RED begins constructing three-story parking deck for retail parking

News article here

Reno Experience District's two-acre Urban Green now open

Reno Experience District's two-acre Urban Green now open

Hotel Vertical at RED, Plus New Photos of Park, Buildings

A new building has broken ground at Reno Experience District, plus new photos of the Urban Green park and building progress.

Historic Redfield Mansions Sells to Vegas Buyer

The historic Redfield Mansion finally sells. 

Check out a tour of the renovated Redfield Mansion on Mt. Rose Street!

Check out a photo tour of the renovated Redfield Mansion on Mt. Rose Street! 

Connecting with Nature in an Urban Environment

Here in Reno, we often don't look toward our neighbors in the South for great redevelopment ideas...not that Vegas is a bad influence, it's just, that city is headed in a different direction than Reno.

But here's one project out of Las Vegas that I hope Reno emulates. Check it out, and attend Las Vegas Parklett Friday at noon at Nevada Museum of Art.

CAC Meeting Report

1/7/09 - CAC MEETING REPORT - This was one of the more contentious CAC meetings we have had in a while. Take a few newbie CAC members and add a dash of overwhelming badly timed agenda items, and you get quite a lively discussion. The meeting went so long I had to leave 2.5 hours into it. I think maybe it might have been a good idea to first brief the new CAC members on the redevelopment districts, how they work, priority projects for each district, how and what a redevelopment agency does. These new CAC members had no idea what they were stepping into, and didn't have a chance to really review the issues before them.
So let's get into the issues. We'll start with the easy ones.