Here say it takes everything to not join the dozens of stores that have moved or shut their doors for good. Tonight were minutes away from the first meeting that may turn things around for these businesses. Clark county is partnering with the city of las vegas unlv and the National Endowment for the art to plan a redevelopment of maryland parkway. A train may soon run from the airport past campus to downtown and to welcome more pedestrians weve hired architects and local artists. There used to be tons of different shops that we can stop at and just hang out and everybody knew each other it was a really good feel and just the other day i was just driving by and i was like man its just a ghost town here and its so sad and i really hope itll come back. Already news of the revitalization has picked up hopes. Neighbors and shops who are imagining the new Arts District and a new hipster atmosphere. The project is at its very inception now the still reaching out to neighbors to what they want
How to revitalize the stretch from the airport to downtown. Fox 5s Ophelia Young takes a look at what could be about to change. What do i have to have a huge show out in the parking lot to make this happen again you know . The persistent owner of cash 4 chaos Melvyn Howard is losing hope after 15 years behind the register. Id say probably in 2005 before that it was slammin have you thought of closing down absolutely almost every week. If he did. Hed join the dozens of businesses that have one by one moved, or closed. A mediteranean restaurant we used to have tables and chairs out here this really nice little dining thing and then tower reecords turned into a thrift store and then slowly it just started to. Cash 4 chaos keeps their doors open nat ding because of customers who hold on as tightly as Jason Shimada does. I remember this place when i was growing up thats why im here with my daughter now and my son. Adjacent to unlv nobody would guess town. Jasons children may never experienc
Automatically sent to henderson and North Las Vegas dispatch centers. Which causes callers to experience longer than normal delays in getting an answer. Officer Larry Hadfield when we have Critical Infrastructure go down we have contingency plans in place where well send employees that work at our center to the other dispact centers in the valley to receive those calls. Metro alone gets about three thousand calls a day on average. And were told eight metro dispatchers were deployed. Metro says no matter what someone will answer when you call and help will be on the way. Other centers in town say this doesnt happen often. But they train for this just in case. Brian Rogers Community ambulance we practice all the time for something, a catastrophe that can happen in the community whatever that may be a plane crash to terrorist attack. Dispatch centers do the same thing. Theyve drilled on this theyve done this. Juarez cant believe this happened today of all days and feels very let down. His
Telling people carson race. Marci gonzalez, abc news, new hampshire. Meanwhile the nevada caucus draws near. Nevada democrats will meet saturday morning republicans. The night. Between now and then, busier for Campaign Operations in our area. Contacting likely supporters by phone or the conversations help identify or recruit those willing to show up for the caucus. Its a labor intensive effort. And, while most campaigns have paid staff, they committed volunteer. Senior citizens that go out and they knock on doors for us. We come home from deployment and they want to knock on doors for us. Newman our volunteers are more like believers in dr. Carson than just somebody that believes in a candidate and goes out and supports them. These people are willing to do whatever is necessary. Information on both parties caucus, like when and where they will be held, on our kolo 8 app or just click on hot topics. This afternoon into yesterday. Not surprising, since today is groundhog day. Chief meteo
Be a recount. But the Sanders Campaign says is not ruling out the idea of contesting the result. With the results in iowa now known, and New Hampshire next up, the nations political attention will soon turn, briefly in our direction. The candidates have been dropping in occasionally, but here on the ground their campaigns have been busy in ways, that dont often make the news, but can make all the difference during the caucus. Kolo 8 news nows ed pearce has been watching that work. Ed, its all geared toward getting people to show up and spend a couple of hours at an event. And,that takes a lot of one on one contact with individual voters. Its the ground game and its where campaigns win or lose. 1 281 38 1 38 1 48 1 482 35 mcmillan voters, making sure they know when the caucus is, where it is and answer any questions they may have. When we caught up with them Chris Mcmillan was walking a north sparks neighborhood knocking on doors in search of jeb bush supporters. The same day found Sher