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Tick Segerblom
Richard L. "Tick" Segerblom (born August 4, 1948) is an American attorney and politician serving as a member of the Clark County Commission from District E. First elected to the Nevada Assembly to represent Assembly District 9 in 2006, he was elected to the Nevada Senate in 2012 to represent Senate District 3. Early life and education Segerblom is a fourth-generation Nevada representative. His mother, Gene Segerblom, served in the Nevada Assembly from 1992 through 2000 and was a member of the Boulder City, Nevada City Council. His grandmother, Hazel Wines, served in the Nevada Assembly from 1934 to 1936, representing Humboldt County. Segerblom earned a Bachelor of Arts degree from Pomona College and a Juris Doctor from the Sturm College of Law at the University of Denver. Career As a Clark County commissioner, Segerblom represents District E which includes a part of the City of Las Vegas in downtown as well as East Las Vegas. As a senator, Segerblom represented Senate Dist ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Clark County Commission
The Clark County Commission is the governmental organization that governs and runs Clark County, Nevada, providing services to the unincorporated areas. Its offices are located at the Clark County Government Center in Downtown Las Vegas. The commission is considered by many to be the most powerful governmental body in the state of Nevada. Composition Districts and terms Each Commissioner is elected to a four-year term and represents one of seven districts, designated A-G. Members as of 2021 ''Ex officio'' boards The Clark County Commissioners as a group sit on the following boards: * Big Bend Water District ( Laughlin) * Clark County Department of Aviation (Paradise) * Clark County Liquor and Gaming Board (Downtown Las Vegas) * Clark County Regional Flood Control District ( Whitney) * Clark County Sanitation District (Las Vegas) * Clark County Water Reclamation District (Whitney) * Kyle Canyon Water District (Las Vegas) * Las Vegas Convention and Visitors Authority (Win ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sturm College Of Law
The Sturm College of Law ("Denver Law") is the professional graduate law school of the University of Denver. It is one of two law schools in the state of Colorado. Founded in 1892, the Sturm College of Law was one of the first in America's Mountain West. The college is located on the University of Denver's campus, about seven miles south of downtown Denver. According to Denver Law's 2017 ABA-required disclosures, 67.9% of the Class of 2017 obtained full-time, long-term, JD-required employment nine months after graduation, excluding solo practitioners. History The University of Denver College of Law opened 1892. Westminster Law School, founded in 1912, merged with the University of Denver College of Law in 1957. It provided the only evening program west of Kansas City. One term of the merger required the development of an evening program at the College of Law. In addition, the law library was named the Westminster Law Library. Sturm namesake The Sturm College of Law is n ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Las Vegas Premium Outlets North
Las Vegas Premium Outlets North is an outlet mall located on in downtown Las Vegas, north of the Las Vegas Strip. It is an outdoor mall with . It is owned and managed by Simon Property Group, and is part of Simon's Premium Outlets chain. It was co-developed with Chelsea Property Group, and was opened on August 1, 2003. Expansions were finished in 2008 and 2015, adding additional retailers and parking spaces. It was the second outlet mall to open in the Las Vegas Valley, joining a Belz Factory Outlet World which opened south of the Strip in 1993. The latter was purchased in 2003 by Chelsea, which has since merged with Simon. The "North" name was appended to Las Vegas Premium Outlets in 2011, after the older outlet mall was renamed Las Vegas Premium Outlets South. History Mayor Oscar Goodman had advocated for redevelopment in downtown Las Vegas since taking office in 1999. The Las Vegas Premium Outlets mall was announced in 2001, and was developed by Chelsea Property Group, in part ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Clark County Government Center
The Clark County Government Center serves as the government center building for Clark County, Nevada. It is located in Downtown Las Vegas. The complex was designed by Fentress Bradburn and opened in 1995. It consists of a six-story county administration building, three one-story buildings for the county commissioners’ chambers, a multipurpose community facility and a central plant. The building also includes space for government administration, a law enforcement complex, a performing arts complex, a child-care facility and structured parking. It also contains a single-story auditorium, a pyramid-shaped cafeteria and a cylindrical, six-story reception hall, as well as office buildings. The government center is organized around a multifunctional County courtyard A courtyard or court is a circumscribed area, often surrounded by a building or complex, that is open to the sky. Courtyards are common elements in both Western and Eastern building patterns and have been used by ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lou Ruvo Center For Brain Health
The Lou Ruvo Center for Brain Health (LRCBH), officially the Cleveland Clinic Lou Ruvo Center for Brain Health, opened on May 21, 2010, in Las Vegas, Nevada. It is operated by the Cleveland Clinic and was designed by Frank Gehry. History Keep Memory Alive (also known as KMA) was founded by Larry Ruvo, senior managing partner of Southern Wines and Spirits, in memory of his father, Lou Ruvo, a victim of Alzheimer's disease, together with his wife Camille, Mirage Resorts CEO Bobby Baldwin (who also lost his father to Alzheimer's disease), and Bobby Baldwin's wife Donna. KMA supports the mission of the Lou Ruvo Center for Brain Health and has held several star-studded galas, attended by celebrities and notables from around the world. It has become one of Las Vegas' most important charity initiatives and a key participant in the fight against Alzheimer's disease. Since its inception, the event has raised more than $20 million towards achieving its goal – the realization of the Lou ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Smith Center For The Performing Arts
