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A hill to sue for

Jan 12, 2017

Blue Diamond development fight goes to court

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Development Plan Could Bring 5,000 Homes To Red Rock

Nov 21, 2016

The proposed plan would bring 5,000 new homes and 15,000 new residents to Red Rock Canyon. For comparison, that's about the population of Boulder City. 

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Community: Red Rock reboot

Oct 27, 2016

A company linked to developer Jim Rhodes has revived his dream of building houses atop Blue Diamond Hill. Is this plan invincible?

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Paradise Palms
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Good neighbor policy

Mar 24, 2015

These six neighborhoods — affluent, poor, urban, rural — couldn’t be more different. But they do have one thing in common: a can-do desire
to make life better on the block.

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Vanishing Village

Jul 29, 2010
The unofficial mayor of Blue Diamond, Evan Blythin, has written a book about the pressures that Las Vegas' explosive growth has put on his enclave. Blue Diamond has resisted suburbanization and other offers to become part of greater Las Vegas.
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Be-Longing Las Vegas: Blue Diamond

May 12, 2008

We look at the small, tight-knit community of Blue Diamond, which is fighting the sort of development that has swallowed the Las Vegas Valley by preserving its past.

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