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John Pinnington, owner of AA Printing Service, poured all available resources into starting his own business, even sacrificing electricity and hot water at his home. (steve marcus/staff)

Ready to start your business?

Local entrepreneurs offer advice and tips for success for those looking to launch

By Julie Ann Formoso | staff Writer

Ask any longtime business owner the secret to success, and he or she probably will tell you it’s dedication.

John Pinnington took that to heart. Âś He invested all of his money in the business he created in 2010, AA Printing Service. There was nothing left in the budget for his house. The power was shut off. So was the hot water. a dvice, Continued on page 10

440

Film permits issued in 2015 in Clark County, compared with 400 in 2014.

Commission Chairman Steve Sisolak said the increase signals a growing interest in Las Vegas as a setting for films, commercials and television programs.

$2.51

Average price of a gallon of unleaded gasoline in Nevada, according to the AAA Fuel Gauge Report. The national average was $1.96.

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EDITORIAL

NOTEWORTHY STORIES

05 06 18 Q&A WITH BOB MORGAN

The new president and CEO of the United Way of Southern Nevada talks about his short- and long-term goals for the organization, the value of preschool and the opportunities available to nonprofits in a community as young as Las Vegas.

THE NOTES People on the move, P4

MEET: BITE SQUAD

Foodies in Las Vegas are catching on to the service provided by Kian Salehi and Arash Allaei’s business, which promises to deliver fresh meals from a variety of restaurants to customers’ doorsteps.

TALKING POINTS Cloud over rooftop solar can’t linger forever, P7

DATA AND PUBLIC INFORMATION A listing of local bankruptcies, bid opportunities, brokered transactions, business licenses and building permits.

MORE VEGAS INC BUSINESS NEWS Calendar: Happenings and events, P17 The List: Labor unions, P22

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WOUNDS OF RECESSION STILL NOT HEALED FOR NEVADANS Southern Nevada’s once-battered economy is improving, but when it comes to personal finances, locals are limping.

Las Vegas residents’ average credit score, 632.83, was in the 9th percentile — or bottom 9 percent — of residents’ in 2,570 U.S. cities, according to personal-finance website WalletHub. North Las Vegas, with an average of 623.53, was in the 5th percentile, while Henderson, at 669.78, was in the 47th.

A credit score represents a consumer’s financial habits and “tends to speak volumes, most important of which is how well you manage your debts,” the report said.

The study is the latest to highlight Southern Nevadans’ shabby finances.

In 2015, the nonprofit Corporation for Enterprise Development ranked Nevada’s economic health 48th among the states and

the District of Columbia. Two months later, WalletHub ranked Nevada’s financial literacy second-worst in the country, saying it has some of the highest rates of residents who spend more than they make and pay only the minimum balance on their credit cards.

The recession pummeled Las Vegas with layoffs, bankruptcies and foreclosures.

Today, those problems have eased and wages are rising, but incomes remain on par with — if not below — what people made before the economy tanked. Adjusting for inflation, wages have fallen hard.

It will take years before the economy is fully healed. And barring some miraculous turnaround, residents’ wallets and bank accounts could be a scary sight for even longer.

— ELI SEGALL

CORRECTION Due to incorrect information provided to VEGAS INC, the List in the Jan. 17 edition included inaccurate information. The CEO of Frias Transportation is Phyllis Frias. John Marushok is director of operations.

EDITOR’S NOTE The general contractors list is being reprinted because the original, which was included in the Nov. 8 edition of VEGAS INC and Book of Lists, contained an error.

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Mark Roy is manager of technical compliance at Gaming Laboratories International.

is owned by Marcus Hotels and Resorts.

The Nevada Mining Association elected its 2015-2016 officers. Kinross Gold’s Kris Sims is chairman; Newmont’s Tom Kerr is past chairman. Barrick roy Mining’s Michael Brown is chairman-elect and Nevada Copper’s Tim Dyhr is vice chairman.

Tom Rafferty is Interblock’s general counsel.

Chris Deeney is president of National Security Technologies, the management and operating contractor for the Nevada National Security Site.

NSTec recently was honored as rafferty one of the most fuel-efficient companies in the nation for its use of plug-in vehicles and low-emissions vehicles.

Robert Herr is director of Henderson’s Public Works, Parks and Recreation Department.

Alexandra Lourdes and Lin Jerone are partners at The Refined Agency. Jennifer Bradley is in charge of public relations, and Jess Magdefrau is lead designer.

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Campbell Reynolds is a private banker at U.S. Bank Wealth Management’s Private Client Reserve. He specializes in tailoring custom strategies for personal and business lending and deposits.

Jeff Zimm is design director and Lou Flores is creative director at R&R Partners.

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Pete Atkinson is a senior vice president/senior lending officer and Celesa Ancheta is an assistant vice president/senior underwriter/construction lending at Meadows Bank.

Michael Quartieri is vice president and corporate controller at Scientific Games Corp. Scott Schweinfurth retired from his posts as executive vice president, chief financial officer and corporate secretary.

Mary Orlando is general manager of the Platinum Hotel, 211 E. Flamingo Road, Las Vegas. The hotel

Drs. Jennifer Dalrymple and Meg De Leon practice family medicine at Dignity Health dalrymple m. de leon Medical Group’s location at 8205 W. Warm Springs Road, Suite 210, Las Vegas. Dr. j. de leon buttrum Joseph De Leon practices family medicine at the group’s Henderson location, 10001 S. Eastern Ave., Suite rodriguez vancise 101. Dr. Mandy Buttrum practices family medicine at the group’s location at 7190 S. Cimarron Road, Las Vegas. Dr. Shirley Rodriguez practices family medicine and Dr. Simi VanCise pratices internal medicine at 8689 W. Charleston Blvd., Suite 105, Las Vegas.

Marco Semeraro is vice president and business banking relationship manager at City National Bank’s Core Banking Group. Semeraro focuses on companies with revenue between $3 million and $20 million. semeraro

Dr. Barbara Atkinson is founding dean of the UNLV School of Medicine. The school hopes to begin classes in 2017.

TeamHealth Holdings Inc. acquired Fremont Emergency Services, Advanced Care Emergency Services and Advanced Care Emergency Specialists, which collectively manage and staff eight hospital emergency departments in Las Vegas.

The Professional Fire Fighters of Nevada won two

International Association of Fire Fighters Media Awards. The Flipboard Newsletter won second place in the Best Online Initiative or Campaign category, and the Coats for Kids Campaign received an honorable mention in the Best Affiliate Public Relations or Political Campaign or Project category.

Fit4Mom Las Vegas was named Fit4Mom Franchise of the Year for 2015.

Luke’s Lobster opened at Fashion Show mall.

Best Mattress opened at 615 S. Green Valley Parkway, Suite 160, Henderson, and 1611 W. Craig Road, Suite 3, North Las Vegas.

Herringbone opened at Aria. The restaurant specializes in seafood.

DigiPath Labs, a subsidiary of DigiPath, Inc., performs safety and potency testing of the cannibis offered by Las Vegas Herbal Growers. DigiPath Labs tests plant material from Las Vegas Herbal Growers for moisture content, potency, terpenoids, foreign matter, microbials, mycotoxins, heavy metals and pesticide residue.

Nevada Title Company received the First American Platinum Award from First American Title Insurance.

Caesars Entertainment, the Cosmopolitan, MGM Resorts International and Wynn Resorts received perfect scores on the 2016 Corporate Equality Index, a national benchmarking survey and report on corporate policies and practices related to LGBT workplace equality, administered by the Human Rights Campaign Foundation.

A number of Southern Nevada medical facilities were recognized as 2014 Top Performers on Key Quality Measures by the Joint Commission, the leading accreditor of health care organizations in the United States. They are Strategic Behavioral Health-Red Rock, Southern Hills Medical Center, Spring Mountain Treatment Center, Sunrise Hospital and Medical Center, MountainView Hospital and Valley Hospital.

Las Vegas Sands Corp. was recognized as a global leader for addressing climate change issues and for disclosing climate change information. The company received two recognitions from the Carbon Disclosure Project, an international not-for-profit — positions on the 2015 Climate A List and on the Climate Disclosure Leadership Index. The recognition comes on the heels of Las Vegas Sands being listed for the first time in the Dow Jones Sustainability Indices for corporate sustainability efforts in North America.

