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Western Nevada Development District (WNDD) was designated by the U.S. Economic Development Administration (EDA) as an Economic Development District in 1984. There are approximately 400 Development Districts throughout the United States. WNDD is one of two EDA designated Economic Development Districts in the State of Nevada.
The Western Nevada Development District represents eight counties: Churchill, Douglas, Humboldt, Lyon, Mineral, Pershing, Storey, and Washoe; the municipality of Carson City; the cities of Fallon, Fernley, Lovelock, Reno, Sparks, Winnemucca, Yerington; the Pyramid Lake Paiute Tribe; and Associate Members located within the region.
Associate Members include: University of Nevada, University Center for Economic Development, Building and Construction Trades Council of Northern Nevada, BEC Environmental, Inc., Brycon Corp, Churchill Entrepreneur Development Association, Community Services Agency, Carson Valley Chamber of Commerce, Converse Consultants, Downtown Reno Partnership, Education Innovation Collaborative, EDAWN, First Independent Bank, GOED, OSBA, Main Street Gardnerville, NDOT, Join, Inc., Nevada Builders Alliance, NV Energy,
Nevada Green Institute, NNDA, NRHA, Rail Pros, RNDC, SBA, SBDC, Tahoe Prosperity Center, TMCC, UNR-UCED, USDA-RD, and WNC.
WNDD’s mission is to create an environment within which business and industry can be recruited, promoting a vibrant, diverse and sustainable economy. As a federally designated Economic Development District, one of WNDD’s main missions is to update the Comprehensive Economic Development Strategy (CEDS) annually and rewrite the plan every 5 years. The CEDS is a regionally-driven economic development plan that encompasses the entire District. It engages the region’s eight counties; one municipality; seven cities; one tribe, and other public and private sector stakeholders in planning for the future of the District.
The WNDD Board of Directors is comprised of elected and appointed officials as well as agency staff and business representatives from throughout the region.
The Below is a listing of completed projects funded through the efforts of WNDD and member agencies:
Publicly Owned Industrial Parks
- Carson City Airport Industrial Park
- Carson Valley Industrial Park
- Douglas County Meridian Industrial Park
- Fallon, New River Business Park
- Mineral County Industrial Park
- Pershing County Industrial Park
- Tahoe-Reno Industrial Center, Storey County
WNDD Past Project Assists
- Carson City Airport Industrial Park, Infrastructure
- Carson City, Douglas, Washoe, El Dorado (CA) and Placer (CA) Lake Tahoe Basin Prosperity Plan
- Carson Valley Industrial Park, Drainage
- Douglas County Meridian Industrial Park, Infrastructure
- Economic Feasibility Study for reconstruction of V&T Railroad (Carson City, Douglas, Lyon and Storey Counties)
- Fallon, New River Business Park, Infrastructure
- Fernley, Community Response and Resource Center, Early Learning Center Grant Application
- Fernley, Park Improvements
- Fernley Wastewater Treatment Facility Expansion
- Flood Mapping for Disaster Mitigation after the January 1997 floods (Carson City, Douglas, Lyon, and Storey Counties)
- Lovelock, Information Kiosk
- Marketing Technical Assistance Program ~ Pershing County/City of Lovelock
- Lovelock, Pershing County- EPA Brownfields Coalition Grant
- Lovelock, Pershing County-Marketing Technical Assistance Program
- Lovelock Wastewater Treatment Facility
- Lyon County, Santa Maria Trail, Dayton
- Lyon County, Smith Valley-Land Acquisition for Park
- Lyon County, Wilson Canyon Trail Improvements
- Mineral County, Rural Business Opportunity Grant
- Mineral County, infrastructure for Industrial Park
- Northern Nevada Development Authority, NorthernNVision
- Pershing County Industrial Park, Infrastructure
- Pershing County, Water Well
- Pyramid Lake Paiute Tribe, Culture and Wellness Center
- Reno, Reno-Stead Water Reclamation Facility (RSWRF) Effluent Treatment, Storage and Reuse Project
- Silver Springs Airport, Infrastructure
- Silver Springs, Preliminary Engineering Report
- Silver Springs Wastewater Treatment facility
- Storey County, Lockwood-Park Project
- Yerington- Park Improvements
- Yerington- Waterline Extension
- Tahoe Prosperity Center: Tahoe Basin Economic Recovery and Resiliency Plan
- Virginia & Truckee Railway Economic Feasibility Study
- Disaster Mitigation – Regional Flood Mapping
- Mineral/Churchill/Pershing Refrigerated Food Trailer
- Hawthorne Store Front Renovations
- Silver Springs Wastewater System
- NorthernNVsion Economic Development Planning
- Lake Tahoe Basin Prosperity Plan (Nevada and California)
- Stronger Economies Together Program
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- Churchill County Economic Development Strategic Plan
- Pershing County Economic Development Strategic Plan