Post on 11-Sep-2020
Southern Nevada Development
The majestic land surrounding Las Vegas’ iconic Strip, historic downtown, and sprawling suburbs is an overlooked wellspring of opportunity for growth and transformation.
Las Vegas is predicted to explode from nearly 43 million annual visitors to over 50 million within the next five years due to recent and planned additions and expansions, and over 6.3 million people already visit the Lake Mead National Recreational Area each year. Our plan focuses on holistic development in this area immediately outside the Las Vegas Metropolitan area.
The vision of the Delphi Southern Nevada Cooperative reflects an ecosystem designed to create rewarding jobs, generate generous revenue, support local vendors, leverage precious resources, and develop new technologies while serving markets and focusing on areas not fully addressed by other Southern Nevada options.
The purpose of the Delphi Southern Nevada Cooperative is to craft a community of enterprises that are symbiotically supporting one another. These operations will create transformative experiences for those who live, work, and visit the properties while serving as a showcase for global emergent technologies.
With objectives that span from community building to business incubation to regenerative technologies to entertainment to philanthropy, the Delphi Southern Nevada Cooperative strives to shape the future of Southern Nevada for generations to come.
Our forward-thinking regenerative approach likens us to modern-day pioneers and social architects, aligning the spirit of our plan with the energy that built Las Vegas and Cal-Nev-Ari from the raw desert into memorable destinations. We are seeking social impact investors to transform this piece of the Wild West into a template for future communities.
Social Architecture In Action
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Social Architecture In Action
Discover DelphiThe plan has been designed by studying, and then combining, numerous successful revenue streams, company practices, and lucrative business models to form a cohesive, profitable ecosystem. A focus on regenerative development coupled with a multi-stakeholder cooperative business structure makes Delphi unique.
A Multi-Stakeholder Cooperative creates the ultimate winning scenario for all parties with a vested interest. Under the guidance of Rob Jameson of Arcosanti and the professionals at Exemplar, we are designing a model that allows those who build and run the operations to benefit through ownership and distributions traditionally only available to accredited equity investors.
A non-profit organization, the Delphi Foundation, will also be part of the ecosystem providing a way to share what we learn and develop globally. Its first initiative will be the Desert Oasis Project addressing the issue of desertification.
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Delphi is developing the tip of Southern Nevada, consisting of several locations and more than 700 acres along US95 near Lake Mohave and the new Interstate 11. Delphi is perfectly timed with its relevancy across several popular market forces including the City of Las Vegas’ plan to revive Downtown Las Vegas, a growing demand for permanent festival facilities, a trend toward businesses organizing as cooperatives, a desire to live in intentional communities, and an explosive expansion of Clark County’s population in the next five years.
Our core team has been working on the Delphi Southern Nevada development plan for over two years. Starting with one element -- Delphi Village -- we dialed in key aspects attracting vendors, strategic partners, event producers, engineers, architects, and inventors who all share the values of collaboration, community, stewardship, ingenuity, empowerment, transformation, authenticity, balance, playfulness, and altruism-philanthropy.
A focus on regenerative development coupled with a multi-stakeholder cooperative business
structure makes Delphi unique.
Regenerative Model
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Delphi is committed to being a model of Regenerative Development, which goes beyond sustainability to create reciprocal thriving and value-added relationships between all stakeholders in the project including:
Delphi Village has engaged architect Ray Lucchesi and Regenesis to
take the lead on regenerative master planning, design, and infrastructure.
Regenesis is a world leader and authority in regenerative and integrative
planning and design. Ray Lucchesi is a highly-respected community developer
in Las Vegas and Southern Nevada, as he was notably the founding Director of the UNLV School of Architecture. He co-led
the planning and concept process for the Springs Preserve and the Desert Living
Center, extraordinary examples of sustainability and eco-edutainment in
Clark County.
Delphi has sought out the leading innovators and paradigm-defining
experts in field of Regenerative Planning and Design. Our
team of consulting advisors include Ferananda Ibarra
and Jeff Clearwater of Village Lab, and
• business relationships • strategic partnerships• governments • communities• society
• land and its ecosystems • customers and visitors • employees• developers• investors
Regenerative Development optimizes the integration of the living systems of the sun, wind, soil, and water, with technology such as solar power, water heating, wind power, atmospheric water, water recycling, and waste-to-energy.
Regenerative Planning and Design increases efficiency,
comfort, and health with lower capital expenses, development time, and
maintenance costs.
Brian Korsedal of Digital Permaculture. Casey Carlson of Eco Built Systems is
leading the aquaponic operation on Delphi Village and Farm-to-Table
operation in Cal-Nev-Ari.