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Q&A with bob morgan

CEO wants United Way to be catalyst for change Bob Morgan helped turn around the United Way in Buffalo, N.Y., an organization that, he says, had experienced 10 consecutive years of campaign decline. He was part of a team that put together six consecutive years of growth there. Last year, Morgan moved to Las Vegas to become president and CEO of the United Way of Southern Nevada.

What is the best business advice you’ve received, and from whom did it come?

I was once told that a great decision is the product of the right decision, multiplied by the buy-in to the decision. It really resonated with me.

I have a natural inclination to try to optimize my business decisions, but if people aren’t bought in and a part of that decision process, having the right answer is worthless. The gentleman who shared that with me is Michael Wilkinson, the CEO of a company called Leadership Strategies.

If you could change one thing about Southern Nevada, what would it be?

Bob Morgan, president and CEO of United Way of Southern Nevada, wants to In my work, we spend a lot of time encourage locals to improve their community. (bill hughes/special to Vegas inc) trying to help the community to imCraig. It’s a nonfictional account of that we solicit feedback from the prove the education pipeline. Some high-stakes poker games. A friend community about what it wants its of the data about our educational atrecommended it since he knew I was United Way to be. Long-term, I want tainment are really alarming. I’d like moving to Las Vegas. It was enjoyable. our United Way to be a catalyst for to see us strengthen the supports that positive social change. I want it to kids and families have to get through What do you do after work? be the place where Southern Nevathat pipeline, from affordable highMy wife, Stephanie, and I have five dans come together to solve our most quality early childhood education to kids, so it’s usually a kid-related acpressing social challenges. I want it career and college support. tivity that could be soccer, hockey or to be a place where people and orgaMy father was the first person in gymnastics. I do my best to be presnizations collaborate to create colour family to get a college degree. ent for my kids when I’m not at work. lective solutions.

And he was a high school dropout Our first headed off to college this before joining the Marines and using year, and I’m aware of what a short Compare the needs of upstate the GI bill to get through college. He sliver of time we have with them.

New York with those here. grew up in abject poverty, and the opI’ve noticed that a lot of the chalportunity to attend college changed Blackberry, iPhone or Android? lenges are similar. Generational povhis life. It opened the door for me to Is PalmPilot an option? erty is a challenge. The educational get an advanced degree from Duke Reluctantly, my answer is iPhone. pipeline is a challenge. Having a University. And now my kids are simIt has been a love-hate, rocky rothoughtful and strong social safety ply expected to go on to study in colmance for us. net with minimal gaps is a challenge. lege and beyond. That’s how powerful One distinction is the age of many of education can be to generational ecoDescribe your management style. the institutions. Many of Buffalo’s nomics.

I try to find out what people are prominent social service agencies are But that whole foundation begins best at and put them in a role that will over 100 years old. Here, our Commuin preschool. Studies show that kids allow them to experience success. nity Foundation is less than 20 years who attend preschool have higher Nothing is more motivating than sucold. Three Square is a great success earnings, are more likely to hold a job cess. When you give motivated people story and really is a startup organizaand are more likely to graduate from clear and unambiguous goals, and the tion. That would be a lot harder to rephigh school. We need to invest more support and encouragement to reach licate in Buffalo with so many venerin great starts for kids. them, you can get pretty tremendous able incumbents in the marketplace. results together.

What are your short- and longWhat are you reading right now? term goals for United Way of What is your dream job, outside I haven’t had a bunch of free time to Southern Nevada? of your current field? read for enjoyment. Before I moved Short term, I want to take the orI love what I do, but in a fantasy here, I read “The Professor, the Bankganization through a strategic planworld, I’d like to be a striker for the FC er, and the Suicide King” by Michael ning process. I think it is important

Barcelona soccer club. I played soccer collegiately and for many years after but had a pretty debilitating knee injury a few years ago that has made it impossible for me to run or play any longer. I miss it, and playing for the best club in the world would definitely be a dream job.

If you could live anywhere else in the world, where would it be?

My mother was born in the Philippines but raised just outside the walls of the Old City in Jerusalem. I had a chance to visit last year and see the places that were a part of her youth.

Many of them are unchanged. The history of the place is palpable, and I loved the experience. I would enjoy living there someday if the opportunity presented itself.

Whom do you admire and why?

When I met my wife in college, she was working three jobs while carrying 18 credit hours of classes, on her way to completing her bachelor’s degree in three years. She’s the hardestworking, most driven person I know.

She has built a successful boutique real estate business from the ground up while raising five kids (and putting up with me), and I find it inspiring. She is a smart, strong, successful woman, and I remain impressed more than 20 years later.

What is your biggest pet peeve?

I don’t like when people are arrogant, dismissive or disrespectful.

Where do you like to go for business lunches?

I’ve been here only for a few weeks, but our office is near Nora’s Italian Cuisine, and it’s really tremendous.

Italian food might be my only vice in life, and I think the proximity may pose a problem for me.

What is something people might not know about you?

Most people don’t know that I dropped out of law school to start a recording studio. It somehow made sense at the time to my 23-year-old self.

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by the numbers

$425 million

Revenue earned by Clark County cab companies in 2015, up 4.1 percent from 2014. However, the number of taxi trips decreased by about 0.45 percent.

$4 billion

Amount the Obama administration wants to spend on autonomous cars. U.S. Secretary of Transportation Anthony Foxx said the money will be spent on programs that will speed up the development and adoption of self-driving cars.

$8,172

Amount Nevada spends per pupil to educate children, the fifth-lowest amount in the country. The state’s public school system was ranked last in quality this month by 24/7 Wall St.

$3,499

Cost of a VIP experience the Las Vegas Motor Speedway is rolling out in March. Only 60 tickets will be sold. The Chairman’s Experience includes an open bar, food, massages and access to NASCAR drivers and crew.

$150 million

Amount Spotify could be liable for if the company loses a class-action lawsuit.

David Lowery, frontman for Cracker and Camper Van Beethoven, says the online music service is guilty of copyright infringement and hasn’t paid for many of the songs it streams.

$5 billion

Amount Goldman Sachs will pay in a settlement tied to residential mortgagebacked securities it sold from 2005 to 2007. The bank said its fourth-quarter earnings will drop by about $1.5 billion as a result.

$350 billion

Value of the ocean freight market. Amazon China recently registered as an ocean freight forwarder, which will allow it to cut costs and potentially provide third-party logistics services to other industries.

Kian Salehi is co-owner of Bite Squad, which contracts with restaurants in eight cities to deliver meals to customers in insulated bags. (l.e. baskow/staff)

Almost any restaurant can offer delivery Describe your business.

Bite Squad is an on-demand restaurant delivery service that connects customers with local restaurants. Using our website or mobile app, people can place orders from hundreds of restaurants and have them delivered in less than 40 minutes.

Bite Squad

For us, it’s mostly about logistics. At times, the Strip can be difficult when trying to pick up from our restaurant partners because of construction, road restrictions or parking. Hotels with difficult-tomaneuver access ways and parking or venues with high-security elevators can make it difficult to get to customers, but we do everything we can to learn from our experiences.

Address: 4340 S. Valley View Blvd., Las Vegas Email: support@bitesquad.com Website: bitesquad.com Hours of operation: 11 a.m.-10 p.m. daily Owned/operated by: Kian Salehi and Arash Allaei In business since: 2012

Who are your customers?

Our customers tend to be 25 years of age or older, relatively tech savvy and “foodies” who are avid movie and television watchers and enjoy being entertained.

You partner with more than 300 restaurants locally.

How do you manage and coordinate with so many locations?

Initially, our sales team conducted outreach and invited restaurants to join the site and be exposed to the service. After several years in business and as the industry changes, we frequently hear from restaurants looking to get on board.

We provide tablet devices to all of our restaurants.

When an order is placed on the website, the restaurant is notified through the tablet, which then gives staffers the opportunity to respond with prep time. This ensures that Bite Squad picks up the food as soon as it’s made and delivers using insulated bags to ensure fresh food, fast.

Restaurant owners have a back end on the tablet as well, where they can keep track of all transactions, orders and payments so they can see the value for their business.

What is the hardest part about doing business in Las Vegas?

What is the best part about doing business here?

