Business

Minden, NV - For the sixth consecutive year, several Douglas County businesses were recognized with a Spotlight Award. This year’s awards were given at the Critical Issues Conference held on Thursday, September 26, 2019. The Spotlight Awards recognized businesses in 7 different categories: Business and Professional Service, Entrepreneur, Manufacturing and Production, Restaurant, Retail, Sports and Recreation, and Tourism and Hospitality.

What was your reaction to that headline? Was it a silent nodding of the head? Did you bristle — “not me!” Did you analyze? “All of us — really, Diane.” Did you get angry? “What is this clickbait?” No matter your reaction, there are a few universal truths we all deal with differently. Fear is real. Fear manifests in different ways. Fear shows up in all of us at one time or another. Terror is when fear stops us from doing what we want to do.

The Dayton Area Chamber of Commerce & Visitors Center is pleased to announce Congressman Mark Amodei will be the featured speaker for the chamber's quarterly luncheon on Wednesday, October 9, 2019, 11:30 a.m. in the Sierra Room at Dayton Valley Golf Club, 101 Palmer Dr.

After much anticipation, Tuesday marks the opening of America’s 51st My Place Hotel located in Carson City, Nev. The opening of the capital city's newest hotel also marks the second My Place Hotel to open in the Silver State.

Northern Nevada Development Authority will heat things up with a presentation by Southwest Gas at The Business Edge meeting in Carson City this Wednesday, Sept. 25. Southwest Gas will present business energy-cost saving tips, natural gas as an energy source, and their renewable energy initiatives in Nevada.

A blockchain primer will be the focus of Carson City Chamber's Soup's On luncheon this Wednesday, Sept. 25 at Gold Dust West.

CARSON CITY — Statewide employment figures in August show Nevada is up 5,400 jobs over the month and 42,100 over the year, with the state's unemployment rate at 4.1 percent, unchanged from June and down 0.4 percentage point when compared to last August, according to the Nevada Department of Employment, Training and Rehabilitation’s monthly report released Wednesday.

Hello Carson City! I’ve been a little out of pocket since Burning Man. I have three sicknesses just pile on: playa lung, a head cold, and I wrapped the whole thing up with bronchitis. Doing life sick was pretty hard. But I found it was made possible by the number of times businesses in this area stepped up and said yes.

Carson City's newest poke restaurant, The Poke Beach, is now open for business in their location at 1442 E. William Street Unit 2 next to Starbucks.

The new restaurant has been under construction since April, but now they are officially open for business. It is the second restaurant of its kind in the Carson City area.

One of the most historic events affecting the American Business Women's Association was the proclamation of September 22 as American Business Women’s Day. Enacted in 1983 by a joint resolution of Congress and the signature of then-President Ronald Reagan, the proclamation recognized all working women. Thirty-six years later, ABW Day continues to be recognized as a celebration of achievements of business women, members, and the Association.

A new Italian restaurant is reported to be taking the place of the Martin Hotel in Carson City after the Winnemucca-based basque restaurant closes up shop in late September.

Bel Solé is the newest expansion of Carson City’s Bella Salon and Spa which is now offering a year-round boutique, all natural spray tanning, sugar-hair removal, and lash extensions.

They’ll be hosting their grand opening party on Saturday, Sept. 14 beginning at 6:30 p.m. at their location at 1910 E. College Parkway in Carson City.

Forty-nine percent of the workforce is women, but only 27 percent are of the C-Suite. Yet research shows when women are in leadership roles, companies thrive.

The first Women’s Leadership & Legacy Retreat in Tahoe will be featured Thursday and Friday, Sept. 19-20 at Tahoe Beach Retreat.

The Martin Hotel Basque Restaurant opened nearly one year ago at 308 Curry Street in Carson City, and now at the end of September they’ll be closing their doors.

The Nevada Trucking Association, along with the Nevada Highway Patrol, California Highway Patrol and the entire trucking industry, is taking this week to honor the millions of professional truck drivers that deliver America’s freight safely and securely every day.

RENO — Nevada’s Center for Entrepreneurship and Technology is hosting its 14th annual Small Business Expo on Friday, Sept. 20 from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. in the Mt. Rose Ballroom at the Reno-Sparks Convention Center.

The seasons are changing and fall is considered as one the most beautiful seasons of all. What better way to leave summer and embrace the change than by pulling out the clubs and shoes and taking a few swings at our 26th annual "Making a Difference" Golf Tournament.

DLL Technologies held its ribbon cutting ceremony at Adams Hub in downtown Carson City on Wednesday.

Next year, 2020, will mark 15 years of business for DLL Technologies. In celebration, they kicked off the opening of its second location in the Northern Nevada area.

John Cassinelli, president of the Dayton Area Chamber of Commerce & Visitors Center, has announced that Travel Nevada and the Nevada State Department of Tourism have awarded the Chamber a $9,600 rural tourism marketing grant. The money will be used to develop a completely re-branded website which will be revealed the first week of October 2019.

Gordon Ramsay's Hell's Kitchen is heading to Lake Tahoe. The celebrated star chef and television personality will be opening the third restaurant in his chain inside the historic Sage Room at Harveys Lake Tahoe. It is planned to debut in late 2019.

If you could rename the seasons in Northern Nevada, it might go something like this. Ski Season, Construction Season, Burning Man, and Nevada Day. Burning Man season is here! Soon you will start seeing art cars, buses, RVs, bike racks galore, and those people who call themselves Burners.

Casinos in the Carson City area had a gaming revenue increase by nearly 3.8 percent in July, while gaming establishments at south shore Lake Tahoe increase by nearly 17 percent, according to a report released Wednesday by the Nevada Gaming Control Board.

The Northern Nevada Development Authority will host its Business Edge breakfast series Wednesday in Douglas County. The topic is "Powering Business in Nevada" and features NV Energy CEO Doug Cannon.

There will be a business networking social in Carson City on September 24. The Fat Tuesday event is from 5:30 o 7:30 p.m. at the Carson Nugget, 507 N. Carson St., Carson City at the high table at the Alatte.

There will be a Fat Tuesday Business Networking event at J's Bistro in Dayton on Tuesday, Sept. 17, 2019.

The event is from 5:30 to 7:30 p.m. J's Bistro is located at 30 Pike Street, Dayton. Go here to register.

A Carson City business networking group, Fat Tuesday, will meet this Tuesday, August 27 at Alatte inside the Carson Nugget. All are welcome, attendance if free and there isn't a membership fee.

CARSON CITY — Northern Nevada Development Authority announced the winners Thursday of its annual Pioneer Awards. Winners will be honored and celebrated during the 5th Annual NNDA Pioneer Awards and Gala being held on Nov. 7, 2019.

Nevada-based contracting firm CORE Construction is expanding its influence in the Reno community with updates to key staff and impactful projects.

The firm announced the promotion of Travis Coombs to Vice President of their Northern Nevada operations. Since entering the construction industry in 2001, he has established trusting relationships with design partners, building partners and clients. Coombs joined CORE in 2013 and has served in several departments. In his new role, he will now lead business strategy and development Northern Nevada.

This week, I got into a rousing text conversation about feeling imprisoned. We spoke about obligations, duty, and ultimately — the choices that led up to those imprisonments. Prison isn’t just a place for criminals to go to pay their retribution to society. We can create prisons for ourselves and not even know it.

While Carson City employment figures show a decrease of roughly 100 jobs in July, the capital city is up more than 1,000 jobs over the year, according to the Nevada Department of Employment, Training and Rehabilitation’s monthly economic report released Tuesday.