The Notes: Jan. 18-24

Urban Turban, which serves Indian cuisine and tapas, opened at 3900 Paradise Road, Las Vegas.

UnitedHealthcare, the Southern Nevada Home Builders Association and East West Bank invested in the Las Vegas Global Economic Alliance’s “Engage Southern Nevada” investment campaign, which launched in 2013 and is a three-year undertaking to raise $7.5 million for regional economic development.

The Southern Nevada Human Resources Association named its 2014 Best Places to Work. In the micro business category, the winners, from first to third place, were McCarthy Building Companies, Provident Trust Group and Ed Vance & Associates Architects. In the small category, the winners were Three Square Food Bank, One Nevada Credit Union and Olin Chlor Alkali. In the medium category, the winners were Comprehensive Cancer Centers of Nevada, Nevada State Bank and Nathan Adelson Hospice. In the large category, the winners were Allegiant Travel Company, Wyndham Vacation Ownership and Hilton Grand Vacations.

SuperShuttle expanded residential service to include the Centennial and Providence areas of northwest Las Vegas, Spring Valley, and Mountains Edge and Rhodes Ranch in southwest Las Vegas. SuperShuttle takes people to and from the airport.

Off The Strip at the Linq and Coral Academy of Science Las Vegas selected Vox Solid Communications as their agency of record for public relations and social media.

Las Vegas won a Green Power Leadership Award from the Environmental Protection Agency. The award recognizes efforts to advance the green power market. According to the EPA, the city “reinvests 100 percent of its savings from solar projects into more renewable energy and conservation, with the goal of becoming a net-zero energy city by 2020. Las Vegas installed 3.3 megawatts of solar photovoltaic panels at its wastewater treatment facility, which, combined with energy retrofits and solar panel installation at city facilities, will save more than $2.5 million per year in energy costs.”

Smashburger opened at the Forum Food Court in Caesars Palace. It is the chain’s ninth Southern Nevada location.

The Cosmopolitan, Bellagio, Wynn and Encore are listed on Conde Nast Traveler’s 2015 Gold List for high standard of service, luxury, beauty and attention to detail.

Ramirez Group launched a website, ramirezgroup.com/nhl, to provide resources and information to Nevadans seeking health insurance. Ramirez Group is a public relations firm.

Coin Cloud set up a bitcoin ATM in the Gold Spike downtown. It is the company’s second Southern Nevada bitcoin ATM.

Shake Shack opened at New York-New York.

Volaris Airlines launched a twice-weekly direct flight between Cancun and Las Vegas.

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