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The Commission For The Las Vegas Centennial Is
Requesting Proposals For A New Historical Documentary Project
Film Would Chronicle The Early History Of
The City Of Las Vegas
The Commission for the Las Vegas
Centennial is requesting proposals from qualified applicants to produce a
documentary film series chronicling the history of the city of Las Vegas. A pre-proposal informational meeting is
scheduled Monday, Sept. 10, at 11 a.m. in the Purchasing and Contracts
Conference Room on the third floor of City Hall, located at 495 S. Main St.
To view the statement of work,
requirements and contract terms, register for free at www.ngemnv.com.
The documentary would cover the period starting in 1904, with the
arrival of the railroad in the Las Vegas valley, through the May 1905 land
auction for Clark’s town site. It would then highlight creation of town
government, becoming a county seat in 1909, becoming an incorporated city and
electing its first mayor and city commission. Finally, the focus shifts to the
city’s early economic development as a farm and railroad community, and what
role the community played in World War I. The documentary would end in 1920,
covering the earliest notions of building a massive dam across the Colorado
River.
Utilizing the revenue generated from the
Centennial license plate, the Commission for the Las Vegas Centennial has
established a grant program to support community initiatives that are of a
historic nature. The Commission hopes to generate community projects that
promote and preserve Las Vegas history. Since 2005, the Commission has awarded
more than $21 million in grants to projects like the Helldorado
Parade and Rodeo; the restored, vintage neon signs that are in the medians on
Las Vegas Boulevard downtown; the Historic Westside School; and the Natural
History Museum.
The Centennial license plate is a special
commemorative plate available through the Nevada Department of Motor
Vehicles. The plate features the famous "Welcome to Fabulous
Las Vegas" sign designed by Betty Whitehead Willis in 1959, which still
stands in the median island south of Tropicana Avenue on Las Vegas Boulevard.
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