Las Vegas is a unique place where people come to indulge in food, shopping and entertainment, and it’s very service-oriented. People come here to really treat themselves. Our customers appreciate the service we provide because many of them work in the service industry. Las Vegas has become a foodie town with plenty of options.

But as much as there is going on in this city, sometimes it’s just nice to stay at home with friends, family and a good meal, so locals are often relieved to not have to visit the Strip to enjoy the food they love.

What obstacles has your business overcome?

In the beginning, it was difficult explaining how the service worked to new restaurants who weren’t familiar with this kind of technology. We started the company in Minneapolis with just 17 restaurants. At the time, the website wasn’t completely up and running, so we were telling restaurant owners about this idea without having the technology to demonstrate it. Restaurant delivery in the past was a difficult process for owners, and many of them had bad experiences with other services, so we had to prove that we were different.

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On Daniel Rothberg’s vegasinc.com story “Nevada regulators deny requests to pause rooftop solar rate hike”: NV Energy is standing on an antiquated and increasingly ineffective business model. They appear to have won this round for now, but they have angered a large percentage of their customer base by doing so.

— twinkletoes Welcome to the 19th century, Nevada. A round of coal dust for everyone. — Johnny Undercover On Eli Segall’s vegasinc.com story “In 2015, foreclosure filings climbed in Nevada, fell across U.S.”: As long as (Las Vegas) employers continue to cut wages and cut hours across the board to employ more workers as part-time or on-call employees, the local economy will troll the bottom.

— BongoFury On J.D. Morris’ vegasinc.com story “Three executives promoted, one retiring at Boyd Gaming”: Bob (Boughner) is a legend in the business and unfortunately part of a shrinking breed of executives that started at the bottom and made it all the way to the top. — American Gaming Guru

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Cloud over rooftop solar can’t linger forever

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guest column: systems created back to NV Energy for a ost people don’t get how Dave VanZanten one-for-one credit. NV Energy was to be, in and why rooftop solar effect, a free battery. power works. What’s NV Energy is no different than other the catch? Why are solar businesses. The executives don’t like to companies willing to install a solar array on buy electricity from solar customers at retail pricing. Still, a your rooftop at no cost? How can that be profitable?

September 2014 study commissioned by the PUC found that The magic comes from the fact that NV Energy’s pricing all NV Energy customers benefited from those feeding the has, on average, increased at a rate of more than 5 percent grid with rooftop solar arrays, since much of the solar power a year since 2000, while crystalline silicone photovoltaic is produced at peak times when usage is highest and the sun solar cells cost only about 8 percent of what they did at that is brightest. But every customer who goes solar makes NV time. The people “going solar” pay for the system over time Energy a smaller company, which ultimately will require by agreeing to purchase power at a reduced rate from a solar the utility to reduce its overhead or will cut into profits. purveyor, with the potential to save even more if and when Many people who have “gone solar” in Nevada still aren’t NV Energy raises rates again. hooked up to the grid, since NV Energy is taking months, Utilities, traditionally, are natural monopolies. Here in most cases, to install the final component of the system: and throughout the world, many years ago, winners were the net meter. Thus, customers’ systems aren’t working, and picked, and those winning utilities were, and are, regulated they’re not saving money. by local government.

In the end, the sun will win, and that’s good news for Rooftop solar changes things. It’s now possible to Nevada’s economy and for the environment. Soon, with generate inexpensive power on your own roof. There will be more efficient solar panels and new innovations, folks will no Public Utilities Commission in the future, not because have the opportunity to cut the NV Energy cord, some with the PUC concept is evil or NV Energy is evil, but because it the help of Tesla batteries being manufactured up north. simply won’t be needed. NV Energy won’t be a monopoly.

We have a chance now to embrace the inevitable. Some city There was a number known as “the cap” that everyone, needs to lead the solar revolution. Why not Las Vegas? including seemingly the folks at NV Energy, believed was Dave VanZanten earned a bachelor of science degree from the demarcation line. Those who got solar pre-cap were Michigan State University and an MBA from London Business to be grandfathered in against future NV Energy rate School. He began working in the solar industry last year. increases and allowed to sell the extra energy their solar

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Mike Smith is an award-winning editorial cartoonist who also draws for the Las Vegas Sun. His work is distributed nationally by King Features Syndicate. See archives of his work at lasvegassun.com/smithsworld.

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Strip parking plan was years in the making By j.d. morris Staff Writer

MGM Resorts International’s recent announcement that it will soon start charging customers to park at its Strip resorts was a long time coming.

Speculation that the casino operator would take away free parking, historically a staple amenity on the Strip, surfaced online months ago. And CEO Jim Murren did not rule out the possibility of instituting paid parking in some fashion during an October interview with VEGAS INC. In fact, the idea has been “on the list of things to consider” for years, company spokesman Gordon Absher said. He said MGM Resorts began “very serious consideration” of paid parking sometime last year and had been researching and analyzing it for months.

The timing of the announcement makes sense. In April, the company is set to debut its 20,000-seat T-Mobile Arena — the possible home of a professional hockey team, if Las Vegas gets one — along with a dining and entertainment district called the Park.

MGM Resorts also has plans to build a 5,000-seat theater in the same area.

With or without a hockey team, the arena could strain garages at nearby properties as swarms of customers flock there at the same time.

That problem will be addressed in part when MGM Resorts builds a 3,000-space garage near the northwest corner of the Excalibur.

Absher said the arena was part of the reason for paid parking but was not the entire justification.

Cars enter the MGM Grand parking lot. MGM Resorts International announced plans to begin charging visitors for parking this year at some of its properties. (associated press)

“It was a factor; it was not the deciding factor,” he said. “That is obviously going to bring a lot of people in, but even if you take that out of the equation, we would have likely come to this decision.”

The parking fees were revealed as part of a $90 million initiative that includes $54 million for the new Excalibur garage and $36 million for other improvements such as redesigned parking facility layouts, guidance systems to steer drivers toward available spots, better lighting, technology that will let guests check space availability in advance and more.

The idea is that parking fees will help the company pay for those investments. The fee program is part of the company’s previously announced

profit growth plan, which is expected to generate an extra $300 million annually in adjusted earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation and amortization.

Once fees are in place, guests can expect to pay $10 or less for overnight self-parking. MGM is granting locals a “grace period” during which they will not have to pay; after that, all guests will have to join the company’s loyalty program, M Life, to earn free parking privileges.

It is not yet clear whether any other large casino operators on the Strip will follow MGM’s lead.

Chandra Knee, spokeswoman for Caesars Entertainment Corp., which has nine resorts on or near the Strip, declined to comment on whether the

company plans to charge for parking or if it has ever considered doing so.

Ron Reese, spokesman for billionaire Sheldon Adelson’s Las Vegas Sands Corp., which operates the Venetian and Palazzo, also declined to comment, as did a spokesman for casino mogul Steve Wynn’s company.

But if MGM’s parking program goes well, it may be hard for other big resorts to resist.

“At the end of the day, if there’s significant success behind it, do I think other operators are going to take a look at it? Absolutely,” Union Gaming Group analyst Chris Jones said. “I think every operator will take a look at it to see if it’s successful.”

This is not the first time paid parking at resorts has been introduced in the Las Vegas area — it’s already the norm downtown. And MGM officials have been quick to say it’s standard at hotels in other high-demand tourist markets.

Nonetheless, locals and others have grown accustomed to free parking on the Strip, and this month’s announcement prompted backlash online.

Whether that frustration deters a people from visiting the Strip, though — especially if paid parking spreads — remains to be seen.

“Since the advent of resort fees, visitation has gone up,” said David Schwartz, director of UNLV’s Center for Gaming Research. “I don’t know enough to know what impact this would have … (but) looking at the past, you can see where there’s been fees added, it doesn’t seem to have an overall negative impact on visitation.”

Regulators could revisit grandfathered solar rates for customers By daniel rothberg Staff Writer

After weeks of pushback from solar advocates, the Public Utilities Commission will meet Monday to decide whether to grant additional testimony on one narrow but contentious issue: whether certain solar customers should be allowed to keep their old electricity rates from before their bills increased Jan. 1.

Following a controversial decision in December to increase bills for solar customers, the commission received requests from several parties asking that it revisit its ruling. The bill hike for solar customers comprised an in-

creased fixed charge, with a slight reduction in basic electricity rates, and a reduction in the value of credits they earn for generating excess energy.

