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c omm u n i t y Spotlights Roxie & Jesse Amoroso . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Mauricia Baca . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

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Thinking Outside the Bin Repurpose America Puts Unwanted Materials to Inspired Use . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

Riding the RTC Tony Abbatangelo Gets There by Bus . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

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c u lt u r e Celebrating Imagination The 10th Annual Vegas Valley Book Festival . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

Rebar Revisited Turning Metal into Public Ar t . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

Upcoming Events Check Out the BLVDS Events Calendar for Upcoming Local Events . . . . . . . . . .

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design On The Right Track Restoring a Piece of Nevada Histor y . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

Intelligent Transpor tation Getting You There FAST . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

fl a vo r From Fresh to Fridge A Farmers Market Love Stor y . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

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the BLVDS teaM gone are the days when you could plan 15 minutes to get across town! as a city we are growing up and, as a result, are able to enjoy of all the wonderful amenities that come with being a large city: universities, colleges, performing arts centers, art galleries, fabulous restaurants and yes, traffic. as we negotiate our city’s next phase, it will be important for us as a community to consider alternative ways of “getting there.” as someone who has lived here since before the first expressway was built (i’m dating myself, i know), i remember my thoughts and emotions as the metered lights, carpool lanes and sign boards went up—pure fear! Now, after a year or so, i find my fear was unfounded. those meters really do keep traffic moving; those sign boards really do help you plan ahead and i LOVe that carpool lane. Now all i really need is to do is find a good bus route to the office. in this issue you have a chance to meet a local attorney who has done just that. instead of driving downtown, he jumps on a bus and works or relaxes while someone else stresses about the traffic. we will also take you “behind the curtain” so you can see the magic that transpires to keep the city in motion at the regional transportation commission’s FaSt headquarters. we will also journey back in time to a more romantic era in transportation history, as we meet a local attorney and family friend who has lovingly restored a burnt-out steam locomotive to working condition and, in the process, saved a piece of our history. and last but not least, i would like to welcome our new Managing editor, hektor esparza. hektor has been a part of the BLVDS team since 2008 and has been a freelance writer and editor in the Valley for over ten years. he brings with him a strong sense of community, a passion for the arts and a sharp eye, so stay tuned for some interesting reading.

Jan Craddock President & Publisher Sherri kaplan cOO & co-Publisher Pat Marvel consulting editor Hektor D. Esparza Managing editor Randi Daniels ar t Direction & Design Checko Salgado Photo editor Amey Esparza copy editor

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Brian Paco alvarez tracy Bower Durette candito Shelly cochran chris cutler audrie Dodge gina gavan Nancy higgins wendy kveck Pam Lang rob Mccoy Jason roth kimberly Maxson-rushton karen rubel rick Sellers kimberly trueba

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Lucy glover Dany haniff tom Jones iV Saeed rahbaran cher yl Snow greg warden Mike weintz

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put them on the path to owning Cowtown Guitars and living their rock ‘n’ roll dream. Get outside with Mauricia Baca and share her enthusiasm for enjoying and protecting nature’s jewels. Repurpose America keeps our community greener by finding imaginative and useful applications for leftover tradeshow materials. Learn why former judge Tony Abbatangelo traded his car commute for a quick ride on the Westcliff Express.

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Owning their own vintage guitar shop was a dream Jesse and Roxie Amoroso had long considered in their ten-year rock ‘n’ roll fairy tale romance. But they saw it as a financial undertaking they wouldn’t be prepared for until later in life.

for vintage guitars. When Bob Seger tapped Chatfield to play guitar with the Silver Bullet Band, minding Cowtown was left to Jesse.

The universe had other plans and would build upon their unique qualifications to make their dream a reality sooner rather than later.

As Chatfield spent more time away from the store, Jesse became its de facto manager. And when he decided it was time to relocate and sell the guitar shop, Jesse and Roxie were an obvious choice, its most trustworthy stewards.

Both Jesse and Roxie are well-versed in all things rock ‘n’ roll. Jesse is a bona fide guitar aficionado. He’s played in various bands, worked in music stores and is also the go-to guitar appraiser for the TV show Pawn Stars. Roxie’s played bass in local bands and has also worked behind the scenes as a web designer, concert booker and promoter. Back in the day, they played together in a punk band called The Loud Pipes. Today, they are principle members of the band Pigasus. In the early 2000s, Jesse and Roxie would frequent Cowtown Guitars, drooling over the solid bodied vintage guitars the store specialized in. Roxie even accepted a 1971 Les Paul Custom guitar as payment for a website redesign she did for the shop. As true rock ‘n’ roll romances go, she gave the guitar as a gift to Jesse, who was her boyfriend at the time. When they were married in 2006, a Les Paul Gold Top & Fender Pbass topped their wedding cake. By 2004, Jesse had earned the respect of Cowtown owner Mark Chatfield and was asked to take a job at the store. While there, he further refined his eye for vintage guitars and developed a keen sense of the way Chatfield wanted his store managed—with honesty, integrity and an abiding respect

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As Roxie explains, “He their own collection and capitalized on what could have sold the shop Mark, Jesse and everybody have created over the for an obscene amount of money. The Cowtown years, but he chose to do the old school good guy brand is an institution. thing and hand it down to people he knows will Anybody could have come in and introduced continue the legacy.” their own collection and capitalized on what What makes you get out of bed in the Mark, Jesse and everybody have created over morning? the years, but he chose to do the old school Jesse: For both of us it’s always been about good guy thing and hand it down to people the hunt, finding an amazing guitar with a he knows will continue the legacy.” cool story and staying in business so you can keep doing it. The couple took over ownership of Cowtown in June of 2011. One difference customers may What makes you say “wow”? notice under their leadership is lower prices. Roxie: When Lenny Kravitz’ bass player came As Jesse says, “We’re selling many of these in with a ’66 jazz bass, that made me say guitars below their market value because “wow.” It’s mine now. more than just adding to someone’s collection, we want them to come off the wall and What makes reaching your goal worth it? actually be played.” Roxie: Having the balance of being able to work and still be there for my kids, when even the bad parts are still pretty, pretty good.

