2023 State of the City

READ: Historic Firsts – Writing a New Chapter for the City of North Las Vegas: Momentum

Mayor Pamela Goynes-Brown delivered the City of North Las Vegas 2023 State of the City address on March 23, 2023, at Aliante Resort, showcasing the City of North Las Vegas' historic achievements, unprecedented progress and innovative momentum.

The City of North Las Vegas is the nation's 18th most culturally diverse community, and this administration has successfully removed historic barriers to opportunity for residents and team members.

The City’s turnaround to financial stability and its stunning gains in economic development and job creation have been recognized and studied worldwide for replication. Two of every three Southern Nevada companies incentivized by the state choose to locate in North Las Vegas!

The City’s attractiveness to new industries has resulted in:

• 63,533 new jobs with an average hourly wage of $33.31
• $438 million dollars of capital investment
• $36 billion dollars in economic impact
• $5 billion healthcare campus in the City’s Job Creation Zone
• Redevelopment of 19 acres in downtown Lake Mead/Las Vegas Boulevard corridor

This Council and team is also making impressive strides in improving the quality of life for the residents of the City of North Las Vegas, ensuring opportunities for success, access to good schools, solid support systems, desirable amenities and safe neighborhoods. Among our quality-of-life initiatives:

• Investment in new parks and revitalization of mature parks
• Programming to increase attendance and family engagement at public schools
• Cultivation of Restaurant Row, with 24 new dining options in the past three years
• Increased housing stock and policies designed to keep homeownership attainable and affordable
• New police and fire stations, increased public safety through diverse recruiting and robust community policing
• Dedicated Veterans Resource Center
• Dolores Huerta Hispanic Resource Center, to provide job training, education, financial and legal services, and social and cultural programming in Spanish and English

EVENT: Watch the recorded presentation of the City of North Las Vegas 2023 State of the City

Mission Accomplished! 

We are proud to have successfully launched and run numerous initiatives out of the North Las Vegas City Manager's Office. Among our proudest achievements:

SNUMA, the Southern Nevada Urban Micro Academy that changed learning and workforce during the COVID-19 pandemic

NLV CARES, the City of North Las Vegas' comprehensive short- and long-term health and economic response to the global COVID-19 pandemic

COMMUNITY COVID FUNDING, using taxpayers dollars exactly as intended -- to benefit residents and keep them healthy, safe, housed, employed, fed and with the proper supports they needed during the pandemic and aftermath. 

The U.S. Treasure's State and Local Fiscal Recovery Fund (SLFRF) was a generational opportunity for the City to address the disproportionate effects of coronavirus on residents of North Las Vegas and Southern Nevada and to ensure an equitable, strategic and lasting recovery. Download the SLFRF report that details North Las Vegas' plan and progress in programming these dollars to meet both the immediate and ongoing needs of the community while thoughtfully addressing long-term opportunities for residents.