City Revels In Tastes & Tunes
The City of North Las Vegas is pleased to present the 6th Annual Tastes &
Tunes celebration, a festival of culture, heritage and music located at 2200
Civic Center Drive on the North Las Vegas City Hall Campus.
This year’s event will feature musical guests, amusement park rides,
marketplace vendors, performers, a classic car show, sanctioned boxing
bouts, dance competitions, and an assortment of culinary fare, including the
City's first salsa recipe contest, more than a dozen food vendors, and a
cooking demonstration sure to entice the senses.
The fun kicks off from 5 p.m. to 11 p.m. on Friday, May 16, and continues
from 11 a.m. to 11 p.m. on Saturday, May 17. Carnival rides and marketplace
vendors will be open for business throughout the entirety of the event.
Admission is free.
Taste and Tunes is produced by the City of North Las Vegas in partnership
with Bud Light, Pat Clark Pontiac, Metro PCS, Southwest Airlines, and The
Culinary Training Academy. Broadcast media partners include Sinclair Media
(The CW and My LVTV), Power 88.1 FM and 98.5 KLUC.
A
detailed schedule of events can be found at
www.cityofnorthlasvegas.com. For more information, call City of North
Las Vegas Special Events at 633-2650.
North Las Vegas Neighborhood Recreation
Center
Presents 6th Annual Multi-Cultural
Celebration
The North Las Vegas Neighborhood Recreation Center proudly presents the 6th
Annual Multi-Cultural Event to celebrate the diverse array of cultures in
our community. The event will be held on Saturday, May 10, from 6 p.m. to 9
p.m. at Hartke Park, directly behind the Neighborhood Recreation Center at
1638 North Bruce Street. The event is free of charge.
Family, friends and neighbors of all ages are invited to come together to
enjoy a variety of entertainment, featuring dance, music and costumes from
around the world in addition to arts and crafts, an obstacle course, and a
double slide. Attendees are welcome to bring chairs and blankets on which
to lounge while enjoying the performances. A sampling of refreshments and
ethnic dishes will also be available.
For more information, please contact the Neighborhood Recreation Center at
633-1600.
North Las Vegas Neighborhood Reinvents
Itself
Residents in the urban core of North Las Vegas are celebrating their new
image, reclaiming their identity as the North Valley Community and shedding
their old gang-affiliated moniker of “40-Block.”
North Valley Community residents, City officials and area business leaders
will hold a naming ceremony for the area from 10 a.m. to noon on May 10, at
the Community Resource Center Courtyard, 2420 N. Martin Luther King
Boulevard. The festivities will include live music, Native American
dancing, poetry readings, singing and food.
For the past several years, residents of the area – roughly bound by Cartier
Street to the north, Martin Luther King Boulevard and Comstock Street to the
east, Lake Mead Boulevard to the south and Simmons Street to the west – have
worked closely with City officials, police and each other to stamp out gang
activity, eliminate blight and restore their community’s safety and beauty.
The area is home to about 3,300 residents.
“I’ve seen an amazing change in attitude around here,” said Letha Whalum, a
43-year resident of the area. “Everybody’s more careful about keeping up
their yard and their house. The streets are cleaner and the City code
enforcement guys have kept the graffiti off my block wall. We still have a
lot of school kids around here, but we don’t see the gangs at all.”
Police attribute that change in attitude to the willingness of residents to
become partners in crime prevention and in promptly reporting problems.
"Crime prevention begins at the grass roots, neighborhood level," said
Police Chief Joseph Forti. "I applaud these neighbors for getting involved
and working closely with the City to improve their quality of life. They
are an example for others to follow. I believe this collaborative effort
will result in a safer and more beautiful area."
Despite the reduction in crime and stepped up beautification efforts, City
officials still see a need for improvement and hope to bring more retail and
commercial services to the area through a variety of collaborative efforts.
“This program provides residents with the tools and resources they need to
take back and improve their neighborhood making it a better place to live,”
said Senior Executive to the City Manager Kenny Young. “This is what
progressive cities are doing and the City of North Las Vegas is pleased to
implement this program within our community.”
For more information, call Kathi Thomas-Gibson at 633-1532.