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A City Girl Finds Her Way in Nature Born and raised in Manhattan, Mauricia Baca is now the executive director of Outside Las Vegas Foundation. It’s a long, winding road from the streets of New York to the trails of the Mojave Desert. As a little girl, Baca loved animals and nature. As a teen, she abandoned one childhood dream, becoming a veterinarian, to pursue another, saving the planet. In high school, she knocked on doors for Greenpeace, pointing her to a career in environmental law. At the time Baca attended Vassar College, 1988-1992, there was no environmental studies program, so she put together her own independent study. She says she combined social studies, such as geography and history, with hard sciences, such as biochemistry and marine biology. “I thought if I was going to be an attorney on environmental issues, I needed to understand the social issues, and I didn’t want to always rely on scientists to interpret things for me.” During college, Baca did internships at Crater Lake National Park in Oregon, and Inyo National Forest in California. After graduating, she went back to Inyo for a season and worked in high alpine meadow restoration. Then came a particularly formative stage in her career development: the Peace Corps. From 1993 to 1995, Baca did aquaculture work in the tiny village of Mboua, between Bertoua and Bapouri, Cameroon. “That was a phenomenal, incredible, valuable experience,” she recalls.

community outreach for the New York Public Interest Research Group, she went to law school, obtaining her degree from the City University of New York in 2000. Through a CUNY program, she was able to get a job at the Department of Justice directly out of law school. There, she did litigation in the environmental and natural resources division.

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“I thought if I was going to be an attorney on environmental issues, I needed to understand the social issues, and I didn’t want to always rely on scientists to interpret things for me.”

A boyfriend lured Baca west in January of 2005, when she moved to Reno, Nev., and began overseeing the Truckee River project for the Nature Conservancy. In 2006, the group moved her to Las Vegas to serve as its project director for Southern Nevada. “I decided I like it, and I’ve been here ever since,” Baca says.

In January 2010, she took over running Outside Las Vegas from Alan O’Neill, a pioneer in the local environmental movement. Under her guidance, the group has steered the creation of the Trail Locator, a comprehensive guide to trails in Southern Nevada. Where have been your favorite places to live? New York and Las Vegas. I really enjoy them both.

All this would be enough to launch a successful environmental career, but Baca wanted more. Following a two-year stint doing

What’s your favorite way to get around? Walking and biking. I grew up walking around New York City and loved walking

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through neighborhoods on my way to work and seeing the same people in the mornings. It made things feel smaller in the middle of a big city. What are some favorite places to frequent here? I love walking the trails in my neighborhood, but I can’t imagine life without the Spring Mountains. Describe the perfect trip to work. One where other drivers are considerate, the weather is balmy and things just go smoothly. Oh, and I’m an NPR junkie, so that is usually on. What’s next for OLV? I’m reaching out to the community and getting people more involved in the trails they have in their back yard – both urban and rural. We’re launching a name brand for that 100-plus mile trail encircling the Las Vegas Valley on National Trails Day, Oct. 1.

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Thinking Outside the Bin

Repurpose America Puts Unwanted Materials to Inspired Use About four and a half years ago, Las Vegans

materials. These include banners made of

Over the past few years, the company has

Zachary Delbex and his wife were expecting

vinyl and different kinds of plastics with

served as a community resource center to

their first child. At the time, Zach was a “union

materials incorporated for strength, flexibility

area nonprofits and under-funded arts and

man” doing fulltime convention work as a

and durability. Other materials are also used

educational institutions. Foam core boards are

Teamster. The money was good but the time

to give the products a surface that takes an

routinely used in the sets for local community

commitment was starting to take its toll.

image more readily. With traditional recycling

theater productions. A shade structure was

methods out, repurposing and creative reuse

made for Campus Child Care at the College

are the next best options.

of Southern Nevada; it was constructed from

Repurpose America), he says, “I was working

“I was working 12 hours a day,

discarded advertisement materials that were

12 hours a day, 6-7 days a week, for weeks on

6-7 days a week, for weeks on end

Thinking back to what inspired him to start Greener Vegas (which would later become

end and I just knew that wasn’t the kind of dad I wanted to be. I wanted to be at the ballet recitals and coach the soccer team. Being a Teamster is one of those things where you are either all in or all out.”

originally draped over ten-story buildings. One local hotel gifted Repurpose America with

and I just knew that wasn’t the

thousands of velour bath slippers that were then

kind of dad I wanted to be.”

decorated as part of an outdoor music festival

“Think outside of the recycle bin. Not everything is recyclable and that is really

and given to a local program for the elderly. Collaborating with educators and nonprofits is an integral part of the mission at Repurpose

Growing up in Hawaii, he was instilled with a

what our program addresses,” says Delbex.

reverence for the land, or ‘Aina as it is called in

While working on the convention hall floors

the native Hawaiian language. This became a

he did his best to see that at least some of the

permanent part of his worldview, and when

discarded materials were not merely thrown

he witnessed the massive amounts of waste

away. He knew that companies had to pay for

At the Repurpose America warehouse and

generated by the convention industry it

their removal, sorting and eventual disposal. If

factory, receptionist Francine Schowers explains

dawned on him that somehow these materials

he could come up with ways to put value back

how Delbex extends his business model to

could be put to a better use than taking up

into these materials, it would make sense for

include the people who work for the company.

space in a landfill.

the companies to find other purposes for the

As she says, “You see all these people here? We

materials after the conventions were over.

are not exactly what you’d call the pick of the

Most people are familiar with the idea of recycling, but with the kinds of materials

And so he started the nonprofit called

used in trade shows, traditional melting down

Greener Vegas. Its name was later changed to

and recycling methods just won’t work. The

Repurpose America after its work brought him

products are often made of mixed composite

to collaborate with entities outside of the city.

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America and this extends far beyond just putting convention materials into the hands of institutions in need.

litter. Out there, where unemployment is so high, we would be at the bottom. But Zach put us at the top. He not only repurposes products, he repurposes people.”

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Indeed, many members of his staff have some

Progressive Choices Job Coach Shatisha Jones

thinking institutions and individuals to make

form of physical or mental challenge and have

says the positive effects of having a job are

repurposing a reality. Such collaborations

found a way to put what they are capable of to

plain to see on the clients she transports to

and partnerships have included working

good use at Repurpose America.

the job sites and helps supervise.

with Michael Corrente of UNLV’s School of

“Veterans and people with

As she explains, “Because of their disabilities,

various disabilities are ultimately

not everyone is willing to hire them.

an unrealized resource and

Working gives them a real boost to their

use of repurposed materials in student

confidence. It lets them say, ‘Hey I can get a

architectural projects and in Asian-inspired

job and work just like everyone else’.”

fashion designs, respectively. The architectural

should be the people we engage. There are a lot of fantastic people out there that aren’t given the

Abraham King, director of operations at Repurpose America, agrees: “Veterans and

time of day, and look at what they

people with various disabilities are ultimately

are doing here.”

an unrealized resource and should be the people we engage. There are a lot of fantastic

Architecture and with Hui Zhou of UNLV’s Chinese Students and Scholars Association. Both were instrumental in facilitating the

models and gowns created from a variety of discarded materials are so striking and aesthetically pleasing it’s hard to imagine the materials they are composed of were once destined for a landfill.

