Supervisors to hear ambitious redevelopment plan
Supervisors to hear ambitious redevelopment planBy Sandi Hoover shoover@nevadaappeal.com Carson City's Office of Business Development on Thursday will present the Board of Supervisors with a development project by the Carson Nugget which, if adopted, could result in massive changes downtown.The Nugget proposes to allocate eight acres of vacant Nugget property to the city to develop a "Knowledge and Discovery Library" and to put in motion the Hop and Mae Adams Trust support funding for a business and technology incubator, said Tammy Westergard, deputy manager for the OBD.Possible key pieces of the project include:* An anchor civic institution, proposed as a state-of-the-art Carson City Knowledge and Discovery Library* A Business and Technology Incubator Center offering support for emerging companies* Sierra Digital Media Lab that specializes in new technologies for digital production, educational applications, software development, gaming, animation and other digital multimedia* A plaza that may feature year-round