Other action

In other action Wednesday, GOED approved more than $6.8 million in tax abatements for G4 Works, a subsidiary of Allegiant, in return for more than

$4 million in new tax revenue.

The company is considering establishing an aircraft maintenance and distribution center in Southern Nevada that would house aviation parts and tools necessary to keep Allegiant aircraft flying. The company would hire seven employees in the first year at an average hourly wage of $20.52.

companies to Southern Nevada,” Smith said via email. “There are also opportunities to expand this sector into our education … This would lead to a more educated, higher skilled and higher paid aerospace workforce coming out of our market.”

The company estimates it will have new tax revenue of about $98.8 million over the next 20 years.

“That is a fabulous outcome,” Gov. Brian Sandoval said at the GOED board meeting Wednesday. “To have a resource and a company like this in North Las Vegas is really great for the state.”

According to Bigelow, the company has nowhere to go but up.

“Space is something that is universally liked. It requires a lot of skill sets, especially in the commercial space industry,” she said.

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