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Hello Residents,
As summer starts to wind down and kids get back to school, I’m excited to share with you all of the exciting activities the City of North Las Vegas was up to over the past few months. I am proud to share the many back-to-school supply giveaway events and pool parties that took place not just in my Ward, but across the city. Thanks to the amazing collaboration of so many community partners, we were able to provide our residents’ children a leg up when it came to backpacks, supplies, clothes and more.
One very special event I had the opportunity to host while also sharing my love of cycling, was the Back to School Pool Party at Silver Mesa Recreation Center. Not only was this a great event to connect with the community and prepare our children for the start of the new school year, it was also a joyous time to see the bright, happy faces of the children who received bikes from the free raffle! I am so grateful for our amazing North Las Vegas residents and everyone who pitched in and supported our summer events.
Yours in service,
Mayor Pro Tem, Scott Black
Fire Station 51 Pancake Breakfast & Open House
In June I biked over to North Las Vegas Fire Station 51 for our Pancake Breakfast and Open House event. I was psyched to see families in our community come together to meet our firefighters and paramedics. Everyone enjoyed the live DJ, had a chance to explore the inside of a fire truck, eat delicious food and practice bike safety with a bicycle rodeo course. I even took a quick ride through the course myself to show off my bike safety skills! We got to enjoy the wonderful breakfast that was prepared by volunteers and the North Las Vegas Fire Department. It was so heartwarming to watch the excitement as children won free bikes and families collected raffle prizes.
Thank you to everyone who came out and to our incredible first responders for hosting a great day!
Breaking Ground on the City’s Newest Fire Station
Speaking of our North Las Vegas Fire Department, earlier this summer the city broke ground on the future site of our new Fire Station 58. This will be the ninth fire station in the City of North Las Vegas and serve more than 30,000 residents in the Tule Springs area. Construction has begun and is expected to be completed in late summer 2024!
The developers are building and equipping the fire station as part of the development agreement negotiated with the City. I want to thank the developers of the master-planned communities of The Villages at Tule Springs and Valley Vista for being great partners and sharing the vision of this Council to keep the City of North Las Vegas one of the safest, most proactive public safety communities in Nevada.
We look forward to the process of this build and we are so excited to put more firefighters into our neighborhoods!
NLVPD Badges and Bros Basketball Brunch
I was happy to join our Police Department at their annual NLVPD Badges and Bros Basketball Brunch in June at Silver Mesa Recreation Center. This event was created as part of our Community Oriented Policing (COP) program to encourage positive relationships and trust between law enforcement and our community members. Designed to mirror the NBA All Star Weekend, this event includes skills competitions, pick-up games, a DJ announcer and is SO MUCH FUN! I’m not sure who enjoys it more, the kids or the officers and volunteers!
I’d like to congratulate NLVPD on their terrific event and I can’t wait to see what is in store next year! If you would like to learn more about our Community Oriented Policing or become a volunteer, please visit our COP webpage.
Celebrating National Park & Recreation Month
Our Park and Recreation team is made up of wonderful, hard-working individuals who give our residents the best outdoor experiences possible. In July we celebrated our amazing team and community members by participating in National Park and Recreation Month.
Our team hosted a July #WhereCommunityGrowsCNLV Selfie Challenge where community members earned prizes all month long by visiting different parks, snapping a selfie and then taking those selfies to a City of North Las Vegas Recreation Center to receive a punch card worth prizes.
In cities where there are strong park and recreation systems, strong communities grow. Thank you to our Park and Recreation team for your great efforts and dedication to bringing our community together, keeping our parks green and beautiful, and providing so many indoor and outdoor recreational outlets for our residents of all ages!
Celebrating ‘I Am Possible’ Graduates
This summer the City of North Las Vegas celebrated the latest class of graduates from the North Las Vegas Community Correctional Center’s ‘I Am Possible’ program. Established in 2021 through the CCC’s unique Residential Substance Abuse Treatment Grant Program, it is the first of its kind in Nevada municipal jails. With the primary focus of the program on rehabilitation rather than incarceration, ‘I Am Possible’ provides offenders individualized tools for recovery with a goal to reduce recidivism.
We congratulate all our graduates and look forward to welcoming the next class!
New AI-Powered, Real-Time Translation Software Launched for Public Meetings
As the most diverse city in Nevada, the City of North Las Vegas was thrilled to launch Wordly, a new AI-powered, real-time translation service at the Aug. 2 City Council and Redevelopment Agency meeting!
Spanish-speaking community members can now interact in real-time with our government officials during public meetings. Wordly works by instantly capturing a speaker’s comments and sending the translation to a participant’s mobile device via text or audio; no app download or special equipment is required.
