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August 4, 2021 PRSRT STD US POSTAGE PAID OVERTON, NV PERMIT NO. 11 Your Hometown Newspaper Since 1987 Wednesday, August 4, 2021 www.mvprogress.com City Council holds VVJGA wraps up season heated hearing on workforce housing By VERNON ROBISON The Progress The Mesquite City Council faced a passionate crowd at a meeting held on Tuesday eve- ning, July 27. On the meeting’s agenda were two proposals aimed at fulfilling a long-held strategic goal for the city to bring new workforce housing projects to the community. But the crowd in at- tendance was vigorously opposed to one of them. The Council held two public hearings on resolutions for zone change requests. Each request would pave the way for high- er-density multi-family housing projects, aimed at the city’s work- force, to be built. After more than an hour of heated public com- ment, the council finally voted to approve the smaller of the two re- quests and to table the larger one for further negotiations with the developer. Top strategic planning goal In his introductory remarks to the items, Mesquite City Planner Richard Secrist stated that the City Council had set down its pri- BOBBIE GREEN / The Progress Members of the Mesquite Firefighters Association serve up hamburgers and hotdogs to attendees of the Virgin Valley Junior Golf Association oritized goals in early 2019 with a season wrap-up event held last week at the Mesquite Rec Center. strategic plan for the city. “The #1 primary goal in that By BOBBIE GREEN ming time for the kids and their 2020 due to COVID regulations. of the local golf course restaurants strategic plan was to promote and families. Hamburgers and hot Although the Association was was changed to this outdoor fami- develop workforce housing,” Se- The Progress dogs were grilled up by the Mes- able to resume the program this ly pool party. These changes were crist said. “To set things in mo- The Virgin Valley Junior Golf quite Firefighters Association. year it was slightly changed. The mostly due to the uncertainty of tion, we set up a workforce hous- Association (VVJGA) held its Fi- The VVJGA has been holding season was a bit shorter than usu- changing COVID regulations and ing task force to study the issue nal Nite season wrap-up event on golf clinics and tournaments for al. There were no clinics. And with the organization being a bit and come up with a strategy to Tuesday evening, July 27 at the kids ages 5-18, every summer for only five tournaments were held. short staffed this year. accomplish that.” Mesquite Recreation Center out- approximately 20 years. The only In addition, the final Awards Din- Secrist pointed out that the door pool. There was fun swim- exception was the summer of ner, normally held indoors at one See Junior Golf on page 7A last multi-family housing built in Mesquite had been eleven years ago. Thus, more of such housing was desperately needed, he said. ‘Hot & Dusty’ “People in gaming and hospi- The Progress opens tality making $12.50 per hour are returns to Lost already priced out of the single family housing market,” Secrist City Museuem said. “So we need to focus on new office in Mesquite something they can afford.” By BOBBIE GREEN The task force had begun tar- geting parcels which were ideally The Progress located for this type of housing, The Progress newspaper Secrist said. Considerations in- opened a new Mesquite office cluded proximity to commercial location on Monday, Aug. 2, to services, bus routes, major arteri- service the people of the Virgin al streets, schools and recreation- Valley communities. al amenities. Priority was also The new office is located in the placed on parcels already zoned Bank of Nevada building at 11 W. for multi-family housing. Pioneer Boulevard, Suite B on During a discussion period, the second floor, adjacent to the The month of August offers art Council members emphasized the office of the Mesquite Chamber lovers and opportunity to discov- urgent need behind this strategic of Commerce. er their favorite Nevada artwork planning goal. Office hours will mirror the at the Hot & Dusty Fine Art In- “There is no question that hours of the newspaper’s Moapa BOBBIE GREEN / The Progress vitational at the Lost City Muse- workforce housing is the number The Progress opened a new office this week on the second floor of the Valley office being open Monday um in Overton. The exhibit opens one priority right now in the city,” Bank of Nevada building at 11 W. Pioneer Blvd. in Mesquite. through Friday 10 am - 4pm. on Wednesday, Aug. 4 and runs said Councilman Brian Wursten. “We are excited to be opening Keep an eye on The Progress for both valleys