Beyond hiring those whom other employers

people out there that aren’t given the time of

would view as undesirable, Delbex has reached

Haute couture designer David Tupaz, a recent

day, and look at what they are doing here.”

L.A. to Las Vegas transplant, is currently working

out to partner with community training centers such as Progressive Choices, a local nonprofit

Of course, without creative ideas the

that assists developmentally disabled persons

convention materials would remain mere

to enter or re-enter the workforce.

refuse. It takes collaboration with forward

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with Delbex on a fashion show using repurposed materials, tentatively titled “Purpose with Poise.” Tupaz’ work, currently on display at Repurpose headquarters, promises that modern aesthetics

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as well as utility will be the order of the day at

“You partner with us and we

translated into a gain of valuable products.

the upcoming runway event.

will show you how to increase

Factor in the value of carbon offset credits

To be sure, Repurpose America CEO Zachary

your revenues, decrease your

Delbex is a forward-thinking visionary in his

and the fulfillment of corporate social and environmental responsibility, and you begin

expenses, and do right by the

to see that Delbex’s ideas are much more than

or unrealistic. He knows all too well that for

community and the environment.”

mere idealism.

trends in corporate social and environmental

generator. You partner with us and we will

“Las Vegas has invested so much into the

responsibility to play a permanent roll in

show you how to increase your revenues,

infrastructure that it has. We are number

national and international businesses practices

decrease your expenses, and do right by the

one in so many different areas: room rates,

they have to make business sense.

community and the environment.”

convention space, entertainment and so

As he employs one of his favorite sayings:

Delbex speaks of “closed loop models” where

“If sustainability doesn’t save dollars then it

investment in materials is recouped not only

won’t make sense, right?” He continues, “If

in their initial intended purpose but also in

Though Repurpose America has made an

trash removal costs $50 from someone else,

the way the materials are handled afterward,

undeniable impact on the community, Delbex

and we do the right thing and we charge $75,

including their reuse by the same companies.

knows that it is going to take the acquisition

in this economy that cost is going to dictate

Promotional banners used in trade shows are

of more resources, the development of more

where you spend your money as opposed

repurposed into useful products such as name

partnerships and the collaboration of many

to the warm, fuzzy feeling of doing the right

tags, badge holders, reusable totes, luggage

more talented and creative individuals to see the

thing. We need to show corporations that our

tags and laptop covers. The cost of sorting,

organization through to its sustainable future.

function is that of a cost reducer and income

transporting and disposal of the materials is

And that is a challenge he is eager to explore.

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Riding the RTC

Tony Abbatangelo Gets There by Bus

Between his obligations as a father of four and practicing criminal defense attorney, former judge Tony Abbatangelo was spending far too much time in traffic. “I probably put on 50,000 miles in the last year and a half,” he says. Unable to take advantage of the carpool lane, he would often watch busses whiz by headed in the same direction he was. So, one day, he decided to leave his car and traffic woes behind at the Westcliff Transit Center Park & Ride. There, he joined other conscious commuters on the Westcliff Express, heading from Durango near Summerlin Parkway straight to the Regional Justice Center downtown. It was a decision he would not regret. For most people living in Las Vegas, going just about anywhere means a trip in a car. And let’s be honest: the common perception in this town is that if you are riding the bus it is because you have no other option. But as an unlikely spokesman for public transportation, Abbatangelo shares a different perspective. “A bus station is a kind of cultural hub,” he says. “You see tourists, low income people, high income people, bums who just ride around because it’s hot. You see all kinds of people and everyone is polite. I haven’t seen any incidents of any kind. Everybody is just waiting for a bus and getting on. What kind of people ride the bus? Normal people. Everyday people ride the bus. So really, to me, it has a false image.” Abbatangelo’s decision to forego the comforts of a luxury sedan for a greater good that includes decreasing his contribution to pollution has personal advantages as well. “I can text. I can check emails. I can turn off my brain and watch a movie on my phone. I just relax.” Yet his main argument for choosing the bus is its efficiency. “It takes me 20 minutes to drive downtown. If I was to take a bus and it took 45, then I might have a problem. But it’s the exact same time and I don’t have to worry about parking. I don’t have to worry about tickets. It’s inexpensive. It just makes sense.”

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Articles Celebrating Imagination The 10th Annual Vegas Valley Book Festival . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24 Rebar Revisited Turning Metal into Public Art . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29 Upcoming Events Check Out the BLVDS Events Calendar for Upcoming Local Events . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32

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Keynote speaker and Zombie expert Max Brooks kicks

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Celebrating Imagination

The 10th Annual Vegas Valley Book Festival Whoever you aspire to be, wherever you want

Hooker emphasized that the festival is not just

learn about the demands of writing every day,”

to go, and whatever you want to do, it can all

about language or the written word, but is a

he said. “There is a strong relationship between

be accomplished. And it’s as easy as opening

celebration of knowledge.

the reader and the book and you could say the

a book.

“Literacy is about learning and

festival is a means of transporting the reader

Imaginations will be ignited, dreams inspired

having knowledge of the world.

and horizons will be broadened when the

There is scientific literacy, food

books are opened at the 10th annual Vegas Valley Book Festival November 3 - 6. Programs

literacy, cultural literacy, and the

into the mind of the author.” Kryah, who studied bookmaking in graduate school, expressed that the physical object of the book is elemental. Its form is simple, accessible

list goes on.

to all, and cannot ever be truly replaced.

“Literacy is about learning and having

“It begins with children,” he said. “They love

knowledge of the world,” he explained. “There

books and love to carry them. I know my kids get

“This is the largest literary event in Las

is scientific literacy, food literacy, cultural

a kick out of looking at illustrations and turning

Vegas,” said Richard Hooker, senior cultural

literacy, and the list goes on. We like to say

the pages. Collecting is also a big deal with

specialist in the City of Las Vegas Office

that the festival is a one-stop shopping event

young people who like the Harry Potter series

of Cultural Affairs and chairperson of the

for everything literature. It was founded on

and the Twilight series. So I see just as much

festival’s 14-member steering committee. “It

the premise of bringing together people who

reading and writing as there has ever been.”

brings together more than 100 authors for

write books and those who love to read them.”

