2014 Membership Directory and Business Resource Guide
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We see the communities impacted by our Company, Bridgewater, NJ. ©2013 Allstate Insurance Company work and look at every design challenge as a chance to make lasting connections. 54093 Design with community in mind stantec.com 2 THE CHAMBER Reno • Sparks • Northern Nevada Stantec | 6995 Sierra Center Parkway, Suite #200 | Reno, NV 89511 | 775-850-0777 Moana Lane Improvements Creating lasting connections Our work begins at the intersection of community, creativity, and client relationships. By collaborating across disciplines and industries, we make buildings, infrastructure, and energy and resource projects happen. We see the communities impacted by our work and look at every design challenge as a chance to make lasting connections. Design with community in mind stantec.com THE CHAMBER Reno • Sparks • Northern Nevada 3 Stantec | 6995 Sierra Center Parkway, Suite #200 | Reno, NV 89511 | 775-850-0777 Moana Lane Improvements WELCOME TABLE OF CONTENTS Message from the Chair 5 WELCOME TO THE Message from the Executive Director 6 2014 MEMBERSHIP DIRECTORY AND BUSINESS RESOURCE GUIDE Demographics 7 449 S. Virginia Street Reno-Sparks 411 8 Reno, NV 89501 www.thechambernv.org Arts & Culture 9 The Chamber’s 2014 Membership Directory Economy 12 and Business Resource Guide was created in a joint effort between The Chamber and Annual Events 14 the Northern Nevada Business Weekly. The Chamber provided the Directory listings Education 16 while the NNBW is responsible for the editorial content except where specified. Health 18 Residential 22 Retirement 24 Northern Nevada Business Weekly contact information: Ten Things You Gotta Do 27 Rick Carpenter, General Manager Summer Fun 30 [email protected] • (775) 850-2285 Winter Fun 32 John Seelmeyer, Editor [email protected] • (775) 850-2145 Board of Directors 34 Eli Zeiter, Senior Marketing Executive [email protected] • (775) 850-2283 Alphabetical Membership Directory 35 Categorical Membership Directory 42 This directory was designed by Sierra Nevada Media Group ON THE COVER Keigh Cox, Creative Lead You don’t have to go to the Sierra’s to get a mountaintop experience in Reno. Rob Fair, Design & Layout You can just go to the newly remodeled Whitney Peak Hotel downtown and scale the hotel walls with Brian Sweeny’s climbing school’s “base camp” at the hotel. Photo by Rick Carpenter. The Chamber can be reached by email at [email protected] or by phone at (775) 636-9550 4 THE CHAMBER Reno • Sparks • Northern Nevada WELCOME Message from the Chair As Chair of The Chamber, I am proud to represent this great, regionally diverse organization that encompasses Reno and Sparks. As the largest business organization in Northern Nevada, we bring long standing traditions of supporting, promoting and advocating for businesses of all sizes within the Truckee Meadows. The Chamber is the voice of business and an advocate of legislative issues that will benefit the business community. I encourage you to read our “Agenda for Economic Vitality”, which can be found at www.thechambernv.org, to see the issues that we feel are critical to the success of our business community. Our relationships with Nevada, Washoe County, Reno and Sparks officials are strong and we are a respected organization throughout the region. One of our primary goals is to bring community leaders together to create solutions for issues impacting business and improving the community where we all live. We support the growth of the area by helping businesses make more informed decisions and provide them broader exposure throughout the area. Our events are designed to educate and inform and most importantly, provide interaction with other business professionals. I know connections I have made through The Chamber have helped me immeasurably in my career. Events like the Governor’s Conference on Small Business, Directions and the Health Care Forum provide strong focus on specific issues confronting businesses and the community. Mixers, ribbon cuttings, Biz Talk Blenders, Biz Flash and Desayuno provide great opportunities to network with other professionals and expand your business reach. Leadership Reno-Sparks is a 9 month community leadership program that has run for decades in the area and has a strong alumni base, including Governor Brian Sandoval. We also support the efforts of the Economic Development Authority of Northern Nevada (EDAWN) as they attract