The May-June 2018 Edition of the Aerial Magazine

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What’s Inside

4 Crime

Prevention 101

7 Summer in Lee Canyon

8

Maintenance Report

12

First Mayor of NLV

14 Sun City Arts & Crafts Show

Amazon Announces New Fulfillment Center in Southern Nevada on April 4, 2018,

Lane. A release said the building will include

customer experience. Nevada has a talented

plans to open in North Las Vegas its fourth

three stories for a total of 2.4 million square

workforce, and we are very excited to grow

Nevada facility supporting customer fulfill-

feet. The center will be the third major logis-

employment beyond the more than 3,000 asso-

ment, creating more than 1,000 full-time jobs

tics facility in North Las Vegas. Development

ciates already serving customers in the state,”

with benefits starting on day one. Amazon

plans are part of the city’s initiative to launch

said Sanjay Shah, Amazon’s Vice President of

currently employs more than 3,000 full-time

the $43 million Northeast Interceptor Project

North America Customer Fulfillment.

associates at its three existing Nevada facilities

which will extend roadways and sewer lines.

Amazon has invested millions of dollars

“We’re excited to open a new, state-of-the-

into its local fulfillment center infrastructure

AMAZON.COM ANNOUNCED

in North Las Vegas and Reno.

and through compensation to thousands of employees in the state. Amazon’s investments in Nevada contributed an additional $50 million into Nevada’s economy from 2011 through 2016, and using methodology developed by the U.S. Bureau of Economic Analysis, Amazon estimates its investments in the state have created an additional 1,300 indirect jobs on top of the company’s direct hires. “This is good news for our state and for North Las Vegas,” Nevada Governor Brian Sandoval said. “With the creation of a new 800,000 square-foot fulfillment center, Amazon will help create an additional 1,000 jobs in Nevada. Amazon has been a partner with Nevada in helping to grow our economy, and I am pleased that they will continue to be a partner with us into the future.”

The new customer fulfillment center, ex-

art fulfillment center in North Las Vegas and

Amazon employees at the more than

pected to open in mid-2019, will be built near

to continue innovating in a state committed

800,000-square-foot fulfillment center will

the Las Vegas Motor Speedway on North Sloan

to providing great opportunities for jobs and

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