While Kryah believes there is nothing like

Joshua Kryah, assistant professor in the

having a physical book, he makes sure the

interdisciplinary studies program at UNLV and

festival also speaks to those who read e-books.

a member of the festival’s steering committee,

“There is a great deal of change going on

said those attending love to meet and interact

in how we read and communicate and I see

with the authors.

it daily on campus,” he said with a smile.

and Food Fair with Rick Moonen and other

“The festival allows readers to meet the author

“Students primarily communicate via texting

celebrated chefs. Many of these events are free

and discover what he or she is like, how these

or email and rarely do I see them actually

and open to the public.”

individuals succeeded in their profession, and

talking on their phone. They’re communicating

and events are being held throughout the valley with many scheduled at the downtown Historic Fifth Street School, 401 South Fourth St.

panel discussions, readings, book signings, workshops, poetry readings, spoken word performances, exhibitions and other special programs. We’re also going to have contests, awards, the Children’s Book Festival, Comic Book Festival, and the popular Literature

via a language that has become more

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inventive and colloquial and specific to them

books believe they are protecting others from

Southern California and Arizona,” he explained.

and their niche. Therefore, we have to make

dangerous ideas and improper values.

“People are already coming here to enjoy what

sure we speak to this population.” Jeanne Goodrich is executive director of the Las Vegas-Clark County Library District and sees the

“People still clamor for bestsellers because books are informative

this city has to offer and now they can do all those things while enjoying the festival.” Five years ago, the festival’s popularity

festival as a buffet with a smorgasbord of books

and relaxing. So the festival is an

and readings to satisfy just about everyone.

opportunity to take a moment to

approximately 10,000 attending last year. Its

It’s important to her that the festival caters to

celebrate reading.”

producing partners have also grown from

almost every demographic.

had grown to 5,000 in attendance, with

Nevada Humanities, a festival founder, to include the city of Las Vegas; Las Vegas-Clark County

“This is a celebration of the printed word in its

“The core issue is, we can’t let our guard down

many different forms,” she said. “More kids are

when it comes to intellectual freedom and

in our summer reading program, and the book

freedom of expression,” she said. “We have

clubs at our various branches remain popular.

to remind ourselves it’s easy to defend bland

People still clamor for bestsellers because

ideas. The real challenge occurs when we

For more information about programs, authors

books are informative and relaxing. So the

have to defend something that is personally

and events, visit vegasvalleybookfestival.org

festival is an opportunity to take a moment to

repugnant to us. That’s the real challenge of

celebrate reading.”

intellectual freedom. It’s an eternal vigilance.”

Goodrich, who is somewhat of an expert on

Kryah foresees the festival becoming a larger

free expression, said those who seek to ban

Library District; UNLV’s Black Mountain Institute; American Institute of Graphic Arts, Las Vegas chapter; and the Las Vegas Review-Journal.

part of the city’s tourism industry. “We cater to Nevada at large but want to draw from

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Rebar Revisited

Turning Metal into Public Art Depending on where you are, the streets

elected to install desert-themed public works

the Nevada Department of Transportation

of Las Vegas range from awe-inspiring to

of art. Forgoing the live plant route not only

purchased and installed somewhat similar

downright appalling. While the same can be

saves the city money by not having to water

metal sculptures for use alongside freeways,

said of almost any other city in the country,

them, it saves irreclaimable water, which not

from a manufacturer out of state.

the City of Las Vegas is acutely aware of the

only is sensible, but also sustainable.

importance of aesthetics, and is doing its part

Walker knew the city employed capable craftsmen who could work with metal. This

to enhance the look of its streets. Maybe the

Besides getting to display

awareness stems from our dependence on

the talent of a local in-house

tourism, maybe not. Whatever the reason, the

craftsman, having Dunn create the

city’s roadway median improvement project

is when he thought of Michael Dunn. A welder with the operations and maintenance department, Dunn was ready for the challenge.

structures, rather than purchasing

Besides getting to display the talent of a local

aware and appreciative.

them from out of state, saves the

in-house craftsman, having Dunn create the

Beginning late last year, the city began

city money.

has drawn attention, and residents are both

making improvements to unremarkable and often unattractive median islands as funds permitted. Rather than cleaning them up and dumping rock, or planting a few shrubs, they

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Jerry Walker, deputy director of operations and maintenance for the City of Las Vegas, said he was originally introduced to the idea when

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rather than purchasing one for $1,500, Michael can make it for $300,” Walker said. Dunn said his pieces are inspired by what

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Whether people see these structures as public art or as something else is not that significant. What is significant, however, is that they add to the aesthetic value of the valley. could commission a work for themselves. As it turns out, Dunn does not refer to himself as an artist, nor does he refer to his structures as sculptures or art. He also has no interest in creating these types of structures in his free time. Moreover, he regards his work as just work, not a calling or a hobby. He favors spending his free time playing with his children. The structures can be found on Valley View THIS PAGE: A rock filled saguaro waves to passing motorists ©Saeed Rahbaran

he sees outside. Fittingly, the structures are

with rocks, not so small they fall out, but also

sculptures of desert plants including prickly

not so large that they stick out between the

pears, agaves and saguaros. He said the

rebar. The prickly pears–which are typically

majority of the pieces are made of rebar and

lower to the ground, flat and round–are

sheet metal. Dunn doesn’t work alone, but

solid structures made from sheet metal, but

the turnaround time is still impressive. It takes

Dunn goes so far as to create the bumps

“under one day for a big one,” he said. While

and dimples that grant them a realistic air.

still in the discussion stage, Dunn may begin

Accurately conveying the impression the

to incorporate other native components into

structures generate is complex, but they are

his work, such as tortoises, spiders and ants.

beautiful, pragmatic, delicate and solid all at

Each one of Dunn’s structures is remarkable, but the saguaros and prickly pears in

appear to be anthropomorphic appendages.

numerous calls to the city in appreciation of

They are the cacti most people envision when

the improvements. Walker was taken aback by

thinking of the Southwest. Saguaros have

the gratitude, “I’ve never seen anything like

vertical ridges where the spines are found.

this,” he stated.

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More median island improvement projects are tentatively planned. If funding is available, additional structures will be installed on Cheyenne Avenue, between Hualapai Way and Rampart Boulevard, and on Eastern Avenue, between Sahara Avenue and Charleston Boulevard.

