Carson City Business briefly

Chiropractor opens new office

Anthony J. Windisch has opened a new chiropractic practice inside the Healing Arts Associates building, at 407 W. Robinson St.

Windisch has been a chiropractor since 1996, and practiced previously at Capitol Chiropractic.

He offers a diversified treatment, and works with the massage therapists and acupuncturist who are located in the same facility.

Call 882-4200 or visit carsoncitychiro.com for more information.

Museum sponsors chamber breakfast

The Carson City Chamber of Commerce will hold a Cinco de Mayo breakfast at the Northern Nevada Children's Museum on May 5 at 7:30 a.m.

AAA Northern Nevada and the Children's Museum are sponsoring the event.

For more information, contact the Chamber at 882-1565.

Kidd named acting CEO of Carson River Community Bank

Carson River Community Bank recently named Julie Kidd as acting chief executive officer.

Kidd joined the bank as chief financial officer shortly after the bank opened. She has more than 25 years of management experience in banking and finance, including tenure as an examiner and executive positions at other local financial institutions. Kidd is a graduate of the Stonier Graduate School of Banking at Georgetown.

Carson River Community Bank was founded in October 2006 by a group of local businesspeople and currently has total assets of $50 million.

NNDA hosts customer service seminar

Northern Nevada Development Authority will host an event titled "For Big Dogs on the Little Things..." on May 20, from 10 a.m. to noon at the Carson Nugget.

The customer service seminar is for business and organizational leaders, and endorsed by Stephen R. Covey. Cost is $35 Per Person, and includes lunch, or $25 if you are a "powered by" member. Deadline to register is May 15. Call (775) 434-3874 or go to NNDA.org for details.

Weekly home buyers seminar

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Home buying seminars will be held every other Tuesday in Carson City beginning May 5, and will feature information on the home-buying process.

The seminars will be held at Western Title, 2310 S. Carson Street, Suite 5-B in the Quail Park business center, from 5:30 to 7 p.m.

Topics will include qualifying for a loan, making an offer on short sale and foreclosure properties, and the escrow process.

The seminars will focus on first-time buyers, who may not be aware of the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act, passed by Congress in 2009. Better known as the First Time Homebuyer Tax Credit, this legislation raises the credit from $7500 to $8000, among other provisions that make home buying this year advantageous. Also covered will be the new USDA Loan and other loan products. Time will be allowed after the brief discussions for questions and answers.

The seminars are offered by Sheri Wilson of Prudential Nevada Realty, Janet Willson of Nevada Property Mortgage and Donna Peacocke of Western Title.

Seminars will also be held in Minden every other Thursday night. For reservations or further information, call Sheri Wilson at (775) 450-2657 or Janet Willson at (775) 790-0595.

Dutch Bros. Coffee helps combat ALS

Dutch Bros. Coffee locations will donate proceeds from all coffee sales to the Muscular Dystrophy Association on May 8 to raise awareness for ALS (Lou Gehrig's disease). The drive is held annually in support of company co-founder, Dane Boersma who was diagnosed with ALS in 2005. Last year, Dutch Bros. contributed $80,000 to the MDA for research and family services funding.

Country Financial honors local reps, manager

Country Financial recently awarded two financial representative and one agency manager positions on the distinguished All American team.

Jim Gray of Carson City, Sean Marler of Carson Valley and Janet McFall of Dayton received All American distinctions.

They are among a group of more than 300 top Country financial representatives and agency managers who qualified for the award. Country has more than 2,000 financial representatives and agency managers in 14 states.

All American is awarded each year by Country to financial representatives and agency managers who have excelled in identifying insurance products and financial solutions that fit the needs of their clients. Agency managers and financial representatives who receive the award provide outstanding service to their clients.

This is the first time Gray has been named an All American. Marler has received the award five times. McFall has been named an All American 14 times.

Gray serves clients and McFall manages her agency from their office at 1818 E. College Parkway, Suite 102, Carson City. The office phone number is (775) 888-4744.

Marler's office is located at 1664 Highway 395, Suite 104, Minden. The office phone number is (775) 782-8363.

Robertson honored at Summit Awards

Sperry Van Ness, one of the nation's largest commercial real estate brokerage firms, announced that Bruce Robertson of Carson City is the recipient of the Largest Single Sales Transaction Award at the Fourth Annual Summit Awards.

