Oregon now prime target for recruiters
by John Seelmeyer, 2/8/2010
An Oregon vote last month that boosts taxes on businesses and people who earn more than $125,000 in the state snapped economic development groups in northern Nevada to attention.
While they continue to focus much of their attention on California companies, potentially disgruntled business owners in Oregon will be getting more attention.
First out of the gate was Nevada Business Connections, a private industry recruitment group headquartered in Carson City, that launched an initiative last week to sell Oregon companies on the benefits of moving to Nevada.
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State uses new research to recruit from California
by NNBW staff, 2/8/2010
If California executives don’t believe the claims of Nevada officials that the Silver State provides a better home for their business, Nevada now is coming armed with facts.
The Nevada Commission on Economic Development commissioned Whittaker Associates Inc., a Michigan economic research firm, to detail the differences between California and Nevada.
The study provides validation from an outside observer to the pitch made by industrial recruiters in Nevada, said Mike Skaggs, executive director of the Commission on Economic Development.
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National security concerns send miner into bankruptcy
by John Seelmeyer, 2/8/2010
A Lovelock company tipped into bankruptcy by a federal decision says it expects to get its mining plans back on track.
Firstgold Corp. filed for Chapter 11 reorganization in federal bankruptcy court in Reno. The petition listed assets of $17.96 million and liabilities of $26.98 million.
The company spent $16 million during the past two years developing an ore-processing facility at Relief Canyon near Lovelock, site of the previously producing Pegasus Gold Mine.
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2010: A spa odyssey
by Barbara Marquand, 2/8/2010
At the Spa Atlantis brine room, clients experience the effects of sea air from a brine waterfall while they zone out under a cycle of light illusions designed to promote wellbeing.
A mile up the road at Spa Toscana in the Peppermill Hotel Casino, the Roman bath-inspired Caldarium features an indoor pool, cascading fountain, sundeck and “secret garden.”
Both spas are huge — 30,000 square feet — and boast state-of-the-art features, from a Rasul Ceremonial Chamber for mud and mineral treatments at Spa Atlantis, to acoustic resonance therapy, in which subtle vibrations from music resonate through massage tables at Spa Toscana.
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