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Whether people see these structures as public

Saguaros are the large cacti that grow what

hollow. The large hollow cacti are then filled

Drive and Jones, and on Rampart Boulevard

they are anything but dull and lifeless. The installments have been very well-

made of rebar, and the rest of the structure is

Lane, on Upland Boulevard between Alta

once. Though made of mundane materials,

particular are both striking and captivating.

On Dunn’s saguaros, the vertical ridges are

between Charleston Boulevard and Meadows

What is significant, however, is that they add to the aesthetic value of the valley. Some of these pieces affect their environments in an obvious way; others blend into their surroundings and simply raise the bar of what common areas should look like.

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A Streetcar Named Desire

Now – Oct. 16, 2011 Nevada Conservatory Theatre Judy Bayley Theatre nct.unlv.edu

Charlotte’s Web

The Scoop on Poop Exhibit

Now – Jan. 08, 2012 10 a.m.–6 p.m. daily Springs Preserve springspreserve.org

Chris Caswell A Program of Celtic Harp

Now – Oct. 16, 2011 2 or 7 p.m. Rainbow Company Youth Theatre rainbowcompany.org

Oct. 21, 2011 12 p.m. City of Las Vegas Lloyd George U.S. Courthouse artslasvegas.org

Nevada Wild Fest benefitting Lili Claire Foundation

Jeanette Jurado

Now – Oct. 16, 2011 Henderson Pavilion nevadawildfest.com

Grease The Musical

Now – Oct. 20, 2011 Tuacahn Amphitheatre Ivins, UT tuacahn.org

The Little Mermaid

Now – Oct. 21, 2011 Tuacahn Amphitheatre Ivins, UT tuacahn.org

Oct. 21, 2011 8 p.m. City of Henderson Henderson Events Plaza hendersonlive.com

Odyssey Dance Theatre’s “Thriller” 2011

Now – Oct. 22, 2011 7 p.m. City of Henderson Various Henderson parks 267-2171, HendersonLive.com

Utah Shakespearean Festival Now – Oct. 29, 2011 800-PLAYTIX, bard.org

Haunted Harvest

Now – 31, 2011 5–9 p.m. Springs Preserve springspreserve.org

Oct. 22, 2011 11–3 p.m. Las Vegas Hot-Diggity Dachshund Club and Rescue Kellogg-Zahere Dog Park lvhddcr.com

Mutts on Main Street

Oct. 22, 2011 11 a.m.–2 p.m. The District shop-the-district.com

Duck Derby

Oct. 22, 2011 noon Town Square 262-0037 positivelykids.org

Wine Walk: Red Affair

Oct. 22 – 31, 2011 Tuacahn Amphitheatre Ivins, UT tuacahn.org

Oct. 22, 2011 4–8 p.m. Town Square winewalklv.com

Lied Children’s’ Discovery Museum Fantasy Gala

Author Patricia Nell Warren

Oct. 22, 2011 Lied Discovery Children’s Museum Mirage Resort & Casino discoverygala.org

Pops I

Shakespeare in the Park

8th Annual Hallo-Weiner Fundraiser

Oct. 22, 2011 8 p.m. Las Vegas Philharmonic lasvegasphilharmonic.com

Boulder City Health Festival

Oct. 31, 2011 4–8 p.m. Town Square 269-5001 mytownsquarelasvegas.com november

Life In Death Festival

Nov. 01 – 02, 2011 5–9 p.m. Clark County Winchester Cultural Center clarkcountynv.gov

2011 ITU Long Course Triathlon World Championships Nov. 02 – 05, 2011 City of Henderson hendersonlive.com/specialevents/itu

An Evening with Max Brooks

Nov. 03, 2011 7 p.m. Clark County Library lvccld.org

Oct. 23, 2011 2 p.m. Clark County Library lvccld.org

HSO Anniversary

Oct. 28, 2011 8 p.m. Henderson Symphony Orchestra Henderson Pavilion hsorch.org

Nevada Ballet Season Opening at the Paris Theatre

Oct. 22, 2011 8 a.m.–12 p.m. Roseman University Boulder City Rec Center 968-2055, bwood@roseman.edu

Oct. 29 – 30, 2011 Nevada Ballet Paris Theatre nevadaballet.com

Southern Nevada Musical Arts Singers

Oct. 29, 2011 7:30 Clark County Winchester Cultural Center clarkcountynv.gov

Perform Ariel Ramirez’ Misa Criolla and Byung Hee Oh’s Horn Mass and songs by Lerner and Loewe Oct. 22, 2011 2 p.m. Clark County Winchester Cultural Center clarkcountynv.gov

Town Scary

Mardi Gras Mambo

Ghostwalk and Carnival of Horrors

Oct. 31, 2011 5–8 p.m. The District shop-the-district.com

Vegas Valley Book Festival

Nov. 03 – 06, 2011 City of Las Vegas vegasvalleybookfestival.org

First Friday

Nov. 04, 2011 Arts District firstfriday-lasvegas.org

Fall Concert Series 2011

Nov. 04 – 06, 2011 Las Vegas Contemporary Dance Theatre West Las Vegas Library lvcontemporarydancetheater.org

An Evening with Poet Martín Espada

Nov. 04, 2011 8 p.m. Clark County Winchester Cultural Center clarkcountynv.gov

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UNLV Homecoming Celebration

Complexions Contemporary Ballet

Nov. 05, 2011 8 p.m. UNLV PAC Artemus W. Ham Concert Hall pac.unlv.edu

Vegas Valley Comic Book Festival

Nov. 05, 2011 10 a.m. – 4 p.m. Clark County Library lvccld.org

Henderson Symphony Orchestra Veteran’s Day Concert

Nov. 05, 2011 10 a.m. Henderson Events Plaza hsorch.org

fresh52 Autumn Harvest Festival

Nov. 13 – 14, 2011 8:30–3 p.m. fresh52 Farmers Market Saturday Sansone Park, Sunday Tivoli Village fresh52.com

12th Annual USN Scholarship Golf Tournament

Nov. 14, 2011 8 a.m. University of Southern Nevada Cascata Golf Club 968-2055, usn.edu

2011 Mayors Prayer Breakfast and Youth Town Hall Meeting

Nov. 17, 2011 7:30 a.m. Texas Station Gambling Hall & Hotel 892-2300, BethG@uwsn.org

Nov. 05, 2011 12:30–4:30 p.m. Tony Hawk Foundation Red Rock Casino Resort & Spa 760-477-2479 www.standupforskateparks.org www.tonyhawkfoundation.org

