After a yearlong wait, work has finally begun on the new Super Wal-Mart to be located off East Second Street on the Reno-Sparks Indian Colony. The delay was caused mostly by the massive, lengthy environmental clean up from the previous tenants, a radiator repair shop. 6,000 tons + of oil-contaminated soil was removed from the site. Once this superstore is complete Wal-Mart will be closing the Northtowne location and giving the employees there an option to transfer over. Even if all their current employees located at the Northtowne Wal-Mart transfer over to the new superstore, they will still be hiring something like 200 additional employees to handle the larger demands of the much lager store.

Looking for a new job? Wal-Mart will be hiring in Fall!

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There are very few companies hiring new staff to handle the uptick in home sales that jumped up by 49 percent compared to last year’s January sales. Very few title companies are following in Northern Nevada Title Company’s footsteps in hiring 4 employees to handle the dramatic increase in paperwork. Most companies are waiting for the sales to be more solid while others are still saying they do not expect to return to the boom-era staffing any time soon due to higher-ups handling their own administrative work.Here’s hoping for a better year and more jobs out there for those unfortunate unemployed masses. Click Here for more information and the full article by Northern Nevada Business Weekly

While Commercial real estate investment is not doing so well…Some investors would say that the distressed debt market is currently more active than it has ever been with a fair mix of non-performing and performing loans. There are debt buyers that are getting bigger savings than the cost of buying a property outright.   Click Here for more information and the full article by CoStar

As some of you may have heard Moana is next on the upgrade train.  RTC is moving forward with the plan to widen Moana from 4 to 6 lanes between South Virginia Streetand U.S. 395. Other future major expansions include the intersections of Moana with South Virginia and Kietzke Lane.  
Moana’s project is being largely funded through the motor vehicle fuel tax increase that was passed by voters in 2008. Some say they would like that money to be utilized for other concerns like the loss in the Police force and the Fire Department.
Currently the project is only partially designed and RTC officials still don’t know how much commercial land will have to be bought by the government for this expansion.
Some business might have to be relocated even though the project doesn’t touch the actual structure. There’s a possibility of relocating whole buildings because of the parking spaces that will be taken away for the project.  
I say good luck to the 22 +/- business affected by this change; as many would say location is EVERYTHING!  
 
Click here for visuals of the Moana Project. 

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A nonprofit company located in Reno has put in motion a silk-screening production company in a bid to give young workers job experience and vocational skills.For more details Click Here for more information and the full article by Northern Nevada Business Weekly 

2009 has been a year to remind us of the important things in life. 

Over the holidays we hope you. . . 

Mend a quarrel. Seek out a forgotten Friend. Dismiss suspicion and replace it with trust. Write a love letter. Share some treasure. Give a soft answer. Encourage youth. Manifest your loyalty in word and deed. Keep a promise. Find the time.  Forgo a grudge. Forgive an enemy. Listen.  Apologize if you were wrong. Try to understand. Flout envy. Examine your demands on others. Think first of someone else. Appreciate. Be kind; be gentle.  Laugh a little. Laugh a little more. Deserve confidence. Take up arms against malice. Decry complacency. Express your gratitude. Welcome a stranger. Gladden the heart of a child. Take pleasure in the beauty and wonder of the earth.  Speak your love.  Speak it again.  Speak it still once again.

Best wishes to you and your family from all of us at

NNBW’s article “The House Rules” gives some great pointers on how to keep yourself on task and your mind in your work. It talks about no matter how big or small your work space is you need to, in some way, separate your personal space from your professional space.

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Twenty-three buildings totalling 230 units were destroyed by the fire started by an arsonist on July 30th. The re-building of this apartment complex, located in South Reno, is a blessing to many subcontractors and tradesmen. This project could employ as many as 200 tradesmen through the winter!

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There are mixed opinions about holiday hiring from various retailers located in the Reno area. Some businesses are expecting to increase their staffing by about 20% where others are only planning on hiring a few select people that are passionate about the product(s) being sold in the store(s). 

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