(Vernon Robison | Moapa Valley Progress) – By the year 2030, the City of Mesquite will be “Nevada’s most dynamic, diversified and neighborly community.” At least it will if the Mesquite City Council gets its way. This was the stated vision of the Council after a Strategic Planning workshop held last month. A one-page summary of that workshop was presented to the City Council for approval on Tuesday, Feb. 25.
The summary set forth three Strategic Pillars, or priority areas of focus, for the city in achieving its 2030 vision.
The fourth pillar was to create new, and enrich existing, pipelines to create a prepared workforce. Councilwoman Annie Black pointed out that much of the discussion surrounding this topic had focused on improving education.
“I’d envision a good part of workforce development being focused more on education,” Black said. “I think that workforce development is a byproduct of education. So we need to work to fix our schools as much as we can in our roles. That is important if we are trying to diversify our demographic.”
