vegasinc.com | february 28 - march 5, 2016
John Guedry is the new chairman of the executive committee at the Las Vegas Metro Chamber of Commerce. (l.e. baskow/staff)
‘We’re not recession-proof ’ Chamber board chairman: Leaders from business and education arenas must work together By Julie Ann Formoso | STAFF WRITER
John Guedry stared at the couple. He was just 24 years old, too young to have felt the heartache of losing a business or home. Yet he was about to take away the couple’s beloved farm in Stockton, Calif. The property had been in the family for three generations. ¶ At the time, Guedry worked for a lending company. It was the 1980s, and the U.S. economy guedry, Continued on page 15
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Amount the U.S. Department of Agriculture and others will invest in 84 conservation projects nationwide. Two are in Nevada — one to protect sage grouse and one to reduce the effects of the drought on animals.
Jobs that could be created if 2050 Motors, an electric vehicle company based in North Las Vegas, expands.