The Summit Awards are a collaborative effort of the local chapters of the Certified Commercial Investment Member's (CCIM), the National Association of Industrial and Office Properties (NAIOP), and the Commercial Real Estate Women's Network (CREW). The awards are held annually; and recipients are nominated by their peers and chosen by an awards committee.

Green building for building professionals

The Builders Association of Northern Nevada is hosting a program on May 14 and 15 so builders can learn how green homes provide buyers with lower energy costs and higher value. This 2-day course for building professionals discusses strategies for incorporating green-building principles into homes without driving up the cost of construction. You will learn how green homes provide buyers lower maintenance, better indoor air quality, and better long-term value. Techniques are also discussed for competitively differentiating your home products with increased indoor environmental quality as well as energy and resource efficiency.

Fees for the class for BAWN members are $350, and $380 for non-members. You can register for the class at www.bawn.org.

Stimulus loan helps company purchase property

Plumas Bank and the Nevada State Development Corporation announced this week the funding of a commercial real estate loan earlier this month. This is first SBA 504 commercial real estate loan in Northern Nevada to take advantage of the new U.S. Stimulus Package under the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act.

The new U.S. Stimulus Package, in an effort to encourage small business borrowing and stimulate the economy, provided beneficial changes to the SBA 504 loan program. The new changes to the SBA 504 loan program reduce the borrower's origination fees by nearly 2 percent of the loan amount. This reduction in origination fees along with the current SBA Debenture rate of 5.20 percent fixed for 20 years, provide assistance to small businesses looking to acquire their own business real estate.

Jeffrey Turnipseed, Barrett Donovan, and Matt Rasmussen, co-owners of Tectonics Design Group in Reno, were excited to have the opportunity to purchase this commercial property for their business.

For more information on commercial real estate loans for businesses, contact either Plumas Bank's Nate Stehura at 786-0907 or Brian Wallace at the Nevada State Development Corporation at 770-1205.

NV Energy meets renewable energy standard

The Public Utilities Commission of Nevada announced Wednesday that for the first time, NV Energy Company has met its requirement that a prescribed portion of its load be generated using renewable means.

The PUC said both of the company's subsidiaries in northern Nevada (formerly Sierra Pacific Power Company) and southern Nevada (formerly Nevada Power Company) were in full compliance with a law passed in 2001 that requires the utilities to use mandated percentages of solar, geothermal and other renewable sources to generate electricity.

The utilities reported to the Commission that in 2008, they both generated nine percent of their load using renewable methods. That equates to approximately 2.7 million megawatt hours.

Nevada's Renewable Portfolio Standard was one of the first laws in the nation that required utilities to include renewable sources of energy in their generation mix. The Nevada utilities have had difficulty meeting the standard in years past because they could not purchase sufficient renewable sources, or they could not build their own sources in time to meet the law.

The law requires the utilities to add increasing levels of renewables to their portfolios until they reach a minimum of 20 percent in 2015. There are proposals currently pending in the Legislature that would push that percentage even higher.

Chamber mixer down on the ranch

The Carson City and Carson Valley chambers of commerce will host a joint mixer on May 20 at 5 p.m. at the R&K Ranch.

Wear your cowboy duds, because you may get the chance to ride a real horse. The ranch is located at 7177 Schulz Drive, in Carson City. Call 882-1565 for more details.

Applebees closing and reopening

The Applebees in Carson City will be closed for remodeling starting May 17, with a grand reopening scheduled for May 22. The restaurant will celebrate the event with a ribbon-cutting ceremony at 11 a.m.

Nevada's foreclosure rate leads nation

A first-quarter foreclosure study by RealtyTrac says 41,296 Nevada properties received a foreclosure filing, an increase of 19 percent from the previous quarter and a rise of nearly 111 percent from year-earlier figures.

One in 27 homes in the state was in the foreclosure process, five times the national average. In Washoe County, 2,273 properties were in default, 2,586 are bank-owned, and another 1,116 are being sold at auction.

Washoe law library offers online foreclosure information

The Washoe County Law Library has provided foreclosure information for renters detailing state laws on the foreclosure process, current legislative bills that may affect renters, information about how to find out if a home is in foreclosure, how to find out who owns a property, as well as other resources. The Web site is www.washoecounty.us/lawlib/foreclosure.htm