The document discusses plans for revitalizing downtown Las Vegas through the Downtown Project, a $350 million initiative. It will invest in small businesses, tech startups, education, arts, and culture as well as residential and commercial real estate. The goals are to create a walkable urban core focused on community where people can live, work and play. The project also aims to make Las Vegas a hub for co-working and learning through new schools, classes and events. It hopes to ultimately change perceptions of downtown and inspire other cities.
24. Dropout rate 37%
Unemployment rate 12.2%
#1 in home foreclosures
No culture in Las Vegas
Our healthcare is bad
We have the worst education in
the country
45. DOWNTOWN PROJECT GOALS
Live/Work/Play – Walking Distance
The Most Community-Focused Large City
in the World
The Co-working and Co-Learning Capital
of the World
50. $50M – Small Businesses
• Criteria
–Owner Operated - Passionate
–Helps Build Community
–Execution Ability
–Sustainable
–Unique or First or Best at Something
–Story-worthy
66. Speaker Series
• Search Inside Yourself
• Why Non-Experts are Better at Disruptive
Innovation
• How Cat Videos Are Changing the World
• Learning Anytime and Anywhere – How Cities
are Making Learning Fun and Relevant
• Unleashing Your Super Brain – How to Boost
Your Memory & Learn Faster
67. Speaker Series
• The Four Methods to Get Anyone to Do
Anything
• Surfing, Science, and Accelerating Social
Change.
• Radically Reinventing Community
Development
69. School of Downtown - SkillShare
• Improv
• Chinese Medicine – Path to Wellbeing
• Tea Brewing
• Birdhouse Making
• Step by Step Canvas Painting
• Scale Model Building
73. School of Downtown – Kids Edition
• Painting on Canvas
• Lego classes
• Make handcrafted paper and greeting cards
• Photography 101
• Creating your own short film
• Floral design
• Calligraphy
74. 50% of Humans Live in Cities
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75. 75% Will Live In Cities in
Our Lifetime
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78. WHY DO THIS?
We live here
Zappos – ultimately help us attract and retain
more employees
79. WHY DO THIS?
We live here
Zappos – ultimately help us attract and retain
more employees
City – Help revitalize downtown
80. WHY DO THIS?
We live here
Zappos – ultimately help us attract and retain
more employees
City – Help revitalize downtown
World – Help inspire other cities