Newsletter - 11/22/2022

Ribbon Cuttings and Mixers

Ribbon Cuttings and Mixers will be moved here to a special section because I want you to be more aware of them for 3 reasons:

• It's important to show support for your fellow investors and often these are new members to our business community and are customer prospects
• Ribbon Cuttings and Mixers are GOLDEN networking opportunities for YOU! You will often meet CEOs, CFOs, local representatives and other decision makers or centers of influence you might otherwise not meet. 
• They are FREE! 

So don't let these opportunities pass you by!

December 14 - Morning Mixer at Browder Book Store 8:00 a.m. This will be our very first Morning Mixer so if you're an early bird, come on down! Enjoy some coffee at Dam Roast House and network with other like minded business owners and community members. We can't wait to see you!

Keep an eye on the calendar as we have welcomed many new investors in June and July! We also publish Ribbon Cuttings and Mixers on our Facebook page as events. If you're not following us on Facebook, what are you waiting for? Events, City happenings, tourism, last minute business development news, and more are published on our social channels. Give us a follow so YOU can stay in the know!

Community Calendar of Events

Make sure you always know what's happening around town and beyond! Check out the Boulder City Community Calendar and save it to your favorites for easy access! Don't forget, members and investors can list your event for FREE! Reach hundreds of people looking for something to do around town. Advertise open houses, sales, dinner specials, entertainment, events, and more!

Events Calendar

Hoover Dam Charitable Plates 

Just in case you haven't heard, we have our own charitable plate! Proceeds help support tourism in and around Hoover Dam which includes Boulder City. Grab your plate during your next renewal! 

Best Dam Wine Walks are back! 

We are headed into our biggest season for Wine Walks! October is coming up with our annual Costume Walk. Last month we welcomed a lot of new comers who hadn't heard of our event before, bringing new eyes to our small business community. Attendees stroll through some historic downtown merchants sipping on wine, networking, and shopping. Tickets are $25 in advance or $30 at the door. The rest of the 2022-2023 season is posted now on our website! 

Wine Bottle Supplies, one of our newest investors, has a pretty cool special just for businesses; get a 4 piece gift set for $11.99 (regularly $19.99) with code 20chamber at checkout. The gift set includes a foil cutter, corkscrew, bottle stopper, and an aerator.

Happy Thanksgiving!

We wanted to take a moment and wish you and your families a very happy Thanksgiving. We are truly thankful for your support, partnership, collaboration, and energy you have brought to the Chamber and the community. There wouldn't be a chamber without you! 

December Holiday Activities

It's that time of year again where the City lights up and celebrates all things Christmas! Here is all of the Holiday Happenings going on around town this December:

Lake Mead National Recreation Area seeks public input on new low water access plan

If you are a business impacted by Lake Mead, you will want to try and attend either the in person meeting on Dec 7 or the virtual meeting on Dec 14. 

Lake Mead National Recreation Area (NRA) will host a series of public meetings next month to explore management options on how to maintain launch ramp access for motorized recreational boaters to the lake and other visitor services amid record low water levels. The park will additionally meet with Tribes to gain their perspectives. 

The concepts shared in these public scoping sessions are an initial component of the environmental analysis and review and will ultimately lead to selection of a preferred alternative, additional public comment, and management decisions in 2023. 

“Already low water levels are decreasing at a more rapid rate than decades of projections indicated was likely. Climate change worsened drought requires us to think differently and plan for less predictable water levels into the future,” said Acting Superintendent Stan Austin. “The purpose of our Sustainable Low Water Access Plan is to develop a strategic direction for the future of motorized boat launching and related commercial services at five key access locations, along with facility and infrastructure needs and related implementation actions at these locations.” 

The Sustainable Low Water Access Plan focuses on launch ramps at Hemenway Harbor, Callville Bay Marina, Echo Bay, Temple Bar Marina, and South Cove. 

Public scoping meetings will include a presentation on a range of management alternatives for the public’s consideration and discussion. For detailed information about the management alternatives being considered, please read the project newsletter (https://parkplanning.nps.gov/LAKE-Low-Water-Access-Newsletter). 

 The Boulder City meeting is scheduled to be held Wednesday December 7, 2022 12:00 p.m. - 2:00 p.m. at 100 Date St, Boulder City, NV 89005. There is also a virtual option on Wednesday December 14, 2022 4:00 p.m. - 6:00 p.m. 

Comments regarding the planning concepts should be made online on the park’s planning website (https://parkplanning.nps.gov/LAKE-Low-Water-Access) where readers can find this and earlier planning efforts for review and consideration. 

The need for action is prompted by rapidly declining water levels at Lake Mead. Because of a 23-year drought across the West, the lake has dropped about 100 feet since 2010. While the slope of the lakeshore varies, in many areas the 100-foot drop has meant the waterline has receded more than 1,000 feet, leaving boat ramps and other visitor facilities far from the water. To date, the NPS has spent nearly $50 million relocating and extending ramps and other infrastructure, but low water levels have caused new challenges.

This summer, the only operable launch ramp at Lake Mead NRA was at Hemenway Harbor. Two other launch ramps (Callville Bay and Echo Bay) closed in spring of 2022, earlier than originally anticipated based on the U.S. Bureau of Reclamation’s (BOR) initial 2022 recreational boating season water level projections (https://www.usbr.gov/lc/region/g4000/hourly/hourly.html). Other launch facilities closed earlier as water levels dropped. Boating access at Lake Mead in 2023 is not expected to change significantly from 2022 operations. 

The water level in the Lake Mead reservoir is expected to continue dropping over the next two years, from about 1,042 feet (above sea level) today to about 1,014 feet in late 2024, according to BOR. Those projections depend on a number of highly variable factors, including rain, snowpack, and conservation measures throughout the Colorado River basin. 

Lake Mead NRA is the fifth most-visited park in the National Park System, with about 7.6 million visitors. Throughout the 1.5 million acre park, visitors also hike, bike, camp, hunt, and use nonmotorized watercraft. About 20% of visitors use ramps or marinas at Lake Mead to partake in motorized recreational boating. 

Federal, State, and Local Funding Opportunities

As a Chamber, one of our main goals is to connect businesses to resources to help them succeed. Las Vegas Global Economic Alliance (LVGEA) is one of our local partners who help keep us in the loop on several topics, one of which is funding opportunities at all levels. Here is a list of several funding opportunities of interest:

Cooling Operations Optimized for Leaps in Energy, Reliability and Carbon Hyperefficiency for Information Processing Systems (COOLERCHIPS), U.S. Department of Energy

Organismal Response to Climate Change, National Science Foundation

Clean Hydrogen Production, Storage, Transport and Utilization to Enable a Net-Zero Carbon Economy, U.S. Department of Energy

Small Surface Water and Groundwater Storage Projects, U.S. Department of the Interior

Nevada State Trade Expansion Program Grant, Nevada Governor’s Office of Economic Development and U.S. Small Business Administration

Nevada's Grant Matching Program Ready for New Applicants. Nevada Governor’s Office of Federal Assistance (OFA), 

John Krakauer Charitable Trust

The Barstool Fund, U.S. Business Grants

The Small Grants Program (SGP), The Harry and Jeanette Weinberg Foundation

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