Oct 3, 2026 · 55 min · 19 segments
With midterm election season in full swing, host Erika Washington sits down with North Las Vegas Mayor Pro Tem Scott Black, who is running to become the city's next mayor. Born and raised in southern…
North Las Vegas does have gaming as well with Aliante and other smaller like mom and pop type places.
But what would you say is the actual economy of North Las Vegas? Is it still would it still be gaming or would you think it's something else?
And, you know, when you when you mentioned the North Las Vegas of the 80s, the North Las Vegas I grew up in, we were really a bedroom community to Las Vegas.
Be familiar with the Apex Industrial Area, which is out past the Speedway on your way past the Nellis Air Force Base.
If you drive out there next time you're in the North Las Vegas area, you should just take a quick drive out 215 to I-15 and go north.
You'll see these million square foot buildings that are distribution, warehousing, light manufacturing, logistics, and fulfillment type of operations.
And all these buildings are being built all throughout the desert, out in the mountains and the foothills.
They're literally... leveling mountains, creating these big, giant, developable pads of land and putting these large facilities.
It's away from the city, so there's no burden or impact on traffic, on noise, on issues that affect you and me and our neighborhoods, but it's building the economy and building our tax base so we have the revenue to hire more police, to hire more firefighters, to Build a new library, those types of things.
We have our redevelopment project in downtown North Las Vegas that will be the home to a lot of small businesses.
Nevada State University campus is coming to downtown North Las Vegas right across the street from City Hall.
North Las Vegas does have gaming as well with Aliante and other smaller like mom and pop type places.
But what would you say is the actual economy of North Las Vegas? Is it still would it still be gaming or would you think it's something else?
And, you know, when you when you mentioned the North Las Vegas of the 80s, the North Las Vegas I grew up in, we were really a bedroom community to Las Vegas.
Be familiar with the Apex Industrial Area, which is out past the Speedway on your way past the Nellis Air Force Base.
If you drive out there next time you're in the North Las Vegas area, you should just take a quick drive out 215 to I-15 and go north.
You'll see these million square foot buildings that are distribution, warehousing, light manufacturing, logistics, and fulfillment type of operations.
And all these buildings are being built all throughout the desert, out in the mountains and the foothills.
They're literally... leveling mountains, creating these big, giant, developable pads of land and putting these large facilities.
It's away from the city, so there's no burden or impact on traffic, on noise, on issues that affect you and me and our neighborhoods, but it's building the economy and building our tax base so we have the revenue to hire more police, to hire more firefighters, to Build a new library, those types of things.
We have our redevelopment project in downtown North Las Vegas that will be the home to a lot of small businesses.
Nevada State University campus is coming to downtown North Las Vegas right across the street from City Hall.
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