Senate Concurrent Resolution No. 15–Senators Raggio, Titus, Amodei, Care, Carlton, Coffin, Jacobsen, James, Mathews, McGinness, Neal, O’Connell, O’Donnell, Porter, Rawson, Rhoads, Schneider, Shaffer, Townsend, Washington and Wiener

 

March 5, 2001

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Joint Sponsors: Assemblymen  Beers, Anderson, Angle, Arberry, Bache, Berman, Brower, Brown, Buckley, Carpenter, Cegavske, Chowning, Claborn, Collins, de Braga, Dini, Freeman, Gibbons, Giunchigliani, Goldwater, Gustavson, Hettrick, Humke, Koivisto, Lee, Leslie, Manendo, Marvel, McClain, Mortenson, Neighbors, Nolan, Oceguera, Ohrenschall, Parks, Parnell, Perkins, Price, Smith, Tiffany, Von Tobel and Williams

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Read and Adopted

 

SUMMARY—Commemorates 90th anniversary of Las Vegas Chamber of Commerce. (BDR R‑1146)

 

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EXPLANATION – Matter in bolded italics is new; matter between brackets [omitted material] is material to be omitted.

 

Senate Concurrent RESOLUTION—Commemorating the 90th anniversary of the Las Vegas Chamber of Commerce.

 

1-1    Whereas, In 1784, only 8 years after the signing of the Declaration of

1-2  Independence, the idea for the formation of chambers of commerce in the

1-3  United States originated; and

1-4    Whereas, Two years later, the first chamber was organized, and in

1-5  1911, the Las Vegas Chamber of Commerce was established; and

1-6    Whereas, For the past 89 years, the Las Vegas Chamber of Commerce

1-7  has proudly served the Las Vegas businesses, as well as the community as

1-8  a whole, and is now the fourth largest chamber of commerce in the nation,

1-9  with a membership of more than 6,400 business professionals and a

1-10  trained, professional staff of 55; and

1-11    Whereas, The comprehensive mission of this body of businessmen is

1-12  to be “a business organization that protects, fosters, and enhances the

1-13  success of our membership through a focused, collaborative effort”; and

2-1    Whereas, In fulfilling that mission, the Las Vegas Chamber of

2-2  Commerce identifies community needs, problems and opportunities, and

2-3  then develops programs that satisfy those needs, solve those problems and

2-4  seize those opportunities; and

2-5    Whereas, Notable past accomplishments in attaining the goals of the

2-6  Chamber include obtaining the first Federal Building and Post Office for

2-7  Las Vegas in 1924, creating the Livewire Fund to promote Las Vegas in

2-8  1944, leading in the formation of the Las Vegas Valley Water District in

2-9  1945, helping establish the Las Vegas Convention and Visitors Authority

2-10  in 1953 and founding the United Way of Southern Nevada in 1955; and

2-11    Whereas, The Chamber not only serves existing businesses by

2-12  sponsoring over 100 events each year, including seminars, workshops,

2-13  expos, campaigns, general-membership luncheons, new-member

2-14  welcomes, mixers and other gatherings, but also encourages entrepreneurs

2-15  and offers valuable assistance to businesses that are new to the area; and

2-16    Whereas, Efforts abound to encourage leadership on the cutting edge

2-17  of the business world through Chamber programs such as those to respond

2-18  to the special needs of home-based and micro businesses; and

2-19    Whereas, To maintain Las Vegas as the “Entertainment Capital of the

2-20  World,” the Chamber provides information for tourists relating to lodging,

2-21  shopping, transportation, restaurants, recreation, and industry and

2-22  employment, and promotes the city through such ventures as its recent

2-23  negotiations for a 10-year commitment with the National Finals Rodeo and

2-24  an agreement with the sponsors of the Winston Cup; and

2-25    Whereas, The youth of Las Vegas and their education are priorities for

2-26  the Chamber, as demonstrated by its support of school bond referendums,

2-27  scholarship programs, and opportunities such as the Leadership Las Vegas

2-28  program, which identifies high school juniors who have demonstrated

2-29  leadership and, through a 10-month curriculum, prepares them for the

2-30  responsibilities of leadership in the community; and

2-31    Whereas, Residents of Las Vegas have benefited from such

2-32  community-wide efforts of the Chamber as the promotion of improvements

2-33  and upgrades to major traffic artery I-15 and the Courtesy Las Vegas

2-34  program that is designed to instill and inspire a higher and more consistent

2-35  level of courtesy across Clark County; and

2-36    Whereas, It is no accident that for the last 3 years, Inc., a leading

2-37  publication serving entrepreneurs and small business executives, has

2-38  named Las Vegas the best city in the country in which to start a small

2-39  business, and in 1998, Fortune, a national magazine devoted to business

2-40  and finance, selected the city as the second best in the nation in which to do

2-41  business; now, therefore, be it

2-42    Resolved by the Senate of the State of Nevada, the Assembly

2-43  Concurring, That the Nevada Legislature hereby commemorates the

2-44  90th anniversary of the Las Vegas Chamber of Commerce, recognizes the

2-45  Chamber as the largest and most influential proponent of free enterprise in

2-46  Las Vegas and honors it as the organization which “does the things that

2-47  most people think just happen”; and be it further

 

3-1    Resolved, That the members of the Legislature applaud the Las Vegas

3-2  Chamber of Commerce for the contributions it has made in developing Las

3-3  Vegas as the “City of the Century, Community of the Future”; and be it

3-4  further

3-5    Resolved, That the Secretary of the Senate prepare and transmit a copy

3-6  of this resolution to the Las Vegas Chamber of Commerce.

 

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