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Mountain’s Edge
Las Vegas 
Focus Property Group 
2009 net sales: 596 
Located near the Red Rock National Conservation Area, Mountain’s Edge was the first master-planned community in Southern Nevada to embrace drought tolerant landscaping from its inception. Paseos wind through the 3,500-acre community, connecting its neighborhoods to recreation areas and Exploration Park, an 80-acre park with volleyball courts, horseshoe pits, picnic areas, and an amphitheater for concerts and other live performances. Another big draw for this desert hot spot: it’s close to the Las Vegas strip.

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Land Improvement Contractors of America

The Land Improvement Contractors of America (LICA) is an organization composed primarily of small contractors whose activities relate to the conservation use and improvement of land and water resources ranging from terrace and pond building to septic tank installation to logging operations.

 

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