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Centennial commission website gains searchable grant summaries; 205 grants catalogued
Summary
A consultant briefed the Commission for the Las Vegas Centennial on a new set of grant summaries and a draft historical timeline for the commission’s page on the City of Las Vegas website, noting missing archival records before 2012 and plans to add a scanned 2005 year-end report.
The Commission for the Las Vegas Centennial heard an update July 28 on development of the commission’s web content, including a searchable set of grant summaries and a draft historical timeline.
Consultant Jeffrey Carlson told commissioners the project now includes a master list of 205 grants summarized into 88 entries and that work completed so far will replace an existing PDF on the city’s Centennial webpage. “Since my last update, I've completed the grant summaries portion of the website development project. We now have a master list of 205 grants covered in 88 summaries,” Carlson said.
The summaries rely on a mix of city records, tax records and archival documents provided by current and former commissioners; Carlson said some early meeting minutes and other paperwork could not be located. Dr. Seabrent, city staff who worked on locating documents, told the commission that minutes prior to 2012 were never located in the city records office and that staff used alternative sources to fill gaps. “The meeting minutes before 2012 were never located,” Seabrent said; the 2005 year-end report was found in print and has been digitized for the website.
Commissioners asked about practical presentation details. Commissioner Kevin Mills asked how to get to the page; Carlson and Seabrent said the Centennial section is reachable from the City of Las Vegas website and by searching “Centennial Commission.” Commissioners also discussed whether each grant summary should display a ward designation to show where money was spent; Seabrent said the team can add ward information for consistency, or remove it if it cannot be applied uniformly.
Staff and the consultant said the project team will add hyperlinks where possible — linking to scanned reports, nonprofit grantee pages, and other sources — and will submit a draft of the historical timeline in October. Carlson also said the consultant contract covers work through 2024; Carlson and Seabrent said the commission’s 2025 grant activity (for example, a documentary funded at the Mob Museum) will be added and the site will be updated when grantees complete their projects.
Why it matters: The website will centralize two decades of Centennial grant information and make it easier for the public and applicants to see which projects were funded, where money was spent and which projects remain in progress or completed.
What’s next: The team will submit the timeline draft in October, replace the PDF with the new summaries once final edits are complete, and confirm a consistent approach to including ward labels and external hyperlinks.
