Reno Aces have revealed their New Freight House entertainment district which will include 3 restaurants and a sports bar. The Aces will be opening their season against Fresno on April 8^th.

Ready for the big opening day?  The new Sports bar and the pub “Duffy’s Ale House” sure will be! Be sure to stop by if that’s your “scene”! Heck even I might stop by to check out the new additons.

If you’re looking for a job, keep an eye out! Because the Aces are hiring 200 or so full and part-time workers for this fabulous new season.

Click Here for more information and the full article by KTVN Channel 2

After a yearlong wait, work has finally begun on the new Super Wal-Mart to be located off East Second Street on the Reno-Sparks Indian Colony. The delay was caused mostly by the massive, lengthy environmental clean up from the previous tenants, a radiator repair shop. 6,000 tons + of oil-contaminated soil was removed from the site. Once this superstore is complete Wal-Mart will be closing the Northtowne location and giving the employees there an option to transfer over. Even if all their current employees located at the Northtowne Wal-Mart transfer over to the new superstore, they will still be hiring something like 200 additional employees to handle the larger demands of the much lager store.

Looking for a new job? Wal-Mart will be hiring in Fall!

 Click Here for more information and the full article by Northern Nevada Business Weekly

There are very few companies hiring new staff to handle the uptick in home sales that jumped up by 49 percent compared to last year’s January sales. Very few title companies are following in Northern Nevada Title Company’s footsteps in hiring 4 employees to handle the dramatic increase in paperwork. Most companies are waiting for the sales to be more solid while others are still saying they do not expect to return to the boom-era staffing any time soon due to higher-ups handling their own administrative work.Here’s hoping for a better year and more jobs out there for those unfortunate unemployed masses. Click Here for more information and the full article by Northern Nevada Business Weekly

As some of you may have heard Moana is next on the upgrade train.  RTC is moving forward with the plan to widen Moana from 4 to 6 lanes between South Virginia Streetand U.S. 395. Other future major expansions include the intersections of Moana with South Virginia and Kietzke Lane.  
Moana’s project is being largely funded through the motor vehicle fuel tax increase that was passed by voters in 2008. Some say they would like that money to be utilized for other concerns like the loss in the Police force and the Fire Department.
Currently the project is only partially designed and RTC officials still don’t know how much commercial land will have to be bought by the government for this expansion.
Some business might have to be relocated even though the project doesn’t touch the actual structure. There’s a possibility of relocating whole buildings because of the parking spaces that will be taken away for the project.  
I say good luck to the 22 +/- business affected by this change; as many would say location is EVERYTHING!  
 
Click here for visuals of the Moana Project. 

Click Here for more information and the full article by Reno Gazette-Journal

A nonprofit company located in Reno has put in motion a silk-screening production company in a bid to give young workers job experience and vocational skills.For more details Click Here for more information and the full article by Northern Nevada Business Weekly 

Twenty-three buildings totalling 230 units were destroyed by the fire started by an arsonist on July 30th. The re-building of this apartment complex, located in South Reno, is a blessing to many subcontractors and tradesmen. This project could employ as many as 200 tradesmen through the winter!

Click here for more information and the full article by Northern Nevada Business Weekly.

There are mixed opinions about holiday hiring from various retailers located in the Reno area. Some businesses are expecting to increase their staffing by about 20% where others are only planning on hiring a few select people that are passionate about the product(s) being sold in the store(s). 

Click Here for more information and the full article by Northern Nevada Business Weekly 

Many large name industries and corporations continue to call Washoe County home while it continues to grow and make room for new companies rolling in.   Reno’s plethora of cultural events continue to entice tourists to come experience such entertaining events as the Hot August Nights, Balloon Races (happening already), the Air Races and many more fun activities.  

For more information and the full article from NV Energy please click the link below…

NV Energy Economic Development – Washoe County

Fennell and Associates Tom Young and Harvey Fennell have taken upon the Rotary International US $200 Million Challenge to raise funds to eradicate the tenacious disease known as Polio.

As members of the Rotary Club of Reno, Harvey & Tom have been involved in the Polio Plus program. Founded in 1985, and after 20 years of hard work, more than two billion children have received oral polio vaccine.

Harvey & Tom, along with the Reno Rotary, are working towards a Polio free future. Contributions to the Polio Plus Fund will help the Rotary raise $200 million to match $355 million in challenge grants received from the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation.

Your contributions will directly support immunization campaigns in developing countries, where polio continues to rob children of their futures due to infection & paralysis. Polio not only traumatizes those stricken with the disease, but the compounding hardships faced by family members are devastating. As long as Polio remains in existence, children everywhere remain at risk.

Click the link below for donation information & information regarding Polio or contact Tom Young at 775 850 3119 for more information.

http://www.rotary.org/en/EndPolio