Adopting this real-time translation software is the next step in the City’s ongoing efforts to expand accessibility and engagement with the community’s growing Spanish-speaking population. Our city is the first jurisdiction in Nevada, and one of the first in the country, to provide real-time, AI-powered translation service to residents. We started with Spanish translation since more than 40% of North Las Vegas residents identify as Hispanic, however Wordly is equipped to interpret more than 30 languages, and we expect to roll out additional languages in the future!
North Las Vegas Kids Visit Raider Team Headquarters
Kids in the City of North Las Vegas’ Safekey program, run through our Parks and Recreation Department, recently had the awesome opportunity to visit the Las Vegas Raiders team headquarters for a back-to-school event. The Raiders invited students from Neighborhood Recreation Center and Silver Mesa Recreation Center to participate in fitness drills and play on the same indoor practice fields that the Raiders do. All of the children received essential supplies for the new school season in addition to a brand new pair of shoes. The Raiders have been great community supporters and we appreciate the organization hosting our North Las Vegas kids!
Celebrating the Business of the Month - July
This July we celebrated our Business of the Month, All Tint LV, at our council meeting!
Specializing in window tinting services, All Tint LV uses quality materials to provide quality service to our residents in North Las Vegas. Thank you, Richard and Jordan, for choosing North Las Vegas as your home, for your dedication to our community and for helping keep our residents cool during this hot summer!
City of North Las Vegas & Nevada Association of School Administrators (NASA) Partnership
It was a pleasure to provide the opening remarks for the City of North Las Vegas Kick-off partnership with the Nevada Association of School Administrators and two North Las Vegas schools. I’m proud to say that the City of North Las Vegas is supporting and expanding high-quality education for students. Through this partnership, educators at Sedway Middle School and Cheyenne High School will receive professional development at no cost. Most importantly, the year-long training will be based and tailored to high-quality results! We look forward to witnessing the sustainable change that this program will bring to the students at both schools and our community.
Unplug and Play at North Las Vegas City Hall’s Liberty Park
Our very own Liberty Park right outside City Hall welcomed over 150 kids on July 8 for our Second Annual Unplug and Play event. The event was organized with kids of all ages in mind and inspired them to take a day off from their electronics to play and interact with each other. Every child in attendance from as young as a few months to as old as 15 years received age-appropriate toys thanks to our community partners. Gifts included Lego sets, dollhouses, craft kits, skateboards and so much more! Our North Las Vegas firefighters and police officers—and our K9s, of course! — were also present handing out goodies and playing fun games with the families on the warm summer morning. There was also plenty of ice cream and water activities to keep everyone cool as the morning progressed. A huge thank you to all our community partners and volunteers that made this event truly special for our City of North Las Vegas residents!
Back to School Pool Party
I was so excited to once again host, with Clark County Commissioner Marilyn Kirkpatrick, our annual end of summer Back to School Pool Party. Held at the City of North Las Vegas’ Silver Mesa Recreation Center, kids and their families enjoyed the pool and sun, the tunes being spun by a live DJ, and the free hot dogs, hamburgers and snow cones.
In addition to all of the fun, kids also received free backpacks for the start of the new school year. The City and our partners know how financially challenging back-to-school time can be for families and want to make sure that North Las Vegas kids are as prepared as possible for the new school year.
Finally, eight lucky children received a bicycle during the event’s free raffle. I want to thank all of our partners who made the day possible including Clark County Commissioner Kirkpatrick, the Southern Nevada Health District, HeyDude who donated shoes, and the many more who donated their time, services and funds.
I look forward to a new school year and continuing to help support North Las Vegas schools and students!
Volunteer with the City of North Las Vegas
The City of North Las Vegas is excited to provide the community an easy way to volunteer with the City and give back to their community!
The public can register at the new volunteer website - https://www.volunteercnlv.com/ - peruse upcoming opportunities and sign up online!
Whether you’re looking for an opportunity for yourself, something you can do with your children, completing a student service learning requirement, or want to get your work team out together helping others, we would love your time, skills and knowledge.
To volunteer for this event or check out the list of current opportunities, just click here.
All of our libraries offer free tutoring for students. You can get help with homework in all subjects. Each library has their own tutoring schedule for different grades and may offer drop-in or pre-scheduled sessions.
Find the best fit for you by visiting our web calendar.
Build, explore and engineer with Legos! Kids of all ages are invited to our Lego programs for hands-on fun and learning.
Events take place at all three of the City’s libraries - check out the calendar here for days and times near you.
From Little Learners Storytimes for toddlers, to elementary school reading programs with high school volunteer helpers, the North Las Vegas Library District has something for everyone to encourage reading!
Check out all the options on our web calendar.
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