Beyond the Headlines: We Think Local Campaign & 20 Years of the Tour de Nez
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Beyond the Headlines: We Think Local Campaign & 20 Years of the Tour de Nez
Michael Hagerty
We discuss the new "We Think Local" initiative and learn how the Tour de Nez went from an impromptu bike race among friends at a party to Northern Nevada's premier cycling event.
SEGMENT 1 & 2:
This week community leaders launched the "We Think Local" campaign saying just a 10 percent increase in local business could create some 2,500 jobs and put more than $300 million dollars back into the local economy.
On this edition of Beyond the Headlines: Thinking local. We'll talk about the new campaign and some of the localism initiatives already being done in Reno-Sparks. Our guests: Nancy McCormick with EDAWN; Washoe County Manager Katy Simon; Sharon Zadra, who represents Ward 2 in the Reno City Council; and Randy Pease of the Reno-Sparks CA$H MOB.
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SEGMENT 3:
We check in with Tim Healion of Reno's premier cycling event - the Tour de Nez - which is celebrating its 20th anniversary. We'll learn about its fundraiser called the Gran Fun-Do, which combines cycling with a game of poker. Plus we learn how the Tour de Nez is planning to grow next year, and how it went from an impromptu bike race among friends at a party to become Reno's premier cycling event.
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