new businesses into the area. Like all things with The Chamber, you reap what you sow. When you join The Chamber, participate. Be active and engage as much as you can. When our members participate they find great value in the events, advocacy and education the Chamber provides. For our all our members, thank you for your support of The Chamber and for making our community a better place to live and do business. Jim McClenahan Director of Corporate Outreach and Engagement University of Nevada, Reno, College of Business Chair, The Chamber, Reno, Sparks, Northern Nevada THE CHAMBER Reno • Sparks • Northern Nevada 5 WELCOME Message from the Executive Director As we move forward and begin 2014 with great optimism, it’s easy to get inundated with change. Between New Year’s resolutions and everyone jumping on the habit breaking bandwagon, it’s easy to see how change can seem daunting and overwhelming. Well, I’m here to tell you if it ain’t broke don’t fix it! As the Executive Director of The Chamber, I promise to never change but only improve the wonderful opportunities and offerings the chamber has built its core foundation on. During 2013, we worked hard to develop new chamber initiatives, goals and enhancements thanks to the dedication of many community individuals who selflessly worked to offer our members more opportunities. Together , we have definitely seen out share of change- change in the number of businesses we get to serve, changes in the number of events we get to connect with our members at and a change in the increased amount of resources we have to offer. When we look to change, we strive to improve our already amazing benefits we offer, increase the resources and business building tools and provide even more programs to develop your workforce through leadership and education. Through this ongoing change, we have added more staff to help act as liaisons and resources for your businesses. We still continue to move through the webbing of government issues that impact your businesses through advocacy and education. Our marketing and communications have grown stronger allowing you more opportunities to showcase your product and brand through sponsorship and advertising. We continue to grow through diversity outreach and multicultural events which highlight the strength of one voice for business. We also continue to impact the many issues we support such as education, economic development and business growth within northern Nevada. Finally, let’s not forget the ongoing outreach and community involvement that the chamber encourages, supports and participates in. The changes here are only in the amount of support from our members that help make our causes that much more visible and the outpour of generosity that much more emotional. I can’t express the amount of pride I feel when I look at what our chamber has transformed into in such a short amount of time. With that being said, please let me be the first one in 2014 to say “thank you” for not changing your loyalty with The Chamber. When I give you my pledge that 2014 is going to be an amazing year for The Chamber, I mean that we are YOUR chamber, YOUR voice and YOUR Representation. Cheers to 2014 and we look forward to moving forward with you. Len Stevens Executive Director of The Chamber 6 THE CHAMBER Reno • Sparks • Northern Nevada WELCOMEDEMOGRAPHICS POPULATION COST OF LIVING Washoe County (Reno, Sparks, Incline Village) Reno SF LA PHX U.S. Cost of living index 91.6 164.7 130.7 96.1 100 2013 population estimate 431,600 2010-2013 population growth 3.4 percent Expected monthly 2017 population projection 449,955 spending (owner) $4,491 8,463 6,505 4,707 4,942 2013-2017 population growth 4.2 percent Expected monthly 2011 ESTIMATES spending (renter) $4,089 7,028 5,924 4,276 4,400 (U.S. Census Bureau) Source: The Council for Community and Economic Research By sex Male 50.4 percent (216,438) HOUSING Female 49.6 (213,329) Median sales prices, mid-2013 Existing single-family homes in Reno $240,000 Total households 162,548 Existing townhomes and condos in Reno $116,250 Existing single-family homes in Sparks $196,000 Median age 37.6 years Existing townhomes and condos in Sparks $68,000 (Men 36.7 years; women 38.6 years) Source: Reno/Sparks Association of Realtors Homeownership Owner-occupied housing units 58 percent EMPLOYMENT Renter-occupied housing units 42 percent Largest private-sector employers in Reno-Sparks Occupations Rank Business Management, business, science and arts 32.1% 1.