The new rates were implemented Jan. 1 and will be phased in over the next four years.

Among the most contentious issues surrounding the new rates was its broad application to all solar customers. The rates even applied to early adopters who invested in the technology before a cap was reached in August, which NV Energy had not proposed.

Several Nevada politicians spoke out against the omission of a grandfa-

thering clause in the new rates set by the three-member panel. In a letter responding to a constituent, Rep. Joe Heck wrote: “There should be a grandfather clause that protects the rates of existing residential solar users.”

Now, it appears as if the commission is taking the initial steps to revisit the issue.

According to a draft order, which can still be amended before the full commission votes on it, the quasijudicial body would gather and weigh additional testimony on the issue.

Before holding a hearing in February, the commission would collect comments on the grandfathering is-

sue from various parties, including the Bureau of Consumer Protection, the agency that acts as the representative of ratepayers in this matter and filed the request for a rehearing. The bureau initially said in a hearing last year that early adopters ought to be grandfathered for at least eight years.

If commissioners adopt the proposed order Monday, the commission will have a hearing Feb. 8.

Apart from the grandfathering issue, the draft order does not address any other points in the parties’ requests to revisit the rates. Other issues include the commission’s calculus in the new rate design.

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Foreclosure filings climbed in Nevada in 2015 but fell nationwide By eli segall Staff Writer

Nevada homeowners were slapped with a rising tally of foreclosure filings last year, bucking a nationwide drop as the state remained among the hardest hit in the country.

A total of 16,533 properties, or 1.4 percent of homes statewide, received a foreclosure-related filing in 2015. That’s up 6.6 percent from 2014’s tally, according to a report from RealtyTrac.

The housing-data firm counts default notices, scheduled auctions and bank repossessions.

Nevada had the fourth-highest foreclosure rate in the country last year. Las Vegas was near the top of the list among metro areas. It had the 17th-highest foreclosure rate among 214 tracked in the report.

A total of 12,482 properties — or nearly 1.5 percent of homes valleywide — were hit with a foreclosure filing last year. That’s up 3.4 percent from 2014.

Nationwide, almost 1.1 million properties — or 0.82 percent of homes — had a foreclosure filing in 2015, down 3 percent.

Banks repossessed a rising number of homes in Nevada last year, seizing properties that in many cases likely had been in default — and possibly empty and in disrepair — for a long time.

Roughly 6,200 homes were repossessed statewide last year, up 52 percent from 2014, RealtyTrac found.

Real estate pros have said that repos climbed because lenders were clearing the backlog that filled during the recession, when new laws, such as 2011’s “robosigning” measure, drastically slowed the foreclosure process by requiring more paperwork from banks.

Those processing delays left properties all over the valley in limbo; many residents stayed put and have skipped mortgage payments for years without losing their house.

Repos climbed nationally in 2015, though not as rapidly as in Nevada. Some 449,900 U.S. homes were seized through foreclosure last year, up 38 percent from 2014.

Nationwide, there was “a return to normal, healthy foreclosure activity in many markets even as banks continued to clean up some of the last vestiges of distress left over from the last housing crisis,” RealtyTrac Vice President Daren Blomquist said in the report. “The increase in bank repossessions that we saw for the year was evidence of this cleanup phase.”

Still, the rising foreclosure activity paled in comparison to the recession, when thousands of people a month in Las Vegas lost their homes to lenders.

In 2009 alone, almost 95,000 properties — or 12 percent of homes valleywide — were hit with foreclosure filings. That had skyrocketed from about 11,270 properties — 1.6 percent of homes — in 2006, according to RealtyTrac.

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Wynn discusses management philosophy, politics, China By daniel rothberg Staff Writer

On the night of last year’s Democratic debate at the Wynn Las Vegas, an executive who works at the casino got a call from a senior vice president at CNN, the cable channel sponsoring the debate.

The CNN executive had called to recount a story. After asking an employee for directions earlier that night, a security guard had offered to walk him over to CNN’s camp for the night without knowing he was a high-level executive.

It left such an impression he made the call.

“This is the most incredible hotel I’ve ever stayed in,” the senior vice president said.

Wynn Resorts Ltd. Chairman and CEO Steve Wynn used this as an example of the type of story on which his company prides itself during a wide-ranging keynote speech at a conference for printing technology company Electronics for Imaging. The speech veered often from management strategy to politics to current events, including Wynn’s take on China’s economic growth.

Creating an effective organization, Wynn said, is about fostering a culture where employees feel they are valued and are rewarded for work that helps elevate the company.

“Leaders bring their flock to another level,” he said.

Wynn said the integrity of a product always comes down to the people.

He highlighted a program at Wynn Resorts meant to boost employee self-esteem and reinforce positive behavior. In the program, employees share stories in shift meetings about how they helped a customer the previous day.

Wynn said once an employee drove to Southern California and back in a night to pick up diabetes medicine for an elderly guest who had left it at home.

Wynn said: “We made a hero out of him.”

The casino mogul noted that most organizations have spotlight programs honoring an employee of a month or a supervisor of the year.

The flaw, he said, is workers have to be selected — your boss has to see you when you are at your best or you have to share the same values as your boss.

Wynn said the difference is his employees nominate themselves.

The idea that positive behavior should be reinforced can be applied to everything from business to politics, something he used as a springboard to discuss the 2016 presidential election.

Wynn began by talking about the most recent Democratic debate.

“Bernie Sanders,” Wynn said. “God bless him, that moron.”

When hosting an event like the October Democratic debate, Wynn said he did not want

to stake out positions because the casino’s employees and their families have a range of political views.

“But Bernie Sanders is an exception,” he said of the candidate. “You can’t wynn let him get away with the crap (he says). The man is older than I am and nothing has rubbed off on him. He has not the first idea of how the country works, or even worse, he knows but he lies about it anyway.”

Wynn moved on to a Republican presidential candidate, real estate mogul Donald Trump.

“I like Donald Trump. He’s a friend of mine,” Wynn said. “But if there was gambling in politics, I’d like to bet Donald $25 million … that Ted Cruz is eligible to be president.”

A spokesman for Wynn Resorts confirmed to the Associated Press in October that Wynn had spoken to all Republican candidates at some point, adding that he had cautioned Trump against a third-party run and was critical of his plan for mass deportations.

At several points of the keynote address, Wynn criticized President Barack Obama, including for imposing tax penalties.

“I say use the tax policy as a carrot, not a stick,” Wynn said. “Reinforce the behavior affirmatively. Reinforce the behavior you seek to encourage. It works with health care. It works with running a hotel (and) casino. It works with selling the printers. It works with selling the software.”

During a question-and-answer session, Wynn circled back to the 2016 campaign. He called politics in the U.S. “magnificently confusing” and said people could only be misled for so long before they got angry.

The Associated Press reported in October that Wynn has donated to Democratic causes and candidates on occasion, including Joe Biden in 2007. But their analysis showed Wynn and his wife, Andrea, have more often support Republican groups and candidates.

One attendee at Wynn’s keynote asked about his thoughts on geopolitics, given his company’s interests in Macau, a special administrative region of the People’s Republic of China.

China reported recently that its economic growth had fallen to its lowest rate since 1990.

Wynn said the country’s economy is the subject of “close inspection and speculation” by economists all over the world.

He added that only time will tell what the country’s true growth is.

“But so much depends upon that uncertainty because of the role that China plays in the world as a customer and as a source of currency and everything else,” he said.

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What you can learn from their experiences That didn’t bother Pinnington.

He walked around his home in the dark for a week. He washed himself with a 5-gallon bottle of water in his backyard. The day his business opened, he bought a shirt at Ross and put a jacket over it so no one would notice it was unironed.

Today, it’s obvious Pinnington’s gamble has paid off. AA Printing Service’s average revenue is $50,000 a month. Business has been so good, Pinnington is considering opening a second location.

“I was driven,” Pinnington said. “I was hungry. I’m single, and I didn’t have anyone to worry about. I decided to invest everything in my business, then worry about my house.”

Have a business plan.

A detailed business plan can help entrepreneurs avoid getting overwhelmed and allow them to evaluate whether their business is succeeding.

“You can get carried away working and lose yourself in your job; then you don’t know where you are at,” Pinnington said. “Have a checklist of what you want to do per day, per week, per month and per year.”

