a 38% increase in the average wage of assisted companies over the[...]
CEO & Business Development Updates – December 2018
CEO Updates Happy Holidays from the Northern NV Now Team! On behalf of the Northern NV Now Board of Trustees and staff, we wish you the very best this holiday season. We are excited about the progress we've made over the past year: more than 2,100 new quality jobs; the attraction of 15 new corporate headquarters; with a 38% increase in the average wage of assisted companies over the past[...]
Investor & Partner Updates – November 2018
Investor Updates Northern NV Now is a non-profit organization that depends on Investor support to accomplish our mission. Thank you to all our Investors for your continued support. Our continuing ability to attract, retain and grow quality companies in the Greater Reno-Sparks area would not be possible without you and our community partners! Thank you to the following new Northern NV Now investors: MW Tech Accelerator LLC has joined[...]
Entrepreneurial Development – November 2018
Entrepreneurial Updates The Reno Seed Fund is in the process of raising funds with the help of a federal seed fund support grant from the U.S. Economic Development Administration's Office of Innovation and Entrepreneurship. The goal is to fill the void of early-stage capital available to companies and drive the participation of local investors into new seed funds. The Reno Seed Fund will be the leading angel investor fund in Northern Nevada and will support over 20[...]
Business Retention | Expansion & Workforce Update – November 2018
Business Retention | Expansion Congratulations to Arconic. They are planning an expansion for their Verdi operation. Arconic develops and manufactures high performance, engineered products and solutions for the aerospace industry, and their facility has been in operation in Northern Nevada since 1967. They are planning to add at least 15 new positions with average wages above $26.00 per hour. To find out more about this great company, go here. Innovation[...]
CEO & Business Development Updates – November 2018
CEO Updates Northern NV Now Board Endorses WC-1 - Protect our Community from Truckee River Flooding. This is our chance to make our community better and safer at a minimal fee (around $30 a year for the average home) while ensuring that we do not lose the $182M of federal funding if this initiative does not pass. WC-1 will not solve all our flooding problems, but after 20 years of talking and[...]