Reno, Nevada was once known as The Divorce Capital of the World, based ont he fact that residemcy for divorce proceedings could be established in a very short time. Reno has also been called Sin City and The Neon Babylon.

The Greater Reno Area (Reno-Sparks) is the County Seat of Washoe County. The city enjoyed 30% employment growth in the decade from 1998 - 2008 and continues to grow new jobs.

This growth is a major contribution to the economy of Nevada on the state level, joining with the Greater Las Vegas Area. These two metro statistical areas together provide the bulk of all new businesses and new jobs in the entire state.

BACKGROUND

Major General Jesse L. Reno was an officer in the 9th Army Corps during American Civil War. Dying on the battlefield in Maryland in 1862, he had also fought at Bull Run as well as several other battle sites. His son, Jesse W. Reno, invented the escalator and the town of Reno, Nevada is named after the general.

In 1776, the Spaniard Fray Francisco Graces entered the Nevada region to blaze a trail to the US West Coast Spanish colonies of the time, from the Colorado River. This led to future traffic, inciuding a toll bridge fashioned from a simple log laid across the Truckee River in 1859, a trail towards the Gold Rush, industries that grew with it, and the eventual founding of Reno in 1868.

Reno supplemented its early mining-based economy with its 'Sin City" brothels and gambling houses. In the 21st century, entertainment and casinos continue to play a solid part in the local economy.

The fastest growing jobs in the Reno area include the following list. They are as varied as Choreographer to Computer Engineer to Bill Collector, with high level Information Technology jobs in the Number One place. They also include Healthcare, Education, and Social Services jobs.

While RNs are the highest demanded workers in health and medical field in many other US States, Medical Transcriptionists are more bady needed in the Reno area.

1. Network Systems And Data Communications Analysts
2. Choreographers
3. Medical Transcriptionists
4. Computer Software Engineers - Applications
5. Computer Software Engineers - Systems Software
6. Personal And Home Care Aides
7. Home Health Aides
8. Self-Enrichment Education Teachers
9. Social And Human Service Assistants
10. Bill And Account Collectors

Another 10 fast growing jobs include the following list of occupational titles. The variety of jobs comprising this list is interesting in that it includes occupations as diverse as Clergy to Information Technology to Music professions. Healthcare occupations are also well represented in this list, and Adult Education instructors of all kinds are in high demand.

• Physician Assistants
• Network & Computer Systems Administrators
• Music Directors And Composers
• Medical Assistants
• Database Administrators
• Interpreters And Translators
• Dental Assistants
• Dental Hygienists
• Clergy
• Adult Literacy, Remedial Education, GED Teachers, and related Instructors

UNIVERSITIES

* Morrison University

* University of Nevada Reno: Campus Information

• Fleischman Planetarium - University of Nevada Reno - Extensive research and public events.

• University of Nevada Reno: National Council of Juvenile and Family Court Judges - Important regional justice and law enforcement organization located on campus.

COLLEGES & CAREER TRAINING

• Career College of Northern Nevada

• Truckee Meadows Community College

• Meadows Bible Institute

• Nevada School of Insurance

• Northern Nevada Real Estate

TECHNICAL & VOCATIONAL SCHOOLS

• Regional Technical Institute

• Western Truck Driving School

Sports for entertainment, recreation, and even career opportunites are avaiable in the larger Reno area of Nevada at the following organizations.

College Level Sports

• Nevada Wolf Pack - Football & Basketball

Additional Sports

• Reno Silver Sox - Golden Baseball League

• Reno Raiders Hockey (ECHL)

• The Battle Born Derby Demons - Flat Track Roller Derby League.

• The National Bowling Stadium - "United States Bowling Congress (USBC) Opens" competitions every 3 years.

During the Glacial Period of histoy some 12,000 years ago, ice melt in the mountains eroded the Nevada floor each summer into what are now gullies and riverbeds after the water evaporated and the glaciers receded northward.

Early Native Americans in the Reno-Las Vegas areas are called the Anasazi - the Ancient Ones. This nomenclature is more akin to the Oceana Aboriginals' and Aborigines' notion of "The People That Were Always Here" than to the more common Native American "The People" or "First People."

Pow Wows, Native Arts, and resort areas make up part of the Native American business enterprise in and around Reno. Native venues attract many trouists away from some non-tribal resorts, but the owners of those establishments have become consultants sell large numbers of supplies to these tribal businesses.