Pinnington had been itching to start a business for some time.

He worked as a bodyguard in Los Angeles and at the Playboy Mansion, but that life grew tiresome. After relocating to Las Vegas in 2001, he scoured trade shows and conventions for business ideas.

He frequently ran out of business cards, which inspired him to start a same-day printing service. That way, he reasoned, he’d never have to worry about having business cards handy.

Pinnington’s strategy was extreme, but business owners around the valley agree that owning a business takes guts. It also takes hard work and a plan. Here, local entrepreneurs offer their advice and tips for success. continued on page 15

Do your homework.

Study the potential location of your business and learn as much as possible about nearby competition. Will your business be able to compete?

When James York, president and CEO of Valley View Bank, decided to open a second branch about 10 years ago, he focused on the competition in Henderson. The city already was home to several banks.

“My initial thought was, ‘Is there even room in the market?’”

York said.

Ultimately, York decided Valley View had a good chance for success. He opened his branch in the middle of a cluster of other banks. “(We) were an alternative,” York said. “Just like restaurants, (all the banks) are all kind of together to give options.”

Market, market, market.

Social media can be a vital tool to get your business’s name out to the public, but you are the best representative of your business, so put yourself out there.

In the nine years Paula Jackson has headed the Large Vision Business Network Mixer, she has seen many businesses fail because their owners underestimated the effects of marketing.

Listen to other perspectives.

Some of the most successful business owners have made it because they remained level-headed, said Aviva Gordon of Gordon Law. “Don’t surround yourself with yes-men,” Gordon said.

Having a team that agrees with you constantly will only blind you to improvements that have to be made, Gordon said. Constructive criticism and suggestions can go a long way in contributing to the longevity of a business.

“Marketing is a key factor,” Jackson said. “Without that, you don’t have foot traffic. And without that, you don’t have a business.”

While the Internet is extremely helpful to attract attention, nothing is more powerful than meeting people in person, Jackson said. Putting a face to your product will help potential consumers remember your business.

Don’t be afraid to make staffing changes.

Shortly after starting his insurance agency, State Farm agent Chris Baden realized one of his employees was not a good fit. He tried to resolve issues with the person, but it didn’t work.

“It’s important to surround yourself with solid, competent people,” Baden said. “The employee wasn’t a good fit. I had to let that employee go the first month.”

Keeping someone who can’t perform or doesn’t mesh with the team could lead to a toxic environment. Letting the employee go avoided future potential problems, Baden said.

Study the industry you’re entering.

Natalie Buckel already was familiar with the franchise industry when she opened a Smokes Poutineri in downtown FOR Las Vegas. Buckel FRANCHISEES and her husband If you will own a had owned several franchise: Jimmy John’s restaurants in Hen- n Know that you derson. will have to talk Still, Buckel knew to the franchisors it was wise to learn every day. It’s likely as much as possible that sometimes about the popular you’ll love them, Canadian eatery and sometimes before opening her you’ll hate them. restaurant’s doors.

“When you are n If you want to be part of a franchise, creative and indeyou are the busi- pendent, starting a ness owners, but franchise may not you’re in a whole be for you. different marriage,” Buckel said.

She called and visited the company’s headquarters to get a feel for the business and meet the people in charge. Getting to know franchisors was important, Buckel said, because she and her husband were in constant contact with them.

Be attentive.

Familiarize yourself with every facet of your business, and pay attention to the needs of your customers and employees.

When it comes to making a business successful, the single most important step is simply to show up, said Baden, the State Farm agent.

“I know that sounds oversimplified, but just be here,” Baden said. “Answer the calls and questions that customers and people have.”

Baden makes it a point to respond to every call and email he receives. It makes both customers and employees feel valued.

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Expand your network.

Join chambers of commerce and network constantly.

Gordon knew the importance of getting to know as many people as possible for the success of her law firm. So she made a conscious decision not only to join legal organizations but other types of organizations as well, to have a good mix of professionals in her network.

“Go in with a plan,” Gordon said.

“Maybe meet two new people and follow up with them. Don’t expect to meet 100 people.”

Equally important, Gordon said, is to take networking seriously.

“You will receive what you put in,” she said. “If you stay in a room for an hour and don’t follow up, then your networking won’t work.”

Even after 30 years in the business, Gino Ferraro said he spends at least 12 hours a day at his restaurant, Ferraro’s. (steve marcus/staff file)

Have reasonable expectations.

Don’t expect to make a profit within the first year.

Starting a business typically costs more money and time than anticipated.

Gino Ferraro, who owns Ferraro’s Italian Restaurant and Wine Bar, said he’s learned the value of being patient during his three decades in the restau-

Hire a bookkeeper, business consultant and lawyer.

Buckel said she has heard plenty of horror stories from friends who opened businesses only for them to close. On top of dealing with the disappointment, she said, some of her friends have had to figure out the legal process of filing bankruptcy or ending a business partnership.

An exceptional lawyer can save you from trouble if business turns south.

Business experts also can help you at the front end, signing leases and working out terms of agreements.

“Don’t cheap out on these things,” Buckel said.

rant industry.

“Don’t expect to see results right way,” Ferraro said. “You have to be patient.”

As for financing, Baden said that when he started Valley View, he made sure to invest more into the business than his calculations suggested would be needed.

Choose business partners carefully.

If you plan to have a business partner, be sure you complement each other’s strengths and weaknesses.

Gordon said having a business partner is very similar to being married.

Trust and support are key.

“Go into a business with someone who can look over your shoulder and you look over their shoulder,” Gordon said. “You have to be comfortable.”

Documenting who is responsible for each task can help avoid problems. If things go sour, documentation can show who may be to blame.

York recommended partnership agreements, similar to prenuptial agreements, to outline each investor’s share, what would determine the end of the partnership and how the business partnership would be dissolved.

“All partnerships will end eventually,” he said. “I see too many businesses that don’t have a partnership agreement.”

Maintain your life.

Baden dedicates most of his day to his agency, but he is well aware he has other priorities too. Not maintaining your personal life will negatively affect your work life, he said.

“Work won’t be around all my life,” Baden said. “But I want my marriage to be a part of my whole life. Be healthy mentally and emotionally. Once you compromise those things, you’re a time bomb.”

Baden said he becomes more exhausted if he focuses too much on work. If he invests in his personal life as well, he is much more productive.

Ask questions.

Before Buckel agreed to do business with Smokes Poutineri, she made sure to ask the hard questions: What are your worst-performing stores? How many stores have closed and why? What is your growth strategy? Do you have lawsuits pending, and if so, what do they entail?

“I asked them these questions face to face because then they can’t craft an answer,” Buckel said.

Be persistent.

If your business fails and you can afford it, don’t hesitate to try again.

You likely will improve with experience.

Most important, know you are not the only one who has experienced the stress of owning a business.

“People call it failing, but I don’t,” Pinnington said. “You win some, you lose some. It’s not failing.

You just get better.”

When Pinnington was planning AA Same-Day Printing, he spent plenty of nights lying awake. He took a big risk investing everything into the business and knew it could backfire.

“We all have the sleepless nights,” Pinnington said. “We all go through it. You’re not alone.”

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Calendar of events Monday, June 25 Las Vegas Metro Chamber of Commerce: Southern Nevada Forum Economic Development Committee Time: 3:30-5 p.m. Cost: Free Location: Las Vegas Metro Chamber of Commerce, 575 Symphony Park Ave., Suite 100, Las Vegas Information: Visit lvchamber.com Southern Nevada lawmakers will discuss priorities for the 2017 legislative session.

Tuesday, Jan. 26 CyberEnginuity LLC: Building and Implementing the Cybersecurity Framework Time: 8:30-11:30 a.m. Cost: $42.50 Location: Urban Chamber of Commerce, 1951 Stella St., Suite 30, Las Vegas Information: Visit cyberenginuity.com Learn tips to help protect your business from cybersecurity risks. *Also: Friday, Jan. 29

Wednesday, Jan. 27 Las Vegas Metro Chamber of Commerce: American Civil Liberties Union of Nevada history panel discussion Time: 5:30 p.m. Cost: Free Location: Inspire Theater, 107 Las Vegas Blvd.

South, Las Vegas Information: Visit lvchamber.com Historian Michael Green will moderate a discussion about civil liberties in Nevada over the past five decades. Panelists include state Sen. David Parks and Nevada State Museum Director Dennis McBride.

