Originally published by Denise Rosch, News 3 Las Vegas Read here: https://news3lv.com/news/local/planning-commission-denies-red-rock-canyon-development Thursday, October 20th 2016 LAS VEGAS (KSNV News3LV) — A plan to put thousands of homes overlooking Red Rock Canyon is back in the news. Just this week, the county planning commission voted against the project put forward by developer Jim Rhodes but this…
Read MoreKTNV ABC 13: UPDATE: Planning Commission addresses Red Rock development
Originally published by Mahsa Saeidi, KTNV Las Vegas Read here: https://www.ktnv.com/news/you-ask-we-investigate-developers-want-to-build-houses-at-red-rock Posted: 6:00 PM, Oct 07, 2016 Updated: 12:22 AM, Oct 19, 2016 UPDATE The Clark County Planning Commission addressed a proposed plan to build more than 5,000 homes on top of Blue Diamond Hill near Red Rock Canyon National Conservation Area Tuesday night. The homes would be built…
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Clark County: Tuesday Planning Commission Meeting 10/18/16
Originally published by Clark County, NV Read here: http://clark.granicus.com/MediaPlayer.php?view_id=17&clip_id=5018&meta_id=1030388
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Las Vegas Review Journal: Opponents challenge legality of Blue Diamond Hill village proposal
Originally published by Michael Scott Davidson, Las Vegas Review Journal Read here: https://www.reviewjournal.com/local/local-las-vegas/opponents-challenge-legality-of-blue-diamond-hill-village-proposal/ October 17, 2016 – 10:43 pm Clark County cannot legally approve a mining company’s controversial request to build a village on top of Blue Diamond Hill, according to a lawyer for Save Red Rock. Gypsum Resources wants to build 5,025 homes on about…
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Rock and Ice: TNB: Do the Right Thing In the vastness of Red Rock, you can feel like you’re on Pluto.
Originally published by Alison Osius, Rock and Ice Read here: https://rockandice.com/climbing-news/tnb-do-the-right-thing/ October 17th, 2016 My friend Susan is thoughtful, moral, good. She was once a practicing anesthesiologist, and her exit from that profession, to some extent choosing not to wait around to be sued, was a great loss because that is the kind of careful person…
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Las Vegas Sun: With a development near Red Rock Canyon back on the table, conservationists bristle
Originally published by Daniel Rothberg, Las Vegas Sun Read here: https://lasvegassun.com/news/2016/oct/17/with-a-development-near-red-rock-canyon-back-on-th/ Monday, Oct. 17, 2016 | 2 a.m. Compared with the classic battle between development groups and activists, the forces in this decade-long scuffle are friendly, or at least familiar with each other. When interests aligned, they even once collaborated. But that effort hit a…
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KTNV ABC 13: Rock Out For Red Rock Helps Raise Funds for National Preserve by Leslie Marin
Originally published by KTNV Channel 13 News.
Rock and Ice: Red Rock Canyon Under Threat From Major Housing Development
Red Rock Canyon National Conservation Area, in Nevada, is under threat from new zoning laws that could permit thousands of new houses to be built in the park. Sign the Save Red Rock Coalition petition to help protect this amazing natural resource! Originally published by Rock and Ice Read here: https://rockandice.com/climbing-news/red-rock-canyon-under-threat-from-major-housing-development/?A=SearchResult&SearchID=4072839&ObjectID=6516640&ObjectType=35 October 13th, 2016 Red…
Read MoreKTNV ABC 13: UPDATE: Planning Commission addresses Red Rock development
By Mahsa SaeidiOriginally published on KTNV Channel 13 Las Vegas UPDATE The Clark County Planning Commission addressed a proposed plan to build more than 5,000 homes on top of Blue Diamond Hill near Red Rock Canyon National Conservation Area Tuesday night. The homes would be built on privately owned land adjacent to Red Rock. Right…
Read MoreClark County: Gypsum Resources
Originally published by Clark County, NV Read here: http://clark.granicus.com/MediaPlayer.php?view_id=17&clip_id=4975&meta_id=1023030 Tuesday Planning Commission Meeting – 9/20/2016
Read MoreLas Vegas Review Journal: Clark County again faces proposal to develop Blue Diamond Hill
Originally published by Michael Scott Davidson, Las Vegas Review Journal Read here: https://www.reviewjournal.com/local/local-las-vegas/clark-county-again-faces-proposal-to-develop-blue-diamond-hill/ August 14, 2016 – 10:51 am Gypsum Resources is once again seeking Clark County’s permission to build a village containing thousands of homes atop Blue Diamond Hill. The company, which bought one of the nation’s oldest gypsum mines for $54 million in…
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KNPR Nevada Public Radio: Red Rock Canyon’s History As Protected Land
The Red Rock National Conservation Area is now 25 years old. Its history as a protected site goes back much further than that. It was 1936 when it was first recognized as a landmark. Much of Red Rock’s story was told in the book, “Seekers, Saints & Scoundrels: The Colorful Characters of Red Rock Canyon.” Chuck Williams was…
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Desert Companion: Grass Roots Organization
They banded together to preserve the peace in their rural town. Along the way, the big city next door took up the fight, too.
