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Welcome to the Southern Nevada Regional Open Space & Trails Summit webpage!
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Post-Summit Thank You
Wow! The Outside Las Vegas Foundation Board of Trustees and Staff wish to thank our
Southern Nevada community for the trememdous contributions and support that
made the Southern Nevada Regional Open Space & Trails Summit possible. We believe
that open space and trails are the windows to a higher quality of life for
Southern Nevada and help engender a distinct "sense of place." We are proud
of what unfolded at the Summit and where our leadership and advocates are
headed in the future. We are particularly pleased to confirm that the 14
co-hosting governmental agencies concluded the Summit by signing the
"Statement of Intent", which commits them to continue to build on this first
collaborative dialogue to define, implement, manage and maintain an
integrated and interconnected trail and open space system for Southern
Nevada. We move forward from the Summit with renewed enthusiasm and
commitment to ensure that we continue to work together to achieve a
world-class Southern Nevada Regional Open Space and Trails System.
Who is invited to attend?
- Elected officials, government decision-makers and practitioners
- Recreation use and conservation organizations
- Health and safety organizations
- Development community
- Local and federal agencies
Why should I attend the Summit?
The Summit is the first Action Step that will begin addressing broadly supported
recommendations outlined in the Southern Nevada Regional Planning Coalition’s recently
approved Regional Open Space Plan (www.snrpc.org). A very exciting
initiative is gaining support and momentum in Southern Nevada – the development of a regional system of
interconnected open spaces and trails. This evolving system will improve the quality
of life and community character by providing:
- Links to key public parks and recreational facilities
- Connectivity between neighborhoods and across jurisdictions and key barriers such as major highways
- Easy access from neighborhoods, residents and places of employment
- Attractive corridors with distinguishing topographic, historic, ecological or cultural features
What are the objectives of the Summit?
- Raise the political profile and support for open space and trails
- Increase public understanding and support for open space and trails
- Showcase present successes in Southern Nevada
- Learn about successful programs around the country
- Dialogue on challenges and existing disconnects
- Initiate a multi-jurisdictional partnership agreement that will explore the feasibility of implementing a regional open space and trails system
Dialoguing…
National experts and local leaders and practitioners will spend the day dialoguing
on the opportunities and challenges we potentially face in preserving our open spaces
and developing an interconnected trails system in Southern Nevada...particularly as we
continue to grow, both spatially and in character as a community.
Showcasing…
All-day Poster Session will feature federal, state and local Regional
Open Space & Trails planning, construction and maintenance efforts, highlighting connectivity
and conservation approaches, alternative transportation strategies, economic incentives and
health, education and safety benefits to our communities.
Creating Partnerships…
The Summit Day will be celebrated by a late afternoon signing of a multi-agency statement of intent
that commits us to continuing the dialogue on improving our quality of life and community
character by providing an interconnected system of trails and open spaces in Southern Nevada.
A reception will follow the Resolution signing in the Desert Learning Center Rotunda and Courtyard Plaza.
Co-Hosts of the Summit…
City of Boulder City
City of Henderson
City of Las Vegas
City of Mesquite
City of North Las Vegas
Clark County
Clark County Regional Flood Control District
Clark County School District
Las Vegas Springs Preserve
Outside Las Vegas Foundation
Public Lands Institute
Regional Transportation Commission of Southern Nevada
Southern Nevada Health District
Southern Nevada Agency Partnership
Southern Nevada Regional Planning Coalition
Sponsors of the Summit…
Agency Sponsors
Outside Las Vegas Foundation
Southern Nevada Regional Planning Coalition
Southern Nevada Agency Partnership
Platinum Level Corporate Sponsors
Forever Resorts
Hacienda Hotel & Casino
Las Vegas Springs Preserve
Mountain’s Edge Master Planned Community
Gold Level Corporate Sponsors
G.C. Wallace
Lake Las Vegas Resort
Public Lands Institute
The Howard Hughes Corporation
Silver Level Corporate Sponsors
EDAW
KC Publications
Station Casinos
Torino Foundation
Basic Level Corporate Sponsor
Southwest Gas Corp.
Location
The Summit will be held at the Dialogue Center at the Las Vegas Springs Preserve –
Desert Learning Center, located at 333 South Valley View Blvd., Las Vegas, Nevada.
A link to the Las Vegas Springs Preserve Facilities Map can be found at
www.springspreserve.org/assets/pdf/site_map.pdf.
For more information, contact:
Alan O’Neill, Executive Director – (702) 461-6162
or
Kim Hutson de Belle, Deputy Executive Director – (702) 461-8062
Outside Las Vegas Foundation
6755 West Charleston Blvd., Suite D
Las Vegas, NV 89146
Email: aoneill@outsidelasvegas.org
Email: hutsondebelle@cox.net
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