Thursday, Jan. 28 North Las Vegas State of the City Time: 11:30 a.m.-1 p.m. Cost: $45 Location: Texas Station, 2101 Texas Star Lane, North Las Vegas Information: Visit cityofnorthlasvegas.com Mayor John Lee will discuss North Las Vegas’

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economic outlook, while Las Vegas Metro Chamber of Commerce President and CEO Kristin McMillan will provide a business outlook.

Asian Chamber of Commerce luncheon Time: 11:30 a.m.-1 p.m. Cost: $35 for members, $45 for nonmembers Location: Gold Coast, 4000 W. Flamingo Road, Las Vegas Information: Visit lvacc.org Rick Arpin of MGM Resorts International will speak about T-Mobile Arena, the AEG/MGM project being built between the Monte Carlo and New York-New York.

CommunityCation luncheon Time: 11:30 a.m.-1 p.m. Cost: Free Location: The Innevation Center, 6795 S. Edmond St., Third Floor, Las Vegas Information: Visit innevation.com Leadership development expert Spencer Horn will discuss ways to improve your emotional intelligence and increase your effectiveness in the workplace.

Urban Chamber of Commerce: Toastmasters Lunchtime Talkers Time: 12-1 p.m. Cost: Free

Location: Urban Chamber of Commerce, 1951 Stella Lake St., Suite 30, Las Vegas Information: Visit urbanchamber.org Learn how to communicate and lead effectively.

Friday, Jan. 29 Preview Las Vegas 2016 Time: 7 a.m.-1:30 p.m. Cost: $65 for members and trustees, $85 for nonmembers Location: UNLV, 4505 S. Maryland Parkway, Las Vegas Information: Visit previewlasvegas.com Network with business professionals and learn from experts during the Las Vegas Metro Chamber of Commerce’s largest business forecasting and networking event of the year.

Tuesday, Feb. 2 Large Vision Business Network Mixer Red Hot Expo Time: 6-9 p.m. Cost: Free Location: Suncoast, 9090 Alta Drive, Las Vegas Information: Visit pjproductionlive.com/LVBNM Browse business exhibits and expand your network while enjoying live entertainment.

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Vacuum Dealers Trade Association Annual Tradeshow

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Bick International - Coin, Currency, Jewelry and Stamp Expo

Orleans

Jan. 29-31

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World of Concrete

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Safari Club International 44th Annual Hunters Convention

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Accurate Leak Detection License type: Contractor Address: 316 Heather Drive, Henderson 89102 Owner: Did not disclose

SWM Enterprises LLC License type: General retail Address: 1717 S. Decatur Blvd., Suite C38, Las Vegas 89144 Owner: Steven Morgan

African Asian Caribbean Inc. License type: Food specialty store Address: 3913 W. Charleston Blvd., Las Vegas 89129 Owner: Varney Fofana

Tamara (Tammy) Phillips License type: Real estate sales Address: 10750 W. Charleston Blvd., Suite 180, Las Vegas 89102 Owner: Tamara (Tammy) Phillips

Alexander Gardens License type: Apartment housing Address: 3900 Dalecrest Drive, Las Vegas 89130 Owner: Alexander Road Owner LLC

Santa Fe Station License type: Restaurant Address: 4949 N. Rancho Drive, Las Vegas 89110 Owner: NP Santa Fe LLC

The Hope Card LLC License type: Management or consulting service Address: 1717 S. Decatur Blvd., Suite B32, Las Vegas 89110 Owner: Christine Riley

Apex Marketing Group License type: Merchandise broker Address: 3231 N. Decatur Blvd., Suite 125, Las Vegas 89145 Owner: Optimal Performance Enterprises LLC

Save-a-Lot License type: Grocery store Address: 4440 E. Charleston Blvd., Suite 150, Las Vegas 89146 Owner: Moran Foods LLC

Tru Insurance and Multiservices License type: Insurance sales Address: 821 N. Lamb Blvd., Suite 5, Las Vegas 89104 Owner: Ma Lloana Rojas

Aristeo Jorge Ramos License type: Real estate sales Address: 10220 W. Charleston Blvd., Suite 3, Las Vegas 89104 Owner: Aristeo J. Ramos

Sew Little Time LLC License type: General retail Address: 6360 W. Sahara Ave., Las Vegas 89169 Owner: Amelia Couture

Twenty47Atm Inc. License type: Automated teller operator Address: 1000 E. Sahara Ave., Suite 105, Las Vegas 89110 Owner: Joshua R. Works

Ashley Schindelmeiser License type: Real estate sales Address: 1820 E. Sahara Ave., Suite 101, Las Vegas 89102 Owner: Ashley Schindelmeiser

RG Landscaping License type: Residential property maintenance Address: Did not disclose Owner: Rene Gonzalez Robert Baker Do License type: Professional services - medical Address: 7381 W. Charleston Blvd., Suite 120, Las Vegas 89104 Owner: Robert M. Baker Sacred Heart Tattoos License type: Tattoo establishment Address: 1232 Las Vegas Blvd.

South, Las Vegas 89108 Owner: Robert Gonzales

Siegel Design and Development LLC License type: Contractor Address: 3790 Paradise Road, Suite 250, Las Vegas 89101 Owner: Did not disclose SOS Litigation Services LLC License type: Professional services Address: 321 S. Casino Center Blvd., Suite 115, Las Vegas 89101 Owner: Humberto Rodriguez Southwest ATM License type: Automated teller operator Address: 107 E. Charleston Blvd., Suite 150, Las Vegas 89128 Owner: Southwest ATM Ltd. Southwest Medical Associates Inc. License type: Clinic or laboratory Address: 2650 N. Tenaya Way, Suite 101, Las Vegas 89138 Owner: Robert B. McBeath Spark Skill LLC License type: Instruction services Address: Did not disclose Owner: Michael J. McCue Stem2Success License type: Instruction services

Unique Fashion Designer License type: General retail Address: 4530 E. Charleston Blvd., Suite C5A, Las Vegas 89104 Owner: Claudia Felix Women’s Health Associates of Southern Nevada License type: Professional services - medical Address: 1250 S. Eastern Ave., Las Vegas 89101 Owner: Sheldon Paul Z-Mart 2 License type: Convenience store Address: 2083 Fremont St., Las Vegas 89108 Owner: Platinum Management Group 2 LLC

Avana Personal Care LLC License type: Residential home care Address: 4550 W. Oakey Blvd., Suite 111R, Las Vegas 89117 Owner: Genesis Bautista Beauty Therapy License type: Cosmetological establishment Address: 7341 W. Charleston Blvd., Suite 150, Las Vegas 89130 Owner: Melissa Williams Bianca Smith LMT License type: Independent massage therapist Address: 5715 W. Alexander Road, Suite 140, Las Vegas 89117 Owner: Bianca Smith

Zebra Enterprises LLC License type: Instruction services Address: Did not disclose Owner: Daniel R. Dawson

Blue Group Distribution LLC License type: Handbill and oral solicitation Address: 7935 W. Sahara Ave., Las Vegas 89129 Owner: Marlo Castillo

Zenith Labornet Inc. License type: Employment agency Address: 480 Mirror Court, Suite 107, Henderson 89011 Owner: Perry Shupe

Body Spa Craig License type: Cosmetological establishment Address: 7131 W. Craig Road, Suite 107, Las Vegas 89101

Owner: Body Spa Inc. Bridal Spectacular Events Inc. License type: Multivendor Address: 850 Las Vegas Blvd.