“Regenerative” takes “Sustainability,”
“Zero Waste,”and“Leave No Trace” to the next level.
• T-Mobile Arena, which opened in April 2016, is a 20,000 seat multipurpose stadium hosting NBA and NHL teams, concerts, mixed martial arts, award shows and other major events. With a schedule of up to 150 events a year, revenue projects to be over $900 million. • The National Hockey League is giving Vegas its first big league team with the possibilities of more in the future. They will play in the 2017-18 season in the T-Mobile Arena. Over 14,000 fans have already placed deposits on season tickets.
• Las Vegas is also courting the NFL, with the Oakland Raiders considering moving. Sheldon Adelson, owner of the Venetian and Palazzo, is lobbying for a $1.4 Billion 65,000 seat domed stadium, seeking the largest taxpayer subsidy in the NFL of $750,000,000. • New Interstate 11 is being built between Las Vegas and Phoenix-Tucson. With three lanes in each direction, this will reduce the drive time by more than an hour between the cities.
• Wynn Paradise Park is a 1,000-room expansion centered around a 38-acre lagoon that would host water skiing, paddle boarding, and parasailing by day, and fireworks displays at night.
• The 2045 Downtown Master Plan focuses on nine areas of improvement and the estimated benefits would result in 16,000 permanent jobs, 2,500 affordable housing units, a 200 percent population increase of the Downtown District.
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Why Las Vegas
Delphi’s planned Southern Nevada development serves desires not addressed by these expansions. We will offer experiences like single day getaways exploring the regions’ petroglyphs and hiking Spirit Mountain, nature based camping experiences and outdoor adventures on Lake Mohave, and multi-day transformational festivals found nowhere else. Providing a balanced contrast to the glitz of the city, we allow visitors the opportunity to get back in touch with themselves and to enjoy the majestic Southern Nevada terrain.
50 million annual Las Vegas visitors are predicted within the next five years
because of recent and planned additions and expansions, including…
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The Delphi Southern Nevada Cooperative exists to manage the symbiotic relationship between Delphi Village, Cal-Nev-Ari, and additional opportunities that benefit the ecosystem in the Southern Nevada region. The Delphi Southern Nevada Cooperative will operate somewhat like a county-layer of organization since its objectives are maximizing the relationships and resources between the local organizations and looking outward to the macro scale. This “As Within, So Without” approach allows the hospitality-experienced executive teams for Delphi Village and Cal-Nev-Ari to focus on local operations.
Delphi Village and Cal-Nev-Ari, serving as anchor locations, will be run as self-sustaining, independent operations in collaboration with each other. Teams from the Delphi Southern Nevada Cooperative will simultaneously orchestrate the development of these two enterprises utilizing funding received in the Seed round, the Delphi Village Minimum Viable Product raise, and the larger Delphi Southern Nevada Fund (once established).
Delphi’s core team’s vision started with Delphi Village a multi-feature eco-resort to be built on a 155 acres in the Eldorado Mountains. As the team worked through due diligence, they realized they were a part of a nested ecosystem that spanned most of Southern Nevada.
Delphi Village required a stable, cost effective, traditional solution for its water needs. The search for water rights in the Eldorado-Piute Valley led to the discovery of an abundance of available water in the town of Cal-Nev-Ari that is for sale. The opportunity to catalyze Cal-Nev-Ari’s break-even operation, which includes eight established businesses, by supporting the development of Delphi Village became immediately apparent. Calculations have revealed that water sales alone could increase the town’s bottom line by seven-figures a year.
Cal-Nev-AriPopulation approx. 375Median age : 59 years8.7% under 25 years36.8% 25-44 years42.1% 45-64 years34.5% 65+ years
Delphi Southern Nevada Cooperative
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Cal-Nev-Ari looking north towards Searchlight, circa 2001prior to US95 being widened to its present four lanes.
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Immediate Local AreaSurrounding Local Area
County ScaleRegional Scale
Delphi Regional Relationships
Mentored by Ray Lucchesi of Regenesis, co-lead on the planning and concept process for the Springs Preserve and the Desert Living Center,
our team investigated the region in a series of concentric circles out to 200 miles and then began to focus on the innermost ring.
