Nevada Development Authority Staff Visit Mesquite this week

Thursday, December 22, 2011

Nevada Development Authority (NDA) staff recently traveled to Mesquite for a site visit and met with Mayor Mark Wier and City staff. The visit provided an opportunity to familiarize NDA with the assets, opportunities and challenges unique to Mesquite.

“We appreciate the opportunity to work with NDA and we look forward to working more closely with them,” stated Mayor Wier. During the visit, NDA and the City discussed the current economic climate of southern Nevada and how to uniquely position Mesquite moving forward. NDA staff stressed the importance of disseminating current and accurate information online.

The NDA is a non-profit agency that works to diversify and improve the economy of Southern Nevada. NDA is dedicated to fostering an attractive, business-friendly environment through building key relationships, while assisting and targeting new and expanding businesses. Mayor Wier serves as the City of Mesquite’s representative on the NDA’s Executive Committee.

The Desert Tortoise

Like many desert creatures, desert tortoises spend most of their lives "holed up." In spring and summer, they roam grazing on grasses and wildflowers, then head for their burrows when it gets too hot. In fall and winter, when it is cold and there is not much to eat, they stay burrowed in for six months or more at a time.

If you see a desert tortoise, you are seeing an endangered species. Please watch out for them on the roads. Tortoises live in washes and valleys where the soil is soft enough for them to burrow into, yet stable enough so they do not collapse. Remember, desert tortoises are protected under the Endangered Species Act and may not be handled or removed.

Golf in the Desert

The city of Mesquite combines calm, small-town flavour with big-city attractions and championship golf. The Palms and the Oasis Golf Clubs are only two of the half-dozen challenging courses in the area.

Golf Highlights in Mesquite

Golf built on the dramatic Virgin Foothills of Nevada makes for a unique landscape and golf setting.
Enjoy a spa treatment at the Spa at Casablanca or the Spa at the Oasis.
Mesquite serves as a gateway to the national parks of Southern Utah and Zion National Park, which is less than two hours away.

View more information about golf courses in Mesquite

The Speedy RoadRunner

Called paisano in Mexico, the roadrunner is a well-known desert resident that only superficially resembles its popular cartoon portrayal. The greater roadrunner has adapted to life on the run. Though it can fly well, it prefers to use its strong legs and X- shaped toes to run rapidly over the desert landscape. Active predators, roadrunners aggressively chase insects, lizards, snakes, small birds and mammals.

Tolerant of humans, they sometimes nest in protected eaves and garages when they are not building large stick nests in desert trees. Their vocalizations include bill clicking noises and a mournful cooing made during breeding seasons. They do not meep-meep.