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Finalists from “The Great Las Vegas

Coffee Shop Giveaway” to be announced March 1

LAS VEGAS – After having received more than 80 entries for “The Great Las Vegas Coffee Shop Giveaway” Dapper Companies will announce on March 1, 2022.

“We had many more entries than expected,” said J Dapper “and we need the proper time to evaluate them. It’s been really exciting seeing the creativity of some of the presentations and the various backgrounds and type of experience with many of the entrants.”

Located in the historic Huntridge Shopping Center on Charleston Blvd (1120 S. Maryland Parkway, Las Vegas, NV 89104) in Downtown Las Vegas, Dapper Companies announced in December they are turning over a brand new nearly 3,000-square-foot custom-designed restaurant fully built out with furniture, fixtures and equipment, branding, signage and marketing plan to one lucky chef or restaurateur. The estimate to build out and brand the endeavor is more than $950,000 in goods and services.

Dapper, along with guest chefs and restaurant owners Cory Harwell (Carson Kitchen, Butcher & Thief), John Simmons (Firefly, Tacos & Beer, Graze) and Marc Marrone (Nice Hospitality --Graffiti Bao, skinnyFATS), will help judge presentations in April and early May at Vegas Test Kitchen. The general public will also have an opportunity at that time to sample some of the dishes from the five finalists.   

Details on the announcement of the finalists and dates of final judging will be forthcoming.

Partners who have graciously donated goods and services to the new venture, include: Dapper Companies, YESCO, Hydro Studios, AAA Restaurant Supply, Meadows Bank, RAD Studio, National Technology Associates, Ava Rose Agency, Design Concepts, The Humblewood Company, Dollar Loan Center, Core Advisory Partners, Sysco, Signature Management, Misko Art, VVCard Merchant Services and the Vegas Chamber.

About Dapper Companies

Dapper Companies is a premier commercial real estate brokerage firm and development company. It builds top-quality retail, office and office/warehouse space throughout Southern Nevada. It also represents landlords, tenants, property owners and investors in buying, selling and leasing commercial property. For more information, visit www.DapperDevelopment.com.

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‘Lighting up Las Vegas’: YESCO celebrates over 100 years in business

LAS VEGAS (KLAS) — YESCO, the company behind many of Las Vegas’ iconic, glittering signs is celebrating more than a century of being in business and helping shape the image of Las Vegas.

A new exhibition opened Thursday in the Arts District, showcasing YESCO’s colorful history dating back to the early days of Las Vegas. The exhibition was originally planned to open in 2020 for YESCO’s 100th birthday, but COVID had other plans in mind. The company is now 102 years old.

The exhibit, put together with the LVCVA’s News Bureau, the Neon Museum, and Nevada Humanities, examines the history and impact of YESCO on Las Vegas, from early neon signs on Fremont Street in the 1930’s, to the mid-century signs on the Las Vegas Strip, to today.

YESCO was founded back in 1920 as one of the earliest companies in the West licensed to manufacture neon signs. The company’s signs have been described as “monumental advertising” of their day. Behind each sign — like the iconic “Welcome to Las Vegas” from decades ago or the more recent towering gateway arches in front of the Strat — there’s a colorful story involving the men and women who made it all possible...

Read the full article written by Hector Mejia at 8newsnow.com