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Delphi Local Area
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Delphi Southern Nevada Strategic Development
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Anchor Location Core Activities
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Delphi Village: Eco-Resort and Music Festival Theme Park
Delphi Village is designed to be a sustainable entertainment complex, an eco-resort, and a regenerative systems showcase next to Lake Mohave. Spanning 155 acres in the ElDorado Mountains, less than an hour from Las Vegas, Delphi Village plans to provide a permanent venue to host and produce year-round transformational festivals, events, and retreats. As a self-contained enterprise, Delphi Village will own and operate concessions, vendor booths, accommodations, and additional features and revenue streams allowing us to customize offerings to meet the needs of each different event’s target audiences.
Created by some of the most renowned producers and designers in the industry, the music festival theme park will include every system, permit, and license required for a professional event production organization to more easily and frequently host events of 1,500-10,000 overnight guests.
The year-round schedule will be filled with a wide variety of events, concentrating on large outdoor camping festivals spring, summer, and fall, while focusing on retreats and conferences November through February. Many of these events will be produced by the event production teams responsible for some of the most highly regarded and successful festivals, allowing them to leverage their talent and vendor contacts and large ticket buyer databases.
Other events in the 52 week schedule will be produced by Delphi Village’s in-house event production team, rotating though genres such as Reggae, 80’s, EDM, Jam Bands, Bluegrass, and Classic Rock as well as Yoga and Meditation Retreats, Drone League Races, and Video Game Conferences. Midweek the venue will be utilized by corporate retreats and evening concerts, as well as hosting regularly recurring events like What the Effigy?, the Hot Tub Time Machine, andRed Wine, Mistakes, and Mythology.
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Delphi Village Planned Operations
Eldorado Playa Shuttle Parking Station• 4 acres US95 highway frontage plus 10 additional acres• 10 miles south of Las Vegas’ I-215, just south the new I-11• 2-sided Billboard currently generating $3,500/month• Planned refueling and recharging station• Planned 1,500+ space parking lot• Frequent free shuttle to Delphi and Cal-Nev-Ari
Searchlight Shuttle Parking Station • 51+ acres• 10 miles south of Delphi Drive• 10 miles north of Cal-Nev-Ari• Potential Market• Potential for Grocery Store and Hardware Store• Planned 7,500+ parking spaces• Frequent free shuttle to Delphi and Cal-Nev-Ari
Moapa Meadow Valley Big Boy’s Toys Park • 240 acres with wells and a 10 acre lake• 50 miles north of the Las Vegas Motor Speedway• 420’ x 42’ “Crater,” a perfectly circluar former quarry• Courses, Rentals, and Leagues for ATVs, Motorcross, BMX,
Skateboards, Scooters, Skates, and innovative sports• Moapa Pro-Tour Drone Racing Team and Course• Water Features, Wake Boarding, Lazy River, and Zip Lines• Downhill Freestyle Ramp with water and foam pits• Heavy Equipment Operating Park
Delphi Village (Initial Operation)• Delphi Amphitheater: Music Festival Theme Park
o Year-Round Scheduleo Less than 10 miles from Lake Mohave/Colorado Rivero Permanent, regenerative infrastructure
• Downtown Delphi and Vendor Villageo Coffee shops, bars, local artisans, food trucks, vendors
• Unique Accommodationso On-site RVs, camper trailers, yurts, tent rentals, glampingo Airliner BnB, Shipping Container Hotel, Hobbitons
• Emergent Technology Showcase• Non-Profit Desert Oasis Project• Hot Springs, Kayaking, and River Tours
o by Desert Adventures
Future Features• Knob Hill and Sky Tower Restaurants• The Beehive Drone Delivery Restaurant• Retreat Center• Wellness Center and Spa• Emergent Technology Incubator• Lake Mohave-Colorado River Aquatic Operation• Pro-Tour Flowrider Surfing Center and Lazy River• Delphi Village Pro-Tour Drone Racing Team and Course
A presentation deck focusing on Delphi Villagemay be found at www.DelphiVillage.info
earthships and cobb houses
Boutique camping and glAMPING (GLAMOUR Camping)
HEAVYWEIGHTTENTS AND YURTS
SHIPPING CONTAINERHOTEL AND CABANAS
Delphi Village plans to provide a variety of diverse accommodations to meet all preferences and budgets. Options intended include:
Hobbiton underground containers
airliner bed-and-breakfast
dhomains and inflatable structures
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CAMPER TRAILERS ANDTINY HOMES
Unique Accommodations
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Iconic Outdoor Venue
Las Vegas Weekly reported in July of 2016 that there’s a demand for an outdoor amphitheater in Las Vegas. Though six large music venues and four mid-sized outdoor concert spaces exist in the area, artists and the local populace are calling for a high capacity outdoor amphitheater like the successful Red Rocks Amphitheater in Colorado or Ak-Chin Pavilion in Arizona which host large festivals and concerts all year.
