Thursday, Feb. 6, 2003 | 10:59 a.m.
On the same day that the Las Vegas City Council picked developers to build an affordable assisted-living complex for senior citizens, a state legislative committee in Carson City chose a location for the project.
The Model Assisted Living Advisory Committee, chaired by Assemblywoman Barbara Buckley, D-Las Vegas, on Wednesday decided that the 90-unit complex will be built at Roland Wiley Road and Silver Sky Drive.
The council selected Affirmative Investments and the Affordable Housing Resource Council to build the complex on Bureau of Land Management property.
Buckley had obtained the initial $600,000 in state money for the project, and in May, the city approved allocating $1 million in federal funds for it.
In other action Wednesday, the City Council:
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