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GOED metrics show growth in assisted companies but Tesla remains an outlier; board asks staff to footnote reports
Summary
At the Feb. 6 meeting, GOED’s metrics presentation highlighted a 42% year-over-year increase in assisted companies (61 in 2024) but noted large investment and job results were skewed by Tesla activity in 2023. The board requested clearer presentation and a footnote to identify outliers.
Alex Backus, northern regional director for the Nevada Governor’s Office of Economic Development, presented the office’s quarterly metrics on Feb. 6, 2025 and said GOED assisted 61 companies in 2024, a 42% increase over 2023.
Backus said several headline numbers were distorted by Tesla’s large projects in 2023: initial jobs and capital investment totals fall substantially…
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