Community Corner
Historic Westside Farming Facility + Hispanic Business Convention
Your five-minute guide to what's going on in town today.
Good morning, neighbors! It's me again, Rachel Kilimnik, your host of the Las Vegas Daily.
First, today's weather:
Clear throughout the day. High: 85 Low: 59.
Here are the top stories in Las Vegas today:
- Las Vegas' Historic Westside is about to become the first neighborhood in the city to have a community-based urban agriculture farming facility of its nature. The Historic Westside Farming Facility will establish a new, local food source in the Historic Westside in the city of Las Vegas and serve to tackle food insecurity rates in the neighborhood while addressing unemployment and building community wealth. The Historic Westside Farming Facility will be located within James Gay Park in the Historic Westside. (KTNV Las Vegas)
- More than a thousand Latino business leaders from around the country visited Las Vegas for the Hispanic Chamber of Commerce's National Convention. It was the first time ever that Las Vegas hosted the conference. The conference focused on different ways to help Hispanic business owners bounce back from the financial impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic, among other key things. (KTNV Las Vegas)
- Dr. Anastasia Karamanides of P3 Medical Group answers Nevadans' questions regarding the booster shot after the Southern Nevada Health District started rolling out Pfizer booster shots at public sites throughout the valley on Tuesday. (FOX5 Las Vegas)
- Adam's Place hosts "Camp Cope", a virtual eight-week long camp to help children with grief. (cwlasvegas.com)
- An employee of a Las Vegas hospital is accused of trying to lure a minor for sex last week, according to an arrest report. (News3LV)
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— Rachel Kilimnik
About me: Rachel is a born-and-raised New Yorker who recently relocated to the mountains in the west. She is a freelance copywriter for the content creation agency Lightning Media Partners and is assisting Patch.com with community newsletter curation. During her free time, you can find Rachel roller skating, making pottery, drinking tea, and tending to her growing collection of houseplants.