Surveyor working in Cadence vacant land, Henderson, Nevada: digital photograph

A lone surveyor works in an empty field as part of the Cadence development in Henderson. For decades the western neighborhoods of Henderson experienced explosive growth as the city moved from small industrial town clustered around the World War II era plants to Las Vegas suburbs and the state's second largest city. Cadence hopes to change that as a large masterplanned community north of East Lake Mead Parkway and Boulder Highway.