Green light for Nugget projectBy Sandi Hoover shoover@nevadaappeal Carson City officials gave the Office of Business Development the nod Tuesday to participate with the Carson Nugget in developing a detailed plan for nearly nine acres of downtown property as a civic and business city center.The public-private partnership would feature a new central library in the downtown center and a business and technology center."We want to focus on bringing in jobs and industries and we want to talk to the longterm stakeholders," said Steve Neighbors, vice president of the Nugget, who introduced himself as a steward for the Nugget's owner and president Alan Adams, as well as for the Hop and Mae Adams Trust.Neighbors has assembled a team of consultants comprised of Robert Hartman, who has 30 years in the high-tech industry and lives in Genoa, and Mark Lewis, a redevelopment and economic development specialist whose projects include the Reno Aces Ball Park."The first thing I noticed was that Carson City does not have a town center,&
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