Topic: Ricki Barlow

A Las Vegas councilman's push to curtail noise at a downtown music venue threatens to derail development of the Fremont East District, critics say.Councilman Ricki Barlow said his office has been bombarded with noise complaints from downtown residents and motel ...
City fails to track programs designed to provide work The Las Vegas Redevelopment Agency has used tax breaks to lure to downtown several massive projects, hailed by city officials as evidence that efforts to revitalize the citys core are succeeding.Included in ...
It took years for Las Vegas officials to find a grocery store willing to do business in the downtrodden neighborhood that was once the thriving center of the areas black community.And by the time the Buy Low Market opened in September ...

Project delays put Urban Chamber in bind

A project meant to draw minority-owned businesses and jobs to West Las Vegas is being postponed indefinitely even as the need for it grows more urgent.The Urban Chamber of Commerce will not break ground March 1 on a Martin Luther King ...