Search results
Results from the WOW.Com Content Network
Las Vegas–Clark County Library District (LVCCLD) is an independent government agency. Operations are overseen by a ten-member Board of Trustees, five appointed by the Clark County Commission and five appointed by the Las Vegas City Council.
[101] [102] Henderson City Hall opened adjacent to the convention center in 1989. [101] [103] Henderson's justice facility is located across from city hall. [104] [105] A library operated on Water Street until 2010, and the building has since been used for other city departments. [106] [107]
Henderson is a city in Clark County, Nevada, United States, about 16 miles (26 km) southeast of downtown Las Vegas.It is the 2nd most populous city in Nevada, after Las Vegas, with 317,610 residents. [4]
Friends of Libraries groups do many different things. Many work towards public support of libraries, including government advocacy and spreading information about library services. [3] Other groups help provide resources and financial support. [6] A 1977-78 survey found that most Friends groups were supporting public libraries. [7]
Las Vegas Boulevard, in public right of way, approximately .5 miles (0.8 km) south of intersection with Russell Road 36°04′55″N 115°10′22″W / 36.082056°N 115.172778°W / 36.082056; -115.172778 ( The "Welcome to Fabulous Las Vegas
The community includes a park, private pool, library, elementary school, event hall, church, and mercantile / gas station. The mercantile (general store) was built in 1942 and originally sold household staples and sundries to residents who were mostly miners at the Blue Diamond Mine. The store has maintained its original external look.
North Las Vegas was the subject of many annexation attempts from Las Vegas. On May 1, 1946, North Las Vegas was incorporated as a city. [11] In 1957, North Las Vegas planned to annex an area to its southeast, and in response, the Clark County Commission created the town of Sunrise Manor to prevent further annexation attempts. [15]
In 2007, Gibson received the Nevada State College President's Medal and the Clark County School District Crystal Apple Award. The Henderson Development Association and the City of Henderson named his as their O'Callaghan Public Sector Person of the Year in 2008 from and the Clark County Commercial Managers Group awarded him its 2009 Vision ...