Nov. 17, 2011 all day NevadaGIVES nevadagives.org

Art Walk

Bishr Hijazi Arab Ensemble

Elena Papandreou

Nov. 09, 2011 8 p.m. UNLV PAC Doc Rando Recital Hall pac.unlv.edu

Miss Julie

Nevada’s BIG GIVE

Nov. 18, 2011 12 p.m. City of Las Vegas Lloyd George U.S. Courthouse artslasvegas.org

AlmaNova

Nov. 18, 2011 7 p.m. Clark County Winchester Cultural Center clarkcountynv.gov

Nov. 11 – 20, 2011 Nevada Conservatory Theatre Black Box Theatre nct.unlv.edu

Santa’s Arrival Parade

Music from the Heart

Snow in the Square

Nov. 12, 2011 2 p.m. Clark County Winchester Cultural Center clarkcountynv.gov

A Christmas Carol

Nevada Arts Advocates 13th Annual Advocacy Award Dinner

Oliver

Nov. 19, 2011 8 p.m. Las Vegas Philharmonic lasvegasphilharmonic.com

Nov. 19, 2011 7–10 p.m. Nevada Arts Advocates The Mirage Hotel and Casino nvartsadvocates@earthlink.net

1st Inaugural CREATE Las Vegas Arts & Craft Festival

Nov. 19 – 20, 2011 Sat 3–8 p.m. , Sun 10 a.m.–5 p.m. Tivoli Village createlv.com

Mexican Revolution Day

Nov. 20, 2011 4 p.m. Clark County Winchester Cultural Center clarkcountynv.gov

Dec. 02 – 18, 2011 Nevada Conservatory Theatre Judy Bayley Theatre nct.unlv.edu Dec. 02 – 11, 2011 2 or 7 p.m. Rainbow Company Youth Theatre rainbowcompany.org

Neil Berg’s Broadway Holiday

Dec. 03, 2011 8 p.m. UNLV PAC Artemus W. Ham Concert Hall pac.unlv.edu

Ancestral Rhythms

Dec. 03, 2011 6 p.m. Clark County Winchester Cultural Center clarkcountynv.gov

Ingrid Fliter, Piano Julian Schwarz, Cello

3rd -Annual Stand Up For Skateparks Benefit

Nov. 05 – 06, 2011 10 a.m. – 4 p.m. Trails Village Center 595-8255

Masterworks II

Nov. 18, 2011 Town Square mytownsquarelasvegas.com Nov. 18 – Dec. 23, 2011 Mon–Thurs: 7 p.m. Fri–Sun: 7 and 8 p.m. Town Square mytownsquarelasvegas.com

Nov. 22, 2011 8 p.m. UNLV PAC Artemus W. Ham Concert Hall pac.unlv.edu

The District’s Christmas Tree Lighting and Santa’s Arrival

Nov. 25, 2011 5 p.m. The District shop-the-district.com

’The Spirit of Christmas’ Live Musical Show

Nov. 26 – Dec. 18, 2011 noon–5 p.m. The District shop-the-district.com

Encore Youth Choir

Nov. 30, 2011 6 p.m. Clark County Winchester Cultural Center clarkcountynv.gov december

The Las Vegas Great Santa Run Dec. 03, 2011 Opportunity Village Town Square Las Vegas NE Parking Lot lasvegassantarun.com

HSO Holiday Program

Dec. 09, 2011 17 p.m. Henderson Symphony Orchestra Henderson Convention Center hsorch.org

Star Catchers Winter Recital

Dec. 09, 2011 6 p.m. Clark County Winchester Cultural Center clarkcountynv.gov

Pete Contino Band

Dec. 10, 2011 2 p.m. Clark County Winchester Cultural Center clarkcountynv.gov

First Friday

Dec. 02, 2011 Arts District firstfriday-lasvegas.org

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4 steam locomotive and enjoy a little bit of Nevada history along the way. Our valley is home to one of the most innovative and admired traffic management systems in the country. Learn how FAST is helping you get there.

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Restoring a Piece of Nevada History Old stars don’t fade away—they just go to Vegas.

pilot Dan Markoff is the train’s restorer and

Built in 1875 by Baldwin Locomotive Works in

Usually this saying applies to aging crooners and

owner. He takes the old No. 4 out once or twice a

Philadelphia, the Eureka & Palisade No. 4 came

comedians, but in this case the star is The Eureka

year for runs on narrow-gauge track in Colorado

out west to find steady work hauling silver-lead

& Palisade No. 4, an 1870s’ era wood burning

and New Mexico. He is enthusiastic to help get

ore from Eureka to Palisade, Nevada , on an

steam locomotive.

the train’s story told and is obviously proud of

85-mile stretch of narrow-gauge railroad. There,

“It would take many years

how he came to be part of it.

it worked connecting Nevada commerce to the

and many dollars to restore

“I was a history major at UNLV. Of course

the locomotive to its original

when you study Nevada history you learn the

splendor...”

importance of the railroad, and that we were a railroad town originally,” he says.

The oldest surviving narrow-gauge Baldwin Class

Markoff rescued and restored the steam

4-4-0 engine rests, between gigs, in a custom

locomotive after finding it in a burned out

built private station at a residence in northwest

and collapsed building in a closed part of “Old

Las Vegas. The story of how it got to be there

Vegas,” an historical amusement park on Boulder

is not unlike that of many other traveling

Highway in Henderson that was in operation

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rest of the nation via the Central Pacific Railroad until 1896, when it was sold to the Sierra Nevada Wood and Lumber Company. When Sierra Nevada shut down in 1938, the Eureka Locomotive (as it is also known) would have been scrapped had it not caught the eye of someone at Warner Bros. It also might have been cut up and scrapped if Markoff’s wife, Ditty, hadn’t insisted he accompany her to an arts fair in Boulder City one day in 1986. Knowing the train was on Boulder Highway at “Old Vegas,”

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which happened to be on the way out to

According to Markoff, the Eureka was noticed

Other films it was used in over the years include

Boulder City, he asked if they could stop for a

by a man named Gerald Best, a sound man with

the Great Bank Robbery, Finian’s Rainbow, and

visit and a margarita.

Warner Bros., who knew the studio was looking

Cheyenne Autumn. It also made appearances

for a locomotive. Warner Bros. bought the Eureka

in the TV shows Kung Fu and Maverick. The last

and off it went to Burbank. Coincidentally, that

feature film in which it appeared was also John

was also near Walt Disney Studios.

