Keep Red Rock Rural
RJ Article and Concept Plan
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- Published on Thursday, 07 July 2011 19:16
- Written by Heather Fisher
July 7, 2011 Article in the Las Vegas Review Journal by Scott Wyland
Rhodes Submits Revised Plan for Development on Blue Diamond Hill
Picture 7,000 homes in multiple villages complete with a town square, schools, a college campus, light-industrial shops, stores, restaurants, offices, spas and parks atop a mesa.
That's what Jim Rhodes envisions in a conceptual plan he submitted to Clark County for developing 2,500 acres of hilltop land overlooking the Red Rock Canyon National Conservation Area...(full article on RJ site)
Major development plan just submitted for Red Rock
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- Published on Wednesday, 06 July 2011 00:03
- Written by Heather Fisher
City Life Article: Jim Rhodes is coming
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- Published on Thursday, 03 March 2011 01:55
- Written by Administrator
But who cares about Red Rock? On the one hand, it seems so crazy-stupid-illogical, we shouldn't even have to worry about it, but on the other hand, as someone said during the interview, the county has never met a development it didn't like.
Even still, I am hopeful that next time the county will stand up for the people and the future of the canyon, over the profit of one developer.
Letter by Concerned Citizen
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- Published on Wednesday, 02 February 2011 16:35
- Written by Administrator
One of the slickest examples of creative deception just arrived in my mailbox. A glossy, high quality color card invites me to a “Neighborhood Open House for the Gypsum Reclamation Study.” I kid you not. “Project team members will be available to answer any questions and provide insight about the history of the mine, the status of the planning process and future project milestones.” We are told that this is an initiative “designed to analyze, understand, reclaim and restore more than 2400 acres of land that includes the former gypsum mine at Blue Diamond Hill." Why, if I didn’t know better, I would be thinking that they are focused on doing something good.This thinly veiled plot to promote Rhodes’ housing development on the hill and forever alter the nature of the Red Rock Conservation area is one of the most insulting distortions that I have seen in a long time. The only meaningful reclamation of the area would be to protect its unique history by preserving it, not destroying it with a community of homes, stores, schools, traffic and light pollution, to just name a few undesirables.I wonder what “insights” about the history of the mine are waiting to be revealed. For starters, will they tell us why this mine was so historically significant? Will they tell us what they know about the unique plant life on Blue Diamond Hill?Strategic Solutions, the group throwing the “neighborhood open house,” doesn’t list Rhodes as a client on its website. Hmmm. That’s a bit odd. It seems that maybe Jim Rhodes and his public relations firm may have forgotten that you can try to make a silk purse from a pig’s ear, but its still a pig’s ear.Patricia van Betten
Primary Debate
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- Published on Monday, 10 May 2010 20:43
- Written by Heather Fisher
I know that the April 21 County Commission Zoning Hearing was very disappointing to everyone (except Jim Rhodes, the district attorney's office, and 4 county commissioners) but one thing it did do for us is teach us that it is very important to know who's in office and how they feel about matters that matter to us most. All the reason and logic in the world doesn't matter if there are not enough representatives in the government to stand up for it. It is for this reason that we are looking ahead to this election year in earnest.
We want to know who can help protect the rural character of Red Rock Canyon (now that the county has ripped the heart out of the Red Rock Overlay District so that Jim Rhodes could have the right to apply for higher density there).
Tonight there is a primary debate for Assembly District 13. I will be going to it. I have asked that they include a question about what they can do for Red Rock Canyon. I will let you know how it goes and also if there are any other political events that could shed light on this issue. Please let me know if you hear of any as well. I count on you to be the eyes and ears of this issue. I just spread the good word I hear.
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