If Reno/Sparks is going to be ready for the R&D, engineering, IT, and manufacturing jobs headed our way, we need graduates in these fields. This is the idea behind STEM programs (Science, technology, engineering, and mathematics). Everyone agrees that STEM is imperative in a competitive global marketplace, but how do we initiate the passion in our students? Fortunately, a handful of brilliant NASA team members and scientists worked hard to bring The Challenger Learning Center to Northern Nevada. As one of only 42 centers in the world, The Challenger Center of Northern Nevada uses space exploration as a theme to foster a long-term interest in mathematics, science, and technology; and motivat
Reno home sales slowed a bit last month, but average sales prices were up 4.7% and inventory is up as well. In July, the total number of single family home sales in the greater Reno Sparks area was down 8.9 percent from the month of June, but up 11.9 percent from a year ago. The median sales price of $291,990 in July, marked a 4.7 percent increase from June and an impressive 16.8 percent increase since July 2014. There was an increase in the number of homes available for purchase in July, totaling 1,094 for the month compared to 911 for June. The number of available listings for July highlights a growing trend of available properties dating back to March 2015. Also, the outlook for more new
As we stood there staring out over thousands of acres of rolling hills at Tahoe Reno Industrial Center (TRI), we could hardly imagine what it will look like five years from now. Just 9 miles from Reno/Sparks on Interstate 80, sits one of the most impressive Industrial Parks ever seen and it is stirring up some major change for Northern Nevada. Recent projections include 51,060 new jobs over the next five years – and that is just from companies currently on the books. Companies like Tesla, Switch, Wal-Mart, PetSmart, 1-800-Flowers, IBM, Diapers.com, Ebay, Hardie Building Products, and about 120 additional businesses have already hung their hats here. What draws these great companies to this