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Patrick Egger Southern Nevada Real Estate Records
The Patrick Egger Las Vegas Real Estate Records (1958-2012) represent materials from Egger, a former city planner for North Las Vegas and the Clark County Department of Comprehensive Planning, and a real estate appraiser. Materials include new housing development brochures, proposed and preliminary plans for housing, apartment, and mobile home developments, and building companies market studies throughout the Las Vegas Valley. The collection includes physical and digital aerial and satellite imagery of Clark County produced by Rupp Aerial Photography, Inc. and Landiscor Real Estate Mapping. Also included are bulletins, maps, reports of property and home price increases, surveys of commercial space availability, analyses of general growth patterns in the Southern Nevada region. Other digital materials in this collection includes electronic resource guides on real estate and title insurance for Stewart Title Las Vegas and database information on residential real estate sales, projects, and plans created by the Meyers Group.
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Avelar, Lupe, 1946-
Lupe Avelar was born and raised in the State of Durango, Mexico, and since she was little learned from her parents the love for farming and hard work. Lupe relates her childhood with nostalgia and happiness, highlighting how her childhood moments were some of the most beautiful of her life. She grew up in a poor family that solely made their living from the farming of corn and beans. She witnessed her parents make ends meet in any way possible through hard work while staying together as a family and caring for each other.
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Avelar, Lupe, 1946-
Lupe Avelar was born and raised in the State of Durango, Mexico, and since she was little learned from her parents the love for farming and hard work. Lupe relates her childhood with nostalgia and happiness, highlighting how her childhood moments were some of the most beautiful of her life. She grew up in a poor family that solely made their living from the farming of corn and beans. She witnessed her parents make ends meet in any way possible through hard work while staying together as a family and caring for each other.
Person
Alexander Zapata interview, February 15, 2020: transcript
Interviewed by Nathalie Martinez and Barbara Tabach. Alexander Zapata is a Venezuelan Emmy winning journalist committed to building trust with the community he reports to. He talks about growing up in Caracas and the political climate of Venezuela, including the persecution he faced as a journalist reporting during the under Nicolas Maduro regime. He shares his migration story, experience learning English and journalism work in Las Vegas with El Mundo, ESPN Deportes, Telemundo and Univision.
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