North, Las Vegas 89145 Owner: Laura Covington CA Auto Glass & Tire Shop LLC License type: Automotive garage/ service station (minor) Address: 500 S. Buffalo Drive, Suite 103, Las Vegas 89106 Owner: Jesus Gabriel Jimenez Case Yard San Diego License type: General retail Address: 875 S. Grand Central Parkway, Kiosk 110, Las Vegas 89104 Owner: Faud Rahimov City of Tax & Multiservices License type: Business support service Address: 1610 E. Charleston Blvd., Suite 120, Las Vegas 89139 Owner: Did not disclose Clear Channel Outdoor License type: Advertising space Address: 7370 Dean Martin Drive, Suite 407, Las Vegas 89102 Owner: Clear Channel Outdoor Inc. Construction Support Team License type: Construction cleanup Address: Did not disclose Owner: Theresa McCarren Conviction Solutions License type: Professional services Address: 316 E. Bridger Ave., Suite 202, Las Vegas 89149 Owner: Resch Law PLLC Coolprevails.com License type: Management or consulting service Address: 5550 Painted Mirage Road, Suite 320, Las Vegas 89117 Owner: Jeff Donnelley Cram Valdez Brigman & Nelson LLP License type: Professional services Address: 8831 W. Sahara Ave., Las Vegas 89107 Owner: Roger Cram Cre8Rain LLC License type: Business support service Address: 500 N. Rainbow Blvd., Suite 300, Las Vegas 89107 Owner: Jack Cavalli Divas Den License type: General services Address: 2901 W. Washington Ave., Suite C104, Las Vegas 89106 Owner: Fenell Jones Divine Cafe License type: Alcoholic beverage caterer

Address: 455 S. Grand Central Parkway, Suite 498, Las Vegas 89117 Owner: Ynie LLC Divine Number Nine Massage License type: Independent massage therapist Address: 7311 W. Charleston Blvd., Suite 110, Las Vegas 89146 Owner: Michelle Elomina Elite Auto Styling & Concierge LLC License type: Business support service Address: 5965 W. Sahara Ave., Las Vegas 89123 Owner: Mark Chicoine Elizabeth J LLC License type: Professional services Address: 1680 Mount Tremblant Ave., Las Vegas 89169 Owner: Elizabeth Jensen Emy Gong License type: Independent massage therapist Address: 4694 Monterey Circle, Suite 1, Las Vegas 89108 Owner: Emy L. Gong Ethel Mae Fletcher Apartments License type: General services Address: 1503 Laurelhurst Drive, Suite 1, Las Vegas 89101 Owner: Vgas 1-Dcatur LLC Events with a Twist LLC License type: Alcoholic beverage caterer Address: 300 Stewart Ave., Las Vegas 89102 Owner: Jennifer K. Colacion Evropsky Ltd. License type: General retail Address: 1717 S. Decatur Blvd., Suite B02A, Las Vegas 89146 Owner: Ladislav Novotny Ferrales Multiservices License type: Business support service Address: 2350 S. Jones Blvd., Suite 101, Las Vegas 89117 Owner: Ferrales Multiservices LLC Fury & Associates LLC License type: Professional services Address: 8981 W. Sahara Ave., Suite 120, Las Vegas 89101 Owner: Sarah Fury

Building Permits $7,867,903, commercial - new 4620 Eaker St., North Las Vegas TWC Construction Inc. $7,459,295, commercial - new 2855 E. Lone Mountain Road, North Las Vegas

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Friedmutter Group

Copperstone Construction Inc.

$7,400,000, commercial - detention facilities 3300 Stewart Ave., Las Vegas Sletten Construction

$250,073, residential - new 9761 Arch Canyon Court, Las Vegas Greystone Nevada LLC

$151,404, residential - new 5208 Mountain Garland Lane, North Las Vegas D.R. Horton Inc.

$4,353,679, apartment building - model 1483 Paseo Verde Parkway, Building 2, Henderson Ovation Development

$230,949, residential - new 2584 Prairie Pine St., Las Vegas Pardee Homes of Nevada $230,949, residential - new 2585 Prairie Pine St., Las Vegas Pardee Homes of Nevada

$149,881, residential - new 1914 Galleria Spada St., Las Vegas Toll Henderson LLC $149,881, residential - new 3213 San Maurizio Ave., Las Vegas Toll Henderson LLC

$3,938,723, apartment building model 1482 Paseo Verde Parkway, Building 3, Henderson Ovation Development

$213,750, commercial - remodel 2300 Paseo Verde Parkway, Henderson Friedmutter Group

$148,699, residential - new 12289 Argent Bay Ave., Las Vegas KB Home Nevada Inc.

$3,124,973, commercial - on-site hardscapes and improvements 501 N. Lamb Blvd., Las Vegas Hand Construction Co.

$208,432, residential - new 6310 Goldstrike Canyon St., Las Vegas Greystone Nevada LLC

$146,998, residential - new 4429 Hatch Bend Ave., North Las Vegas KB Home Nevada Inc.

$2,145,950, apartment building model 1480 Paseo Verde Parkway, Building 1, Henderson Ovation Development

$199,096, residential - new 69 Cantabria Coast St., Las Vegas Toll South LV LLC

$146,944, residential - new 12230 Terrace Verde Ave., Las Vegas KB Home Nevada Inc.

$2,037,510, multifamily residential 501 N. Lamb Blvd., Las Vegas Hand Construction Co. $2,037,510, multifamily residential 502 N. Lamb Blvd., Las Vegas Hand Construction Co. $2,037,510, multifamily residential 503 N. Lamb Blvd., Las Vegas Hand Construction Co. $2,037,510, multifamily residential 504 N. Lamb Blvd., Las Vegas Hand Construction Co. $2,037,510, multifamily residential 505 N. Lamb Blvd., Las Vegas Hand Construction Co. $2,037,510, multifamily residential 506 N. Lamb Blvd., Las Vegas Hand Construction Co. $2,005,012, apartment building model 1481 Paseo Verde Parkway, Building 4, Henderson Ovation Development

$187,255, residential - new 2580 Prairie Pine St., Las Vegas Pardee Homes of Nevada $184,413, residential - new 77 Cantabria Coast St., Las Vegas Toll South LV LLC $184,413, residential - new 12162 Dorada Coast Ave., Las Vegas Toll South LV LLC $181,821, residential - new 3209 San Maurizio Ave., Las Vegas Toll Henderson LLC $175,008, residential - new 3268 Grayson Lake Court, Las Vegas Adaven Homes LLC $174,675, residential - new 5209 Golden Melody Lane, North Las Vegas D.R. Horton Inc. $167,185, residential - rehabilitation 4717 Granite Cove Court, North Las Vegas Advantage Builders of Nevada

$790,000, commercial - remodel 2300 Paseo Verde Parkway, Henderson Friedmutter Group

$166,794, residential - new 1088 E. Sunset Road, Las Vegas Woodside Homes of Nevada LLC

$450,000, commercial - miscellaneous 7400 W. Azure Drive, Las Vegas Harris Associates

$163,335, residential - new 5205 Golden Melody Lane, North Las Vegas D.R. Horton Inc.

$358,800, commercial - remodel 2300 Paseo Verde Parkway, Henderson

$159,675, commercial - remodel 1401 N. Green Valley Parkway, Suite 100, Henderson

$146,497, residential - new 10655 Hyde Corner Ave., Las Vegas Greystone Nevada LLC $143,568, residential - new 5204 Mountain Garland Lane, North Las Vegas D.R. Horton Inc. $142,610, commercial - remodel 10385 S. Eastern Ave., Henderson Callison $142,483, residential - new 10660 Hyde Corner Ave., Las Vegas Ryland Homes Nevada LLC

Vegas Adaven Homes LLC $134,440, residential - new 3265 Grayson Lake Court, Las Vegas Adaven Homes LLC $134,434, residential - new 7926 Torreys Peak St., Las Vegas Ryland Homes Nevada LLC $134,002, residential - new 416 Astillero St., Las Vegas Ryland Homes Nevada LLC

5653 Sagamore Canyon St., North Las Vegas J.F. Shea Co. Inc. $88,430, tenant improvement 8530 Del Webb Blvd., Las Vegas Titanium Building Group LLC $85,700, tenant improvement 9705 W. Charleston Blvd., Las Vegas Titanium Building Group LLC

$129,476, residential - new 145 Littlestone St., Las Vegas KB Home Nevada Inc.

$69,500, pool and/or spa 362 Capistrano Vista St., Las Vegas Edgewater Custom Pools and Landscaping

$126,908, residential - new 9771 Arch Canyon Court, Las Vegas Greystone Nevada LLC

$67,000, water piping replacement 2421 Showcase Drive, Las Vegas Mac Mar Inc.

