Giving Back
1. Empire Cat employees donated nearly 4,000 pounds of food this holiday season to support local food banks and pantries across Ariz. and Nev., benefiting Friends in Service Helping in Elko, United Food Bank in Mesa, the Community Food Pantry in Reno/Sparks, the University of Arizona Food Pantry in Tucson and the Las Vegas Rescue Mission.
Awards & Accolades
2. Northern Nevada Business Weekly recently announced the winners of its Best in Business 2025awards. The list consists of:
- Architecture Firms:
- JKAE,
- Frame Architecture and
- OneSTudio D+A.
- Business Associations:
- NAIOP Northern Nevada,
- Economic Development Authority of Western Nevada and
- Builders Association of Northern Nevada.
- Commercial Developers:
- Tolles Development,
- Panattoni Development Company – Nevada and
- McKenzie Properties Management, Inc.
- Commercial Property Management:
- Tolles Management,
- Dickson Commercial Group and
- Cushman & Wakefield.
- Commercial Real Estate Companies:
- Dickson Commercial Group,
- C&W and
- Street Commercial Real Estate.
- Construction Companies:
- Metcalf Builders, Inc.,
- NEWTRON and
- BLC Builders.
- Engineering Firms:
- JKAE,
- Westex Consulting Engineers and
- Pallisade Engineering.
- Sub-Contractors:
- NEWTRON,
- Savage and Son, Inc. and
- Tahoe Fence Co., Inc.
3. The Southern Nevada Home Builders Association recently held its annual award ceremony luncheon. Awardees included:
- Builder Member of the Year – Signature Homes,
- Associate Member of the Year – Hirschi Companies,
- New Engagement Award – Olympia Companies,
- Sustainability Award – KB Home,
- Consider It Done Award – Desert Lumber and Building Materials,
- The Impact Award – Applied Analysis,
- Dedication Award – Sierra Air Conditioning Inc.,
- Community Partner of the Year – Samantha (Sammi) Swing of Cassidy & Associates,
- Distinguished Service Award – Angela Pinley of Richmond American Homes,
- Making a Difference Award – Nicole Bloom of Richmond American Homes and
- Empowering Leader Award – Aaron Hirschi – KB Home.
New Hires
4. Sierra Choice Realty recently announced the hiring of Annette Brooks. Her background includes new home construction, subdivision development and sales strategy.
