The Notes: Nov. 21, 2011

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NCA awards luncheon Nov. 29

Las Vegas Mayor Carolyn Goodman will serve as host of the Nevada Contractors Association’s 12th annual Contractor of the Year Awards luncheon on Nov. 29 at the Orleans convention center. The event starts at 11:30 a.m. Tickets are $40, and sponsorships are available.

More information can be obtained by sending an email to marketing@nevadacontractors.org.

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CenterPoint wins NAIOP award

CenterPoint was named NAIOP 2011 Developer of the Year at “Development ’11: The Annual Meeting for Commercial Real Estate.” The company’s former chief executive officer, Michael Mullen, and other members of the CenterPoint team accepted the award.

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Vegas PBS wins at EMAs

Vegas PBS won four awards at the recent Electronic Media Awards. Mitch Fox, Marilyn Miller and Mark Williams won in two categories for their work on Nevada Week in Review, and in a separate category for their broadcast of the 2010 U.S. Senate election debate between Sen. Harry Reid and Sharron Angle. Cade Cridland and Vegas PBS’s “Keeping Kids Fit” program representatives also won for self-promotion of the station’s annual run and walk.

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IIA forms chapter here

A group of organizations and individuals have formed a Nevada chapter of the Internet Innovation Alliance to promote broadband availability throughout the state. IIA is a national coalition of business and non-profit organizations committed to achieving universal broadband in the U.S. Nevada IIA will spend the coming months educating state leaders and others about the importance of mobile broadband and its many benefits. The Alliance supports reforming the Universal Service Fund to include broadband, the more efficient use of spectrum and the proposed $39 billion merger of AT&T and T-Mobile, as a key way to achieve broadband availability to more than 97 percent of our nation’s population. More information is available at www.internetinnovation.org.

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Senior Facility gets LEED

Henderson’s Senior Facility has received LEED Gold Certification. The Las Vegas-based firm Carpenter Sellers Del Gatto served as architects for the project.

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