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

 

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

 

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

 Independence, the idea for the formation of chambers of commerce in the

 United States originated; and

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

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

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

 has proudly served the Las Vegas businesses, as well as the community as

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

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

 trained, professional staff of 55; and

   Whereas, The comprehensive mission of this body of businessmen is

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

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

   Whereas, In fulfilling that mission, the Las Vegas Chamber of

 Commerce identifies community needs, problems and opportunities, and

 then develops programs that satisfy those needs, solve those problems and

 seize those opportunities; and

   Whereas, Notable past accomplishments in attaining the goals of the

 Chamber include obtaining the first Federal Building and Post Office for

 Las Vegas in 1924, creating the Livewire Fund to promote Las Vegas in

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

 1945, helping establish the Las Vegas Convention and Visitors Authority

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

   Whereas, The Chamber not only serves existing businesses by

 sponsoring over 100 events each year, including seminars, workshops,

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

 welcomes, mixers and other gatherings, but also encourages entrepreneurs

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

   Whereas, Efforts abound to encourage leadership on the cutting edge

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

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

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

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

 shopping, transportation, restaurants, recreation, and industry and


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

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

 an agreement with the sponsors of the Winston Cup; and

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

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

 scholarship programs, and opportunities such as the Leadership Las Vegas

 program, which identifies high school juniors who have demonstrated

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

 responsibilities of leadership in the community; and

   Whereas, Residents of Las Vegas have benefited from such

 community-wide efforts of the Chamber as the promotion of

 improvements and upgrades to major traffic artery I-15 and the Courtesy

 Las Vegas program that is designed to instill and inspire a higher and more

 consistent level of courtesy across Clark County; and

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

 publication serving entrepreneurs and small business executives, has

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

 business, and in 1998, Fortune, a national magazine devoted to business

 and finance, selected the city as the second best in the nation in which to

 do business; now, therefore, be it

   Resolved by the Senate of the State of Nevada, the Assembly

 Concurring, That the Nevada Legislature hereby commemorates the

 90th anniversary of the Las Vegas Chamber of Commerce, recognizes the

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

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

 most people think just happen”; and be it further

 

   Resolved, That the members of the Legislature applaud the Las Vegas

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

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

 further

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

 of this resolution to the Las Vegas Chamber of Commerce.

 

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