The Smith Center for the Performing Arts is located in Downtown Las Vegas's 61-acre Symphony Park and is a five-acre performing arts center consisting of three theaters in two buildings; groundbreaking for the $470 million project was May 26, 2009. The Neo Art Deco design style was chosen by David M. Schwarz to echo the design elements of the Hoover Dam, just 30 miles to the southeast. It also shares design features with the Will Rogers Memorial Center in Fort Worth, Texas. The center features a 17-story carillon tower containing 47 bells and is the first performing arts center in the nation to be Gold LEED certified. It opened on March 10, 2012. The Smith Center features international music, and dance companies and is the home of the Las Vegas Philharmonic and Nevada Ballet Theatre. The center is under the leadership of President and CEO Myron Martin. History Prior to The Smith Center opening, Las Vegas was one of the largest cities in the country without a performing art ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Symphony Park
Symphony Park is a 61-acre site located in downtown Las Vegas. Once housing a Union Pacific rail yard, Symphony Park is being master developed for mixed-use by the city of Las Vegas, which is also the landowner. Symphony Park is home to the Cleveland Clinic Lou Ruvo Center for Brain Health, Smith Center for the Performing Arts and the Discovery Children's Museum. Overview Notable features of Symphony Parks include: * Cleveland Clinic Lou Ruvo Center for Brain Health, an institution dedicated to researching and finding cures for brain-related diseases. * Smith Center for the Performing Arts, offering a blend of performances including dance, music and Broadway shows. It is home to resident companies, Nevada Ballet Theater and the Las Vegas Philharmonic Orchestra, and also houses thLas Vegas Metro Chamber of Commerce The Smith Center includes a 2,050-seat main hall, a 300-seat Cabaret Jazz club that overlooks a park and the 200-seat Troesh Studio Theatre. * Discovery Children's M ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
World Market Center Las Vegas
World Market Center Las Vegas, located at 495 Grand Central Parkway in Las Vegas, Nevada, is a showcase for the home and hospitality contract furnishings industry in downtown Las Vegas. It is the largest showroom complex in the world for the home and hospitality furnishings industry, serving domestic and international sellers and buyers. Originally, developers planned for the project to have more than of exhibit space in 8 buildings on . History In 2002, the developers announced that the project was to be built on a lot adjacent to the City of Las Vegas' redevelopment parcel, as an eight building, facility designed by Jon Jerde of Jerde Partnership in association with Edward Vance of JMA Architecture Studios. The square footage of the main building alone is greater than that of the Empire State Building in New York City. In 2005, WMCLV announced plans for completion of an expansion increasing the space to a total of complete with skywalks between all buildings on all le ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Rawson-Neal Hospital
Rawson-Neal Psychiatric Hospital is a mental hospital located in Las Vegas, Nevada. It opened as a 190-bed facility on August 28, 2006. The hospital is operated by the state of Nevada. Controversy On April 22, 2013, San Francisco's City Attorney Dennis Herrera, said that he opened an investigation into recent newspaper reports that a Nevada mental hospital was illegally busing hundreds of newly discharged psychiatric patients to California and other states. A '' Sacramento Bee'' investigative series documented what it described as rampant " patient dumping." A former patient from the hospital, who was a hospitalized there three times between 2012 and 2014, said that it was common practice. During his stay, he saw patients discharged before recovery was reached if they would agree to go to another state. The patient said he observed this many times and that patients were discharged early were sent to other states, including Maine, California, Florida and Colorado. He said that d ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
College Of Southern Nevada
The College of Southern Nevada (CSN) is a public community college in Clark County, Nevada. The college has more than 2,500 teaching and non-teaching staff and is the largest public college or university in Nevada. It is part of the Nevada System of Higher Education. History Founded in 1971 as Clark County Community College, the school became Community College of Southern Nevada in 1991. On March 16, 2007, the Board of Regents of the Nevada System of Higher Education voted to change the name of the school to its current name College of Southern Nevada on July 1, 2007. Campuses College of Southern Nevada has three main campuses in the Las Vegas Valley: the Charleston Campus, North Las Vegas Campus and Henderson Campus. There are also eight learning centers: Moapa Valley, Summerlin, Mesquite, Green Valley, Western, Sahara West, Las Vegas City Hall and Nellis Air Force Base. Organization and administration The current president of CSN is Dr. Frederico Zaragoza. Academics C ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Las Vegas Springs Preserve
Las Vegas Springs Preserve consists of dedicated to nature walks and displays and is owned and operated by the Las Vegas Valley Water District. The Preserve is located approximately three miles west of downtown Las Vegas, Nevada, Las Vegas, Nevada. The Preserve is built around the original water source for Las Vegas, the Las Vegas Springs. The Springs Preserve includes colorful desert botanical gardens, museum galleries, outdoor concert and event venues, an indoor theater, historic photo gallery and a series of walking trails that meander through a wetland, wetland habitat. The Gardens at the Las Vegas Springs Preserve, previously known as the The Gardens at the Las Vegas Springs Preserve, Desert Demonstration Gardens opened in 1980 at another location. The gardens now occupy within the Springs Preserve site. History While construction on the preserve began in 2005, the custom designed sound wall separating the site from U.S. Route 95 had been erected earlier. There also wa ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Meadows Mall
Meadows Mall is a shopping mall in Las Vegas, Nevada on . It is a two-story enclosed mall with 945,000 ft² of space. It has 122 stores and 4 anchor tenants: Curacao, a Dillard's clearance outlet, JCPenney, and Macy's. The mall is surrounded by nearly 4,600 surface parking spaces. Meadows Mall was proposed in 1973, but the start of construction was delayed several years by the city, which objected to its location. The mall was developed by Dayton-Hudson Corporation and built by Ernest W. Hahn Inc. It opened on August 5, 1978, as the city's second major indoor shopping center, joining The Boulevard Mall. Ownership of Meadows Mall has changed several times; General Growth Properties purchased it in 1998, and launched a major renovation in 2003. History Dayton-Hudson Corporation (now Target Corporation) began planning Meadows Mall in 1973. That year and again in 1974, the Las Vegas City Commission voted against the mall as some members felt that the project should be moved ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
