Challenges Nevada faces on road to recovery

13 Action News Anchor Tricia Kean spoke to Marilyn Kirkpatrick, chairwoman of the Clark County Commission, about the road to recovery.

FROM MASSIVE TESTING FOR COVID19...TO KEEPING EMPLOYEE'S ANDVISITORS SAFE...TO LURING TOURISTS...BACK TO THE STRIP...I SPOKE TO CLARK COUNTYCOMMISSION CHAIRMAN...MARILYN KIRKPATRICK ABOUT...THE ROAD TO RECOVERY.TRICIA QUESTION: :22 WHAT WILLTHE REOPENING OF CLARK COUNTYLOOK LIKE MARILYN ANSWER "ITWILL BE DIFFERENT...OUR SOCIAL DISTANCING" "AS YOUSEE THE SNHD...NEW CHANGES" TRICIA QUESTION:59 "ONE OF THE BIGGESTCHALLENGES HOW WE DO THATSAFELY" MARILYN ANSWER :59"FIRST AND FOREMOST...EVERYONE FEELS COMFORTABLE"3:04 TRICIA QUESTION "HOW BADWILL THE ECONOMIC DAMAGE BEFROM THIS" 3;29 MARILYN "TOCLARK COUNTY...TO THE ENTIRE VALLEY SO IT'S ABIG IMPACT" TRICIA 3:35 "I'VEHEARD PEOPLE SAY..WHAT DO YOU SAY TO THAT"MARILYN 3:51 " I DO BELIEVESOME OF THAT LOST REVENUE...HOW UNIQUE DIFFERENT AREASARE." TRICIA 5:35 "HOWCONCERNED ARE YOU ABOUT GETTINGPEOPLE BACK HERE" MARILYN 5:36:"I AM NOT CONCERNED...AND HAVE A GREAT TIME"COMMISSIONER KIRKPATRICK ALSOBELIEVES...IT WILL TAKE A COUPLE YEARS FORSOUTHERN NEVADA....5:35 "HOW CONCERNED ARE YOUABOUT GETTING PEOPLE BACK HERE"MARILYN 5:36: "I AM NOTCONCERNED...ANDHAVE A GREAT TIME"COMMISSIONER KIRKPATRICK ALSOBELIEVES...TO RECOVER FROM THISPANDEMIC....SHE ALSO SAYS...BY JUNE -1-ST...WE WILL BE CONDUCTING....10 THOUSAND TESTS A DAY FORCOVID 19...IN NEVADA..AND TODD...TO PUT THIS INTOPERSPECTIVE...THE GREAT RECESSION THATSTARTED IN 2008 HERE...LASTED A DECADE...-2- THOUSAND -12- IS WHEN WEHIT THE BOTTOM OF THE HOUSINGMARKET HERE...BEFORE THE PANDEMIC...OUR UNEMPLOYMENT WASLOW...OUR HOUSING MARKET WAS GETTINGREALLY HOT...AND..OUR ECONONY WAS JUST STARTINGTO THRIVE.SO....WE WILL NEED OUR LAWMAKERS INWASHINGTON TO FIGHT ANDADVOCATE FOR US...BECAUSE LIKE THE COMMISIONERSAYS..

WE ARE UNIQUE HERE.AS BUSINESSES BEGIN TO RE-OPENAROUND NEVADA-WE'RE LOOKING AT HOW SOMEPLACES ARE PREPARING TO TRY TOKEEP CUSTOMERS AND