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October 17, 2016

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…

October 17, 2016

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…

October 15, 2016

KTNV ABC 13: Rock Out For Red Rock Helps Raise Funds for National Preserve by Leslie Marin

Originally published by KTNV Channel 13 News.

October 13, 2016

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…

October 7, 2016

KTNV 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…

September 20, 2016

Clark 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

August 14, 2016

Las 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…

November 25, 2015

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…

April 15, 2015

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

March 24, 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…

May 14, 2014

Las 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…

October 7, 2013

KLAS CBS 8 News Now: Proposed Housing Development Near Red Rock Upsetting Some Residents by Mauricio Marin

Originally published in Channel 8 News Now.

January 23, 2013

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/

January 22, 2013

KSNV News 3: Donatelli: Developer, opponents on board with land swap proposal

Originally published by Channel 3 News Las Vegas.

January 19, 2013

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/

May 14, 2012

Las 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…

May 14, 2012

Las 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/

February 28, 2012

Las Vegas Sun: Developer Jim Rhodes gets tax break for mining on his Red Rock land

Originally published by Joe Schoenmann, Las Vegas Sun Read here: https://lasvegassun.com/news/2012/feb/28/developer-jim-rhoads-gets-tax-break-mining-his-red/ Tuesday, Feb. 28, 2012 | 2 a.m. The “dormant” Red Rock Canyon gypsum mine where Jim Rhodes plans to build a 2,000-plus acre development isn’t dormant after all. At least, that’s what attorneys for Rhodes told county officials last week as they argued for…

February 23, 2012

KSNV News 3: Rhodes Red Rock Development

Originally published by KSNV Las Vegas Watch here: http://www.clipsyndicate.com/video/playlist/25504/3302426?title=top_video Feb. 23, 2012. 09:09 PM EST From certain vantages points in Red Rock it is possible to see all the way out to Lake Mead, the entire city and the whole valley. If developer Jim Rhodes gets his way, that view will be available from bedroom…

February 19, 2012

KSNV News 3: Max Heeman Interview: Fate of Jim Rhodes Development