• About Us
  • Activity
  • Advertising
  • Books
  • Business
  • Contact
  • Dashboard
  • EB5
  • Entertainment
  • feedback
  • Forgot Your Password?
  • Government
  • Home
  • Home 20723
  • Interviews
  • Login
  • Members
  • Meme generator
  • National
  • Nevada
  • Nevada News and Views
  • Newsmax
  • NN&V Ads
  • Opinion
  • Pick a New Password
  • Politics
  • Polls
  • Privacy Policy
  • Profile
  • Recent comments by me
  • Recent comments on my posts
  • Register
  • Submit post
  • Subscribe
  • Subscription Confirmation
  • Survey
  • Survey
  • Terms of Service
  • Today’s Top 10
  • Travel
  • Travel
  • Travel
  • Welcome!
  • Yop Poll Archive
Nevada News and Views
  • About Us
  • Contact
  • More
    • Opinion
  • Facebook

  • Twitter

  • Pinterest

  • RSS

Featured Article

Better housing options necessary to keep up with Northern Nevada’s growth

Better housing options necessary to keep up with Northern Nevada’s growth
The Center Square
February 4, 2020

PC: https://knpr.org/

(Sarah Downey) – Northern Nevada’s economy is moving steadily forward even as the region faces some challenges, the Economic Development Authority of Western Nevada’s CEO said.

CEO Mike Kazmierski made his remarks at the EDAWN annual State of the Economy address last week.

The northwestern region has the highest growth rate of the entire state, with about 10,000 new jobs in the past year, and significant investment of roughly $20 billion for new projects, including Reno’s new City Center, the Park Lane development and the Northern Nevada Sierra Medical Center.

Still, more advancement is needed in education and housing.

“First, we all need to tell our legislature that education is a top priority,” Kazmierski said according to KUNR radio. “It should be funded at the national average. Without an educated workforce, we’re going to have trouble in the future.”

Kazmierski also noted that demand for affordable housing is far outpacing supply.

In November, the median price for a home in Reno was $413,405, a 4 percent increase from the same month a year ago, according to a report in Northern Nevada Business Review.

“It’s not just housing – if you’ve got $1 million, you’re going to find a place to live,” Kazmierski said. “It’s affordable housing. If we bring someone in for a job in manufacturing that gets $60,000 a year? Even at $60,000, a good housing price is $1,500 a month. You can’t find an apartment now even for $1,500 a month that’s in a good neighborhood.”

Still, there has been increasing diversification in Northern Nevada’s economy, Jeremy Aguero, of Las Vegas-based Applied Analysis, said at the EDAWN event.

“We’ve seen new jobs being created in almost every sector of the economy,” Aguero said. “You’re bringing in not only new businesses but also new employees for existing businesses that are continuing to expand.”


By

Sarah Downey | The Center Square

Prev postNext post

Related Items
Featured Article
February 4, 2020
The Center Square

Related Items

More in Featured Article

GOP Civil War in Nevada over Caucus-vs-Primary Spreads

NN&V StaffSeptember 18, 2023
Read More

Wayback Machine: You Won’t Believe What I Found in My Dad’s Scrapbook

The Center SquareSeptember 17, 2023
Read More

Nevada short-term property owners take case to Supreme Court

The Center SquareSeptember 15, 2023
Read More

This Week in Democratistan

Chuck MuthSeptember 13, 2023
Read More

Why I’m Calling a Truce with the Assembly Republican Caucus

Chuck MuthSeptember 12, 2023
Read More

How the Nevada GOP is Rigging its Presidential Caucus

Chuck MuthSeptember 11, 2023
Read More
Scroll for more
Tap

Subscribe Free By Email

Looking for the best in breaking news and conservative views? Let Chuck do all the work for you! Subscribe to his FREE "Muth's Truths" e-newsletter.

* indicates required
Nevada News and Views
Nevada News & Views is an educational project of Citizen Outreach Foundation, a non-partisan IRS-approved 501(c)(3) organization. It is not associated or affiliated with any political party or group. Nevada News & Views is accessible by the public at no cost. It funds its operations through tax-deductible contributions from donors and supporters and does not accept government money or grants.

TAGS

Featured Article Muths truth

Copyright © 2023 Citizen Outreach | Maintained by VirtualAlly

Northern Nevada county officials want affordable solutions for housing crunch
Kieckhefer: Let Non-Republicans Vote in GOP Primaries