LVGEA Touts Vegas Economy on Vegas PBS

The Las Vegas Global Economic Alliance’s Chief Operating Officer, Jonas Peterson, joined Carole Vilardo, Dr. Stephen P.A. Brown, and John Restrepo on Nevada Week in Review on August 22nd, 2014 hosted by Las Vegas Review Journal columnist Steve Sebelius. The panel chatted about the current condition of Nevada’s economy, praising the state’s new economic development strategy for growing the economy and jobs in the right direction. Although Nevada is still recovering from the Great Recession, Jonas Peterson remains optimistic  stating that in Nevada “indicators across the board are moving in the right direction. If you look at real estate values, vacancy rates, population growth has returned and visitor volume has returned” suggesting that a number of  areas in Nevada’s economy are bouncing back.​
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