TJ Duncan, president of Duncan Golf Management, knows the golf business as well as anyone in Northern Nevada. His late father, Tom, worked in the regional golf industry for decades before purchasing his first golf course in 2003. The younger Duncan had a hands-on education in golf course ownership and management starting at an early age.
Construction of the largest new affordable housing project in the Reno Housing Authority’s history is underway near the former site of Hug High School. David Brint, co-founder of Brinshore Development of Evanston, Ill., told NNBW that demolition of the old Hawk View Apartments is complete and general contractor Pinecrest Construction & Development Co.is currently laying horizontal infrastructure for 199 new apartments spread across seven buildings.
Chris Utgaard, owner of Need 2 Speed, says finding the right location for a new kart racing and entertainment center was a multi-year journey filled with more twists and turns than the facility’s signature multi-level kart track. The new Need 2 Speed opened at the end of April at 2863 Northtowne Lane, suite 400.
When Chase and Kaileigh Hasty met while performing in Guam — Chase was a magician, while Kaileigh was a dancer — the now husband-and-wife duo never dreamed they would be headlining their own act in Reno.
Anyone who has traveled Mill Street near Interstate 580 knows first-hand how difficult it can be to navigate the roadway, especially when trying to access the various side streets west of the freeway during congested afternoon traffic.
Finding enough talented construction workers to replace an aging workforce has been an issue in Northern Nevada for more than a decade. The regional boom in industrial employment over the last 10 years has also exacerbated workforce issues in the construction industry as younger workers eschew the hardships of working outside in Northern Nevada’s frigid winter and blistering summer months in favor of the cozy confines of temperature-controlled warehouses.
Construction of perhaps the largest power substation in the world — when completed it will span an area larger than 250 football fields — is underway at NV Energy’s Fort Churchill substation near Yerington.
A conversation that started out as mutual appreciation between two female CEOs working in the same space eventually led to a mid-April acquisition of Reno-based Jimmy Beans Wool by Local Crafts Group of Vancouver, Wash.
Ava Coulter, marketing and communications specialist with the Economic Development Authority of Western Nevada, learned a lot about marketing while attending the University of Nevada’s College of Business.
“It will be a combination of historic and new buildings all coming together. We are in about year 10 of a 20-year overnight success story. We are about halfway complete. This whole section of downtown, we see it as our mission to bring it back."