Wayne’s last movie and the only movie in which

As he recalls: “They still had the old fort area and they still had visitors, but the whole back end was closed where they had the Eureka. So we

his character was killed, The Shootist.

walked around and, lo and behold, the building

As Markoff says, “Walt Disney was a train fanatic.

had burned up! The train was sitting there with

He and one of his early animators, Ward Kimball,

In the late 1970s, the big studios, including

the building collapsed on it. The fire was in

were into railroad stuff, and they used to go to

Warner Bros., started selling off much of

’85, so it had been sitting for a year and it had

Warner Bros. and crawl around on this thing

their property, props and equipment. The

big-time damage; it was pretty well burned up.

and admire it. That was told to me by Ward

Eureka Locomotive was sold to Old Tucson,

A little bell went off in my head and I thought,

himself. He’s the guy that did Fantasia and got an

an Arizona-based company that built movie

‘nobody else is going to take care of this thing,

Academy Award for it.”

sets for hundreds of classic movie westerns.

maybe I can’.”

Warner Bros. used The Eureka in many of their

The company also built and operated western themed tourist attractions, which is how the

It would take many years and many dollars to

films. Its first appearance was in a 1947 picture

restore the locomotive to its original splendor

called The Torrid Zone starring James Cagney

in dark blue boiler jacket, gold filigree, polished

and Ann Sheridan. In the film, the Eureka looks

As Markoff says, “I was aware of when it arrived in

brass bands, and varnished oak with gold and

less glamorous than it does today because it

‘Old Vegas.’ It sat there looking pretty forlorn but

red trim. When it was finished, it looked even

had been previously converted to burning oil

at least it was back in Nevada. I thought it was a

better than it did during its high profile years on

instead of wood, and used industrially, rather

nice piece of history returning home. And after

the Warner Bros. lot in Burbank.

than for carrying passengers, by Sierra Nevada.

136 years it’s still doing what it was made to.”

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architecture & style Design FROM LEFT: Traffic engineer’s lair, communication is key for keeping traffic moving ©Cheryl Snow

J ac k C happell

Intelligent Transportation

Getting You There FAST Step into the FAST control room and you step

highways of the Nevada Department of

want to get to their destination quickly and

into a gee-whiz technological wonder more like

Transportation (NDOT), and thoroughfares

with as little hassle as possible,” said Jacob

a Star Wars movie set than a traffic engineer’s

in Clark County, Henderson, Las Vegas, North

Snow, RTC general manager.

lair. The real wonder is that it exists at all. It

Las Vegas, Boulder City and Mesquite in a

wouldn’t without an amazing demonstration of

cooperative traffic management program.

state, county, and municipal cooperation. FAST shows what can happen when governmental

When people drive across the

boundaries are no barrier to public service.

valley, they don’t care about

FAST’s full name is one of those obtuse

which jurisdiction they’re in.

governmental mouthfuls: “The Freeway and

They just want to get to their

Arterial System of Transportation.” But the

destination quickly and with as

acronym is cool; FAST, which fittingly describes its promise for beleaguered motorists.

little hassle as possible

Under the aegis of the Regional

“This really is a philosophical statement. When

Transportation Commission of Southern

people drive across the valley, they don’t care

Nevada (RTC), FAST links the freeways and

about which jurisdiction they’re in. They just

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FAST uses a variety of tools to help manage traffic. They include: • Controlling intersection signals to ease the flow of commute traffic, or to change traffic patterns when accidents or construction impact roadways • Metering traffic entering freeways. By staggering the flow of vehicles merging onto freeways, metering keeps the freeway flow from backing up • Acquiring traffic data and sharing it with other agencies and contractors who can use it to better plan roadway work.

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Design architecture & style

The maestro orchestrating it all is Brian Hoeft,

of actions they can take including adjusting the

has become a mecca for professional traffic

RTC regional director of FAST, along with 35

on-flow of cars by metering, and notification of

managers around the world. It is unique in the

other employees who man the headquarters

the Nevada Highway Patrol or local police. The

world in the extent of its regional governmental

from 5 a.m. to 11 p.m. weekdays and from 8

presence of the highway patrol dispatchers in

cooperation by the state, county and

a.m. to 11 p.m. weekends. The FAST crew works

the building and the close working relationship

municipalities and the creativity of its engineers.

additional hours for special occasions like New

that’s been forged by the two agencies

Year’s Eve and speedway events.

minimizes delays in getting officers and emergency vehicles to the scene.

Don’t Leave Home Without It

the Nevada Highway Patrol, a symbiotic

In addition to the video cameras, unseen

positioning that serves citizens and valley

traffic detection devices constantly feed

motorists very well, said Hoeft.

information into the command center. There,

What a weather report is to a day’s planning, the FAST “Dashboard” is to any motorist’s trip across town. Drivers wishing to avoid traffic, or plan the quickest way to a Southern Nevada destination can consult rtcsnv.com/mpo/ fast/dashboard.cfm .

Partners in the center are dispatchers of

High above the rows of computer workstations is a nine-foot by four-foot video wall that can access any of the system’s 300 cameras along the various freeways and major intersections. The wall can function as one giant screen, or

computer programs and traffic engineers control signals to help speed traffic from east to west and north to south on major roads depending on time of date, traffic volume, construction projects and traffic accidents.

be divided into individual 50-inch screens to

Las Vegas doesn’t want for tourist attractions,

give engineers a God-like view of roadways—at

but the FAST center, which has garnered a

times they’ve seen accidents in progress or

slew of awards for innovation from prestigious

break downs. When they do, they have a variety

professional and research organizations,

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There, millions of data points have been forged into user-friendly maps and graphs showing freeway traffic and speeds in live time. www.nvfast.org/trafficcameras.html traffic cameras show intersection and freeway traffic also in live time.

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market? Luckily for us, the number of local farmers markets has been growing so it’s easier than ever to eat local. Mario Batali’s restaurant group gets outside to buy directly from local farmers to put the freshest ingredients on your table.

blvds flavor dining & retail Articles From Fresh to Fridge A Farmers Market Love Story . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 42 Local Sourcing Green Restaurants Create Community . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 46

flavo r

Who doesn’t love the sights and smells of a farmers

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“I wanted to do my part to help Las Vegans make healthier food choices. We needed more options for buying fresh produce.” has little to do with quality, and the products offered by vendors at the nine local markets I visited for this story are top-notch. Without a doubt, the produce purveyed at these bazaars is fresh, delicious and healthful. Over the past two years, I’ve gone to most of the area markets at least once. I never leave without buying two or three bags of fresh produce: From Left: fresh52 at Tivoli Village ©Chris Cutler. Facing PAGE: Gardens Market ©Chris Cutler;

squash, beans, corn, peaches, tomatoes.

