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Price tag for cannabis grow facility: $7.5 million
A Canadian company has nailed down its plans to buy a Reno-based marijuana grower and processor for $7.5 million. [More.]
Articles by John Seelmeyer
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Gender-pay gap in Washoe: $1,400 a month (subscriber content)
Women in Washoe County last year earned monthly pay that was 71 percent the amount of the earnings of male workers — a difference of more than $1,400 a month in the average paycheck. [More.]
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Cooling Reno economy no cause for recession worries (subscriber content)
The economy of the Reno-Sparks area continues to cool from its once white-hot levels, but an economist who follows these things closely says there’s no indication the region is about to tip into a recession. [More.]
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Recruiting initiative focuses on tech jobs (subscriber content)
Figure Technologies, a financial technology company headquartered in San Francisco, expects to double the size of its current 75-employee staff in Reno during the next year. [More.]
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RSCVA: Residents can boost sales effort (subscriber content)
The newly launched “Local Legend” campaign encourages residents who belong to groups with a regional or national footprint to tell the groups’ leaders about their hopes to have a meeting or convention in Reno. [More.]
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Research: Sparks loses money on growth (subscriber content)
New development is a money-losing proposition for the City of Sparks, a new study finds, although increased emphasis on job-creating offices and industrial projects would help stabilize the city government’s finances over the next 20 years. [More.]
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Despite wage gains, Reno’s pricey (subscriber content)
Wages are going up in Reno and Sparks, but the region remains an expensive place for workers to live. [More.]
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The mall future: More entertainment, less retail? (subscriber content)
Round1, which offers bowling, billiards, karaoke and arcade games along with a play area for children, just opened in Meadowood Mall. [More.]
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Existing employers get share of spotlight (subscriber content)
While high-profile new companies bring lots of jobs to Northern Nevada, economic development executives these days pay equal attention to the job-creation possibilities of companies that are already here. [More.]
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Sierra Well sells for $27.6 million (Subscriber Content)
Another hint at the size of the marijuana marketplace in northern Nevada was delivered last week when a Toronto company said it plans to buy Sierra Well. [More.]