$125,705, residential - new 2585 Sable Ridge St., Las Vegas Pardee Homes of Nevada

$60,000, pool and/or spa 7230 Buttons Ridge Drive, Las Vegas Desert Springs Pools and Spas

$125,705, residential - new 2576 Sable Ridge St., Las Vegas Pardee Homes of Nevada $125,705, residential - new 2584 Sable Ridge St., Las Vegas Pardee Homes of Nevada $125,705, residential - new 2588 Sable Ridge St., Las Vegas Pardee Homes of Nevada $121,269, residential - new 2580 Sable Ridge St., Las Vegas Pardee Homes of Nevada $120,003, commercial - remodel 10416 S. Eastern Ave., Henderson Casas Construction

$50,000, pool and/or spa 5336 Elkhorn Road, Las Vegas R&L Industries $47,000, pool and/or spa 11816 Spadari Court, Las Vegas Desert Springs Pools and Spas $45,000, pool and/or spa 776 Porto Mio Way, Las Vegas Did not disclose $45,000, commercial - remodel 1037 Whitney Ranch Drive, Henderson Vegas Valley Developers Ltd.

$141,734, residential - new 6434 Dunns River St., Las Vegas Richmond American Homes of Nevada

$119,834, residential - new 420 Astillero St., Las Vegas Ryland Homes Nevada LLC

$39,744, residential - garage 1480 Paseo Verde Parkway, Henderson Ovation Development

$135,531, residential - new 10659 Hyde Corner Ave., Las Vegas Greystone Nevada LLC

$115,380, commercial - remodel 2581 Anthem Village Drive, Henderson Title Boxing Club

$39,744, residential - garage 1480 Paseo Verde Parkway, Henderson Ovation Development

$134,910, residential - new 2581 Prairie Pine St., Las Vegas Pardee Homes of Nevada

$110,897, residential - new 7145 Dupuyer Court, Las Vegas Richmond American Homes of Nevada

$134,910, residential - new 2592 Sable Ridge St., Las Vegas Pardee Homes of Nevada $134,744, residential - new 255 Harwood Heights Court, Las Vegas DR Horton Inc. $134,440, residential - new 3222 Grayson Lake Court, Las

$107,961, residential - new 146 Littlestone St., Las Vegas KB Home Nevada Inc. $101,457, residential - new 3525 Starlight Ranch Ave., North Las Vegas J.F. Shea Co. Inc. $93,848, residential - new

$39,744, residential - garage 1480 Paseo Verde Parkway, Henderson Ovation Development $38,000, pool and/or spa 7461 Zonal Ave., Las Vegas BYOP of Nevada LLC

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Category: labor unions (Ranked by number of members as of the most recently available filings with the department of labor)

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Administrative/ overhead expenses

Benefits paid

Total disbursements

Union

Members

Receipts

Employee/ officer disbursements

AFL-CIO Leadership Council 1891 Whitney Mesa Drive Henderson, NV 89014

53,742

$151,091

$42,739

—

$33,946

$136,737

2

Culinary Union Local 226 1630 S. Commerce St. Las Vegas, NV 89102

48,875

$26 million

$7.6 million

$2.7 million

$1.9 million

$24.5 million

3

Service Employees Local 1107 3785 E. Sunset Road, Suite 1 Las Vegas, NV 89120

8,970

$5 million

$1.3 million

$735,122

$643,948

$4.7 million

4

Food & Commercial Workers Local 711 1201 N. Decatur Blvd., Suite 116 Las Vegas, NV 89108

7,250

$4.3 million

$915,881

$655,942

$132,980

$4 million

5

Teamsters Local 631 700 N. Lamb Blvd.

Las Vegas, NV 89110

5,122

$4.7 million

$1.6 million

$979,605

$794,440

$4.5 million

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Carpenters Local 1977 Permanently closed

3,871

$1.7 million

$600,000

$176,988

—

$1.6 million

Unite Here Local 165 4825 W. Nevso Drive Las Vegas, NV 89103

3,508

$3.2 million

$984,094

$1.7 million

$165,859

$3.5 million

8

Electrical Workers AFL-CIO Local 357 808 N. Lamb Blvd.

Las Vegas, NV 89110

3,170

$4.8 million

$1.4 million

$2.3 million

$643,292

$4.5 million

9

Laborers Local 872 2345 Red Rock St. Las Vegas, NV 89146

2,580

$6 million

$1.6 million

$140,620

$965,536

$5.9 million

Painters AFL-CIO District Council 1701 Whitney Mesa Drive, Suite 105 Henderson, NV 89014

2,567

$5.8 million

$2 million

$2 million

$877,870

$5.8 million

Teamsters Local 14 1250 S. Burnham Ave., Second Floor Las Vegas, NV 89104

2,395

$1.9 million

$658,454

$479,890

$237,535

$1.9 million

12

Plumbers AFL-CIO Local 525 760 N. Lamb Blvd.

Las Vegas, NV 89110

1,708

$5 million

$1.1 million

$1.3 million

$1 million

$4.8 million

13

Letter Carriers AFL-CIO Branch 2502 P.O. Box 97106, 2620 E. Sunset Road Las Vegas, NV 89193

1,583

$960,636

$393,708

$96,587

$61,145

$942,022

14

Stage & Picture Operators AFL-CIO Local 720 3000 S. Valley View Blvd.

Las Vegas, NV 89102

1,561

$2.9 million

$1.2 million

$1.3 million

$340,878

$2.9 million

15

Machinists AFL-CIO Lodge 845 1057 Whitney Ranch Road, Suite 200 Henderson, NV 89014

1,242

$352,899

$82,076

—

—

$259,613

16

Electrical Workers AFL-CIO Local 396 3520 Boulder Highway Las Vegas, NV 89121

1,164

$1.1 million

$596,232

$503,017

$100,887

$1.3 million

17

Plasterers & Cement Masons AFL-CIO Local 797 4231 W. Oquendo Road Las Vegas, NV 89118

988

$1 million

$345,862

$41,449

$147,959

$1.2 million

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American Postal Workers AFL-CIO Local 761 2620 E. Sunset Road, Suites D-E Las Vegas, NV 89120

757

$473,142

$149,700

$97,113

$3,621

$445,141

19

Transit Union AFL-CIO Local 1637 2350 S. Jones Blvd., Suite 101 Las Vegas, NV 89146

708

$510,372

$254,205

$135,350

—

$491,127

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The List

Category: General Contractors (Ranked by July 2014-June 2015 Billings)

Company

Billings

Employees

Year established

Top executive

The Penta Building Group 181 E. Warm Springs Road Las Vegas, NV 89119

$234,993,964

128

2000

John Cannito, chief operating officer

2

Martin-Harris Construction LLC 3030 S. Highland Drive Las Vegas, NV 89109

$175,250,914

202

1976

Frank Martin, president

3

R&O Construction 6787 Spencer St. Las Vegas, NV 89119

$75,000,000

27

1997

Erik Skogstad, vice president and general manager

4

Burke Construction Group Inc. 385 Pilot Road, Suite D Las Vegas, NV 89119

$67,960,403

49

1984

Kevin E. Burke, president and CEO

5

McCarthy Building Cos. 2340 Corporate Circle, Suite 125 Henderson, NV 89074

$44,000,000

53

1973

Jeff Wood, vice president of operations

6

Kalb Industries of Nevada 5670 Wynn Road Las Vegas, NV 89118

$27,009,460

27

1972

Justin Kalb, president

7

Boyd Martin Construction LLC 5965 McLeod Drive Las Vegas, NV 89120

$25,688,310

27

2003

Boyd Martin, managing member

8

DC Building Group (formerly Danoski Clutts Building Group) 101 E. Warm Springs Road Las Vegas, NV 89119

$18,500,000

26

2001

Shawn Danoski, CEO

9

Kittrell Jensen Contractors 1919 S. Jones Blvd., Suite E Las Vegas, NV 89146

$14,169,256

12

2008

Ron Jensen, managing partner

Merlin Contracting 6408 Arville St. Las Vegas, NV 89118

$13,700,000

22

1989

Steve Jones, CEO

11

LM Construction Co. LLC 5075 Cameron St., Suite H Las Vegas, NV 89118

$7,200,000

34

1996

Larry Monkarsh, managing member

12

Dakem & Associates LLC 6170 W. Viking Road Las Vegas, NV 89103

$6,700,000

13

1997

Daniel S. Amster, manager

13

Roche Constructors Inc. 7680 W. Sahara Ave., Suite 130 Las Vegas, NV 89117

$236,121

5

1986

Sandy Olson, vice president

1

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