C hris C u tler

I never ever, leave without fresh tomatoes.

From Fresh to Fridge

Carrie Hogan, founder of Fresh52 Market, told

A Farmers Market Love Story

me that starting it was something she felt

I just love strolling through farmers markets:

told him that what I’d miss most about Music

part to help Las Vegans make healthier food

the smell of fresh strawberries, ripe peaches

City was its abundance of farmers markets.

choices,” she said. “We needed more options

and aromatic basil is simply intoxicating.

There hadn’t been many in the Vegas Valley

for buying fresh produce.”

Bright colors—reds, greens, yellows, and

when we lived here in the late ‘80s and early

violets—beam from baskets on tables and

‘90s, and I wasn’t aware that any had opened

various displays. Happy people mill about,

since. Once we returned, however, and settled

delicately placing tomatoes and plums in their

back in, I was delighted to find that farmers

overstuffed bags, searching for room for just

markets were staking a claim and finding their

one more piece of fruit. Others grab handfuls

place in this desert city.

of green beans, okra or swiss chard. And no one misses a chance to sample the free watermelon or apple slices beckoning with sparkle and juiciness. Farmers markets are a spa visit for the senses and I am more than pleased to see so many in Las Vegas today.

Currently, there are no fewer than nine farmers markets in the Vegas Valley. By Midwest standards, the Las Vegas markets are small with 20 to 35 vendors per market on average. We’re in the desert, after all, and

strongly compelled to do. “I wanted to do my

Gina Gavan, who recently created The Fremont East District market, agreed. “We listened to what the community was asking for,” she said the day I met her in the busy downtown market. “We’re committed to building the market within the downtown community.” Both Hogan and Gavan told me their markets are growing. Hogan expects to add new produce items to her markets throughout the fall.

many of the farmers must travel here from

Gavan, a relative newcomer to the business, is

When my husband and I moved back to Las

California, Arizona, Utah and other parts of

introducing vendors and products each week.

Vegas in 2009 after 14 years in Nashville, I

Nevada. Quantity, however, as you may know,

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Las Vegas Farmers Market® Gardens Park Tuesdays from 4pm - 8pm Gardens Park 10401 Gardens Park Drive Las Vegas, NV

Las Vegas Farmers Market® Bruce Trent Park Wednesdays from 4pm - 8pm Bruce Trent Park 1600 N. Rampart Blvd. Las Vegas, NV

Las Vegas Farmers Market® Floyd Lamb Park at Tule Springs First & Third Saturday of each Month 10 a.m. - 2p.m. Floyd Lamb Park 9100 Tule Spring Rd. Las Vegas NV

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The growth of local markets isn’t

Fresh52

surprising. According to the 2011

Sundays 8:30 am - 1 pm Sansone Park Place 9480 S. Eastern Las Vegas, NV

USDA Farmers Market Directory, there are more than 7,100 farmers

Fremont East Entertainment District (FEED) Farmers’ Market

provide a venue for communicating with and cultivating their customer base. On a recent trip to Country Fresh Farmers Market in Henderson, I heard Gary Elrich, who owns Gary’s Produce in Dinuba, CA,

markets in the United States,

talking to three ladies about making salsa

more than double the number

with his fresh tomatoes and jalapeno peppers. Simultaneously, his wife, Mary Kay, explained

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from 10 years ago. It’s worth mentioning that Las Vegas Farmers

called a pluot is actually a plum and apricot

Country Fresh Farmers Markets

Market and Country Fresh Farmers Market

hybrid. The couple take a six-hour drive from

are also bringing in first-time vendors on a

their farm every week and sell at the Las

Thursdays 9 am - 4 pm Henderson Events Plaza 240 Water Street Henderson, NV

to another customer that the wonderful fruit

regular basis.

Vegas Farmers Market as well as at Country

The growth of local markets isn’t surprising.

Fresh Market. Mary Kay said that she and her

According to the 2011 USDA Farmers Market

husband greatly appreciate the opportunity to

Directory, there are more than 7,100 farmers

talk directly to their customers and that they’re

markets in the United States – more than

eager for a chance to sell at other Southern

Boulder City Farmers Market

double the number from 10 years ago. The

Nevada markets as well.

Thursdays 9 am - 1 pm Colorado & Utah Streets Boulder City, NV

markets not only give farmers an opportunity

“But, we’re the farmers,” she said. “We have to

to sell their products close to home, but also

get back to work so we’ll have something fresh

Country Fresh Farmers Markets Fridays 10 am - 4 pm Green Valley Pavilion 200 S. Green Valley Parkway Henderson, NV

to offer next week.”

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Green Restaurants Create Community

Operating a restaurant in the middle of a desert presents quite the challenge for a chef determined to source organic ingredients locally. But this hasn’t stood in the way of Nicole Brisson, Chef di Cucina at Carnevino, one of only a handful of certified Green Restaurants in Las Vegas. Brisson sources sixty to seventy percent of the ingredients used at the Mario Batali-owned Italian steakhouse in The Palazzo from farms, ranches, and orchards in Nevada. The green designation means that everything from water use and food sourcing to paper consumption and even the type of cleaning agents used in the steakhouse have met the stringent standards of the independently operated Green Restaurant Association. The Batali-Bastianich group (which owns Carnevino) makes sure their staff appreciates the value of sourcing from local farmers. A recent trip picking prickly pears proved that cooking can be dangerous even outside of the kitchen. “We were pulling thorns from our legs for a month!” Brisson says. In addition to sourcing within the state, the Batali-Bastianich group started a farmers market to make it easier for members of the community and other chefs to buy directly from area purveyors. “Sourcing products locally has helped us to build a sense of community with all of the local farms, and creating our market gave the farmers we buy from another outlet for their products,” Brisson says. Though Carnevino sources the bulk of their ingredients in Nevada, some of the meat they use comes from Arizona, Utah, Colorado and Nebraska. This does not mean that less attention is paid to its selection. “Meat Consultant” Adam Perry Lane personally chooses the best meats available for their dry-aging program by visiting small ranches where livestock have been treated humanely prior to slaughter. Though it may not always be possible to source locally, Batali’s group sends a message that restaurateurs do have an option to source their foods more thoughtfully.

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