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West Side advocates press SNCC for coordinated development, preservation, governance and local contracting
Summary
Multiple community speakers urged the Southern Nevada Enterprise Community Board to center Historic West Side residents in redevelopment plans, preserve the Harrison House, expand local contracting opportunities for Marble Manor reconstruction and explore a Greater Historic West Side governance mechanism.
Multiple community speakers urged the Southern Nevada Enterprise Community Board to center Historic West Side residents in redevelopment plans, preserve landmark sites and expand locally controlled governance and contracting opportunities.
Darlene Day, chief operating officer at the Harrison House, described the site as a historic tourist destination and African American cultural center on the West Side and invited board members to a Moulin Rouge Day anniversary on Saturday, May 24. Day said the Harrison House “was advertised in a green book” and that the venue and surrounding neighborhood are central to local cultural heritage.
Catherine Duncan, representing the Unified Westside Neighborhood Associations, told the board she was “excited about all of the developments” in the neighborhood but worried they were not being coordinated. “I…
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