The Weekly / JULY 19 2022

JULY 19 2022 / ISSUE NO. 33 / ARCHIVE

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BREAKING: NBA G League Moves to Henderson, Nevada

With three top 10 NBA Draft picks in the last two seasons – the most by any program in that span – NBA G League Ignite is moving to Henderson, Nevada. Ignite will begin playing its home games at The Dollar Loan Center in 2022-23, NBA G League President Shareef Abdur-Rahim announced today.

NBA G League Ignite is a team dedicated to developing top young prospects in preparation for the NBA Draft. The roster includes elite players who are eligible for the NBA Draft as well as NBA and NBA G League veterans who serve as mentors to the team’s young talent.

Mike Ballard is the co-founder and managing partner of Camino Verde Group, a Las Vegas-based real estate investment and development firm, that focuses on multifamily and mixed-use real estate. Mike has over 30 years of industry experience and has specifically led the firm’s initiatives of bringing affordable housing to Las Vegas. He is currently involved in the development of $200 million of multifamily real estate in California, Nevada, Utah, South Carolina and more.

In this interview, we asked Mike about his newest mixed-use development project The Watermark in Henderson, multifamily market trend at the local and national levels, how Southern Nevada can build more affordable housing, and the different ways of implementing ESG (Environmental, Social, and Governance) initiatives in his portfolio.

The Henderson Chamber of Commerce announced the July 1 appointment of its 2022-2023 Henderson Development Association (HDA) Executive Committee and Board of Trustees additions. HDA is the economic development arm of the Henderson Chamber of Commerce and is committed to growing the primary job base in Henderson by attracting, retaining, expanding and diversifying the business community.