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The
Cambridge Recreation Center and associated pool, skate
park and community center was officially designated the
Myrna Tormé Williams Community Campus on June
22 in a ceremony at the Cambridge Recreation
Center gymnasium, 3930 Cambridge Street.
“This
honor is richly deserved,” said Clark County
Commissioner Chris Giunchigliani, who represents the
area. “Myrna Williams has devoted her career to
serving the underprivileged and the disadvantaged. The
Cambridge Campus is a testament to her efforts and it is
very fitting that it be renamed for her.”
Commission
Chairman Rory Reid agreed: “Myrna richly deserves this
honor. Her dedication to improving people's lives is
something that all public servants should aspire to.”
The
Cambridge Recreation Center, which will retain its name
along with the community center, was built in 2001 and
includes a gymnasium, playground equipment, classrooms,
fitness rooms and an aerobics/dance room. Programming
focuses on at-risk youth.
The Cambridge Community Center, an office building
purchased by the county in 1998, houses offices of
Nevada Cooperative Extension, Southern Nevada Health
District, Clark County’s Senior Advocate Office and
the Gang Intervention Team. The Cambridge water
park opened in 2001 and the skate park debuted in
November 2002. The center assists more than 30,000
people a month and offers 14 different types of
services, such as recreation, social services and health
care, including a primary health care clinic.
Williams
was born in Chicago and has been a Las Vegas resident
since 1959. She was a member of the University of
Nevada, Las Vegas Department of Social Work for 11 years
and a member of the Nevada Assembly for 10 years. In
1995 she was elected to the County Commission, where she
served until 2006. She is a member of a number of
community organizations and serves on the boards of such
groups as the Public Education Foundation, CLASS
magazine and the Anti-Defamation League.
Williams’
accomplishments while a commissioner include modernizing
and upgrading six existing parks, building four new
parks and developing Neighborhood Pride Programs and the
Graffiti Abatement Program. She also sought to make
programs and services for her constituents more
convenient and easily accessible and activated a
Community Multi-Agency Response Team (C-Mart) to
identify blighted and dilapidated properties within the
county using a team approach for compliance with public
health and safety issues.
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