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Newspaper clipping, Group hopes to revive West Las Vegas, Las Vegas Review-Journal, February 1, 2005

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2005-02-01
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Las Vegas Review-Journal article featuring Karen Walker, co-owner of Hamburger Heaven with her mother Helen Anderson.

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    Page 2B » Tuesday, February 1, 2005 a { N E V A D A & T H E W E S T } TuesdayMorning "We want to bring hope back into the community. It's so dreary, dead and cold here. We want to bring life back to the area, if nothing else, for the kids, so they see something positive." LYNETTE BOYD CO-FOUNDER, WEST LAS VEGAS CITIZENS FOR HOPE GROUP Karen Walker, left, owner of Hamburger Heaven, talks with Lynette Boyd about improving the business climate and rejuvenating the West Las Vegas neighborhood. The two women recently formed a group of small business owners called the West Las Vegas Citizens for Hope Group and won a $4,500 grant. Group hopes to revive West Las Vegas Businesses band together, receive $4,500 grant to try to breathe life into once-thriving area By JULIET V.CASEY REVIEW-JOURNAL Karen Walker was 9 years old when she first took a pen and pad and started taking or-ders at Hamburger Heaven, the family restaurant in the heart of what was a thriving West Las Vegas neighborhood. "This