in one paper,” Rob- through the end of the month. “Everyone agrees that we need it. an office in Mesquite, finally!” further details. ison said. “There is so much that Around a dozen artists will But when it comes down to where said Vernon Robison, The Prog- The Progress has been in print ties the two of us together and present in this show, most of them we put it, nobody wants it where ress owner/editor. “It has been a since September of 1987. It was that we have in common. So I local artists from Moapa Valley. they live. So as people come long time in the works. We have originally founded by Vernon’s have long felt that our readership This years theme for the exhibit is up and talk about this tonight, I been laying the groundwork for uncle, John Z. Robison, and start- on both sides of the mesa would “Celebrate Nevada.” would love to hear their ideas for this goal for the past five years or ed out as a Moapa Valley news- be better served with a broader As in year’s past, museum vis- answers on this. Because this is a so.” paper. coverage.” itors can vote for their favorites. big issue facing the city that we Robison said that The Progress But Vernon has had plans to This expansion effort went on, The works with the most votes is have to address somehow.” is planning a grand opening cele- expand the newspaper’s scope for slow and steady, until March of presented with awards for the ex- Mesquite Mayor Al Litman bration for the whole community several years. During that time, 2020 when the COVID pandem- hibit. Voting will continue up un- highlighted the extent of the cur- at the new location. But the deci- he has been slowly building a ic hit. At that difficult time the til Saturday, Aug. 28 and winners rent shortage of housing being sion was made to hold that event team to cover more Virgin Valley “Mesquite Local News” publica- will be announced at a reception faced by the city. “We are short for a bit later in the year, when news and events. temperatures come down a bit. “It just makes sense to cover See New Office on page 3A See Hot & Dusty on page 2A See Housing on page 6A Follow us on Calendar 2A | Classified 7B | Obituary 7B | Opinion 4A | Real Estate listings 2B-3B | Service Directory 6B Find Us Online Facebook Sports & Recreation 1B © 2021, JZR Communications, LLC | Vol. 34, No. 51 www.mvprogress.com THINKING OF BUYING KAREN FIELDING REALTOR® | S.0177003 OR SELLING A HOME? 702.378.9964 [email protected] Not sure where to start or what your home is worth? www.erabrokers.com Give me a call to get started today! ©2021 All Rights Reserved. ERA Franchise System LLC fully support the principles of the Fair Housing Act and the Equal Opportunity Act. Each Office is Independently Owned and Operated. ERA, the ERA logo are registered service marks licensed to ERA Franchise Systems LLC. 2A • Wednesday, August 4, 2021 The PROGRESS Giving input to CCSD on spending of federal COVID funds By VERNON ROBISON the meeting and moved the group by the COVID-19 pandemic. had already gone about spending Thornley said that despite the to a smaller conference room to “They wanted people actual- large portions of the money. Part messaging that had initially come The Progress hold the community input session ly from each community to lead of it was used to fund a major to school administrators from A handful of Virgin Valley apart from the VVCEAB agenda. these meetings,” Thornley ex- summer school program over the Jara, there were higher political Community Education Advisory The input session did not fall un- plained. “So I volunteered and past couple of months, Perkins forces at work on the issue. Board (VVCEAB) members met der Open Meeting Law require- went to the trainings to lead this said. “Yes, that is what we were together with local school princi- ments. meeting.” “We did have local input on hearing from the district,” she pals on Thursday, July 29 to pro- Thornley said that she would how summer school was conduct- said. “But Congressman (Steven) vide community input to a Clark Community input sought be preparing a report of the input ed this year,” he said. Horsford was telling us some- County School District (CCSD) Thornley explained that Clark from the meeting. This would be In addition, comprehensive thing quite different. He was say- process that will determine how County School District (CCSD) sent directly to CCSD who would new curricula and new textbooks ing: ‘No, the money is going to federal COVID funding should officials had reached out to the then forward all of the reports to district-wide were being fund- the schools and community input be spend by the district.
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