Downtown entrepreneur asks Reno to review RDA boundaries around Keystone Avenue

Oct 7, 2026

Devin Mix urged the redevelopment agency to evaluate whether RDA boundary maps from the 1980s still reflect downtown growth and whether adjacent corridors such as Keystone Avenue should be added so local small businesses can access redevelopment tools.

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Entrepreneur Devin Mix told the council that his new DIPTYSIX shop at 141 Keystone sits just outside the existing Redevelopment Agency (RDA) boundary and asked whether it's time to review RDA boundaries so adjacent corridors that function as downtown gateways are eligible for redevelopment tools such as the Restore program. "I'm asking whether the time has come to review the RDA boundaries themselves," Mix said, noting the existing maps date back decades and may not reflect the Reno of today.

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