County liaison demonstrates Neighborhood Development Hub and posts volunteer board openings

Alexandra, the county liaison to the Sun Valley Community Advisory Board, demonstrated the Neighborhood Development Hub, a web portal residents can use to view projects, timeline documents and active applications by district.

Why it matters: The hub lets residents search by parcel or case number, view planner contact information, and see when matters appear before governing bodies. Alexandra said the portal lists meeting recordings, ordinance references and outcomes for projects that have completed review.

"If you click into the project, it will pull up information as to if there's a parcel that's affected," Alexandra said, describing how a code-update project shows the last hosted meeting date and associated documents. She said projects that move from conceptual outreach to formal application sometimes leave the hub and are tracked separately under a page labeled "Washoe County applications."

Alexandra also said the county added a volunteer-opportunities page that lists board and commission vacancies; she said there are two current openings in District 4: one on the board of adjustment and one on the planning commission. Residents were shown how to access the volunteer page via the county website under "Your government" → "Get involved" → "Volunteer opportunities."

Residents asked for help navigating the site on mobile devices; Alexandra walked through the menu path for volunteers. The liaison said she maintains a living document summarizing CAB requests and their status and that staff will update the document monthly.

Ending: Alexandra encouraged residents to use the hub to submit feedback and to apply for vacancies; she said staff will keep posted materials online for public reference.