To city dwellers on the neon-lit side of Blue Diamond Hill, the small burg nestled in the western crux of the 159 might seem a bit eerie at night. So quiet, so dark. But to the 300 residents of Blue Diamond, it’s a peace worth fighting for — as is the family-friendly atmosphere that permeates the school, library, park, theater and swimming pool in the former gypsum-mine company town.
Article by Heidi Kyser, Desert Companion, April 15, 2015
KNPR Nevada Public Radio: Paradise Palms – Good Neighbor Policy
They moved to Paradise Palms to bring some stylish love to a formerly fab neighborhood When Clay and Denise Heximer bought their dream house in 2010, a midcentury-modern split level on a cul-de-sac in the heart of Paradise Palms, they were surrounded by exactly the kind of neighborhood they always wanted. Built by developer Irwin…
Read MoreLas Vegas Sun: MY COLUMN: The man who rules the roost in Southern Nevada local government lobbying
Originally published by Jon Ralston Read here: https://lasvegassun.com/news/2012/feb/28/developer-jim-rhoads-gets-tax-break-mining-his-red/ Fri, 05/16/2014 – 14:30 A few years ago, I walked into the Stirling Club bar at the exclusive Turnberry Towers. Jay Brown was already there, waiting for me. The lobbyist extraordinaire had invited me to discuss a column I had written that he said he could persuade…
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KLAS CBS 8 News Now: Proposed Housing Development Near Red Rock Upsetting Some Residents by Mauricio Marin
Originally published in Channel 8 News Now.
Las Vegas Review Journal: Rhodes Gets County Support for Swapping Federal Land
Originally published in the Las Vegas Review-Journal. Read here: https://www.reviewjournal.com/local/local-las-vegas/rhodes-gets-county-support-for-swapping-red-rock-land/
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KSNV News 3: Donatelli: Developer, opponents on board with land swap proposal
Originally published by Channel 3 News Las Vegas.
Las Vegas Review Journal: Proposal Would Let Rhodes Swap Land Near Red Rock
Originally published in the Las Vegas Review-Journal. Read here: https://www.reviewjournal.com/local/local-las-vegas/proposal-would-let-rhodes-swap-land-near-red-rock/
Read MoreLas Vegas Sun: Rhodes Homes creditors going after founder Jim Rhodes
Originally published by Steve Green, Vegas Inc. Read here: https://vegasinc.lasvegassun.com/business/legal/2012/may/14/rhodes-homes-creditors-going-after-founder-jim-rho/ Monday, May 14, 2012 – 2 a.m. Creditors in the Rhodes Homes bankruptcy case in Las Vegas are suing company founder Jim Rhodes in hopes of seizing his valuable land holdings near Red Rock and recovering hundreds of millions of dollars in losses. The creditors…
Read MoreLas Vegas Review Journal: Rhodes Cos. Creditors Sue Former Owner
Originally published in the Las Vegas Review-Journal. Read here: https://www.reviewjournal.com/crime/courts/rhodes-cos-creditors-sue-former-owner/
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