Regional development director outlines pipeline, recent wins and infrastructure gaps
Mar 4, 2026
Sheldon Mudd of the Northeastern Nevada Regional Development Authority told Elko County commissioners the RDA manages a 40,000-square-mile footprint, fields roughly 24 business leads a year, and has recently helped land projects including Ultra Tank and an Amazon parcel in Wells; he stressed power, rail access and housing as constraints.
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Sheldon Mudd, executive director of the Northeastern Nevada Regional Development Authority, told the Elko County Commission that the RDA’s footprint covers roughly 40,000 square miles and that economic development activity in the region remains driven by mining, agriculture and a handful of target industries such as value-added manufacturing, warehousing and aerospace.
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