FY22 Community Project Submissions

Micro-Business Park: $1,000,000

The funding would allow Clark County District D to build a campus where new or growing businesses can be centralized, have a brick-and-mortar operation, and have quick access to resources from Clark County. The campus would help foster entrepreneurship in minority communities and come at no cost to business owners. This would be a mixed-use development, with affordable housing on above floors, and businesses at ground-level. This new concept would serve as an opportunity to grow businesses and strengthen existing ones – over a specified period of time. The goal is to help cultivate new industries, and generate much-needed, diverse tax revenue in Clark County. The Micro-Business Park’s affordable housing component would consist of between 150 & 250 residential units. The property would be managed by Clark County government’s Real Property Management department. We are envisioning a U-Shaped design for the business park, that will accommodate business, residential, and parking needs. The undeveloped land in consideration for this project is currently owned by Vegas View Church of God Christ and Zion Methodist Church, which would be purchased by Clark County. There are also other undeveloped lands that could suit this development.

Historic Westside Complete Streets: $3,000,000

The funding would allow the City of Las Vegas to complete street improvements within the Historic Westside community of Las Vegas, Nevada, including improvements along Washington Avenue, H Street, and Bonanza Drive. Proposed improvements include rehabilitation of the pavement, new bicycle lanes, widened sidewalks, street trees, median island landscaping, enhanced, historical streetlighting, and other pedestrian-focused upgrades.

Cheyenne Sports Complex: $750,000

The Cheyenne Sports Complex has historically been the center of recreation programming for the surrounding community which has a large minority population and is underserved both in recreational opportunities and facilities. The funding would allow the City of North Las Vegas (the City) to add critical amenities that will allow the Sports Complex to reestablish itself as the center for the community to gather, focusing on health, wellness and outdoor activities. Specifically, the project would include the construction of a splash park that celebrates the historical aspect of the City's original hydrotube along with multiple play areas with safety surfacing encompassing active play concepts for a variety of age groups from toddlers to seniors.

Northern Nye County Hospital District: $2,000,000

The funding would be used to acquire the key medical equipment, such as testing hardware, imaging and diagnostic systems, and other equipment needed to provide the full range of healthcare services at a planned Critical Access Hospital in a Frontier Community in central Nevada.

Nye County Civic Center: $1,000,000

The funding would allow Nye County to develop a civic center that serves as a local community center for youth activities, recreation, physical/wellness programs, events, performances, educational programs and community gatherings in Pahrump, Nevada. Working with community members and key stakeholders for more than 10 years, Nye County has developed a plan to build a multi-purpose facility that will be operated by the County for the benefit of the community. The County is seeking federal assistance to help with the construction of the community facility. The County has identified a site location and plans to use an environmentally friendly prefabricated, modular design to construct the facility in an efficient and cost-effective manner. The operating costs of the facility and its programs will come from a combination of public and private revenue sources, including rental income and program fees, and local government funds.

Kiss and Drop Project: $598,000

The funding would allow the City of Yerington, in partnership with the Lyon County School District, to provide better transit to the school and awareness of safety to all members of the community. The Kiss and Drop Project would include adding inlay striping with a median island, a two-feet center pedestrian landing to each crosswalk, and correcting the traffic flow by adding signage of two stop signs to the four-way intersection of Broadway Avenue and California Street for a four-way stop. A student drop-off driveway will be constructed by building a two-lane driveway with an ingress and egress, add curb setbacks, repainting crosswalks, adding epoxy mounted bases with signage, correct curb and gutters, reconstruct the bus loading and unloading zone, and provide a drop-off and pick-up area for the entire Lyon County School District. The school zone includes the Yerington Elementary School, the Yerington Intermediate School, and the Yerington High School.

From Supervision to Success (Division of Public Safety): $235,000

The funding would allow The Division of Parole and Probation to reduce probation violations reported in first-time probationers, through the availability of community resources. To accomplish this, we must focus on social services to reduce the risk of recidivism and partner with various expert community resources to promote personal accountability and encourage positive behavioral changes. The Division will partner with these community agencies to ensure all participants can receive immediate services. The project will identify zip codes in Qualified Opportunity Zones (high crime and impoverished zip codes) and in and certain parts of Rural Nevada. The project will identify probationers within those zones that are first-time offenders and/or indigent. The project will assist those individuals with obtaining the necessary counseling and educational classes before sentencing. Once sentenced to supervision, the Division will continue to provide resources to help throughout their supervision period. The Division has identified resources within or in close proximity of Congressional District 4, and community partners that will support the probationers’ path to rehabilitation, such as: Nevada Department of Motor Vehicles to obtain ID cards; Regional Transportation Center to obtain bus passes for transportation, Department of Health and Human Services (social service benefits), counseling agencies, Opportunity Village/Catholic Charity for professional clothing, Nevada Job Connect for potential employment, and local motels for temporary/emergency housing.

iFoster Inc.: $150,000

The funding would allow iFoster to provide job training and employment placement services for Clark County transition-age (16-21) foster youth. Youth who age out of the foster care system have the worst outcomes of any population of young Americans. Within 4 years of aging out, 50% of these youth will be unemployed, 50% will experience homelessness, and 70% will require government assistance. According to a 2017 report by the Opportunity Youth Network, every year a youth fails to achieve self-sufficiency, society incurs $15,867.20 in lost tax revenue and increased health care and criminal justice expenditures and welfare costs. In Clark County, NV, if the 300 Step Up “aged out” youth fail to successfully transition, the resulting in an annual societal cost of $4.8 million dollars and hundreds of young people never reaching their full potential every year. The iFoster Jobs Program is a proven program to help foster youth successfully transition by achieving financial stability through permanent employment and career paths.

Best Buddies: $125,000

The funding would allow The Best Buddies in Nevada Inclusion Project for Students with Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities to support chapters at nine schools in Nevada’s Fourth Congressional District involving a minimum of 110 students with and without disabilities, with a positive impact on 1,100. The project would deliver school-based programs that promote inclusion, leadership development, and friendship among students with intellectual and developmental disabilities and their typical peers.