Delphi Amphitheater is being designed and developed to be an iconic landmark outdoor venue highlighting the beauty and majesty of the Eldorado Mountains and the Ireteba Peaks Boulder Stacks. With a planned capacity of 10,000 overnight guests, the venue’s year-round schedule will include festivals, retreats, and conferences, filling multiple amphitheaters and numerous large, creatively-covered spaces.
Planned features include: • Permanent Stage and DJ Stations • State-of-the-Art Sound Systems • Lighting, Lasers, and Image Mapping • Shade Structures and Misting Systems • Heaters and Fire Pits • Prime Location Theme Camps • “Box Seats” Cabanas • Food and Beverage Stations • Permanent, Clean Toilets with Lights • Communications, Security, and Medical Staff • Message Boards and Meeting Spots • Secure Electronic Device Charging Stations
One of several markets targeted for Delphi Village is the exploding festival market. This market alone could sustain the volume of visitors we are seeking.
According to Nielsen Music, 32 million people attended at least one music festival in 2014. 14.7 million are millennials - the most attractive demographic for advertisers.
The Bloom looked at the transformational festival market and determined current attendees number about 1.2 million with an expected growth to 5 million within the next five years. Lightning in a Bottle had 20,000+ attendees in 2015, up from about 15,000 in 2014. In 2014, 66,000 people attended Burning Man. From 2010 – 2014, Insomniac reported that 3.39 million Electronic Dance Music festival goers attended 48 events in 14 US cities and spent $3.17 billion dollars. $1.7 billion of that was spent in Las Vegas by the 135,000 daily attendees of the Electric Daisy Carnival. (Beacon Economics)
In the United States, there are over 200 festivals with an attendance of over 1,000 daily visitors, and the list is rapidly growing. The average festival goer travels 903 miles to attend a festival. Music and sustainability festival attendees pay an average of $150-$400 for three-day overnight and camping tickets with additional fees for Parking, Camping, and RV hookups.
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Festival Market Data
With a capacity of 10,000 overnight guests,Delphi Village can annually serve
FOUR TIMES the attendance of the Electric Daisy Carnival,
with almost no local traffic impact.
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Local EcosystemWhile Insomniac-EDC generates revenue
for Las Vegas businesses, Delphi Village will own
most of these services on-site, resulting in this revenue being retained locally, and within the Delphi operation.
400,000 annual 133,333 daily 390,000 annual 2,500 daily
3 days 156 days1,560,000 annual 10,000 daily
156 days
400,000 annual 133,333 daily
3 days
With a capacity of 10,000 overnight guests,Delphi Village can annually servethe SELLOUT CAPACITY of the
proposed 65,000 seat NFL Stadium,without any Tax Increment Financing*.
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Economic Impact Potential
Values shown are only reflecting additional revenue generated by guests and
do not include Ticket Sales nor the 9% Live Entertainment Tax generated.
At $50 per daily ticket,Ticket Sales at maximum capacity is $97,500,000
generating $8,775,000in Live Entertainment Tax.
Delphi Village could create several hundred jobs for the 2017 outdoor event season,
three years before the planned openingof the stadium in 2020.
* Taxpayer money in the form of municipal bonds.
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Historic Town:Cal-Nev-Ari
Founded in 1965 by Nancy and Slim Kidwell, the unincorporated town of Cal-Nev-Ari consists of several long-running businesses, including the first Fly-In Casino in the country. Owner Nancy Kidwell operates the casino, restaurant, bar, convenience store, post office, water company, motel, RV park, and mobile home park. After 50 years of building and managing the town, Mrs. Kidwell is ready to transition from town manager to distinguished resident and enjoy the fruits of her decades of effort.
With a single manager for all of the businesses, the operation breaks even and could continue without any significant cash infusions. There is presently 24,000,000 gallons annually that goes unsold. At ten cents a gallon that would generate an additional $2,400,000 of revenue with almost no cost of goods sold.
Cal-Nev-Ari, and all its businesses, is currently for sale, listed at $8,000,000. Incorporating the town into the Delphi Southern Nevada development plan provides an immediate, conventional, cost effective, and mutually beneficial, water solution prior to Delphi Village drilling wells and installing atmospheric water generators. Additionally, the Farm-to-Table aquaponics operation serving both enterprises is planned to be placed in Cal-Nev-Ari and will buy it’s water from Spirit Mountain Water Company as well.
Cal-Nev-Ari will serve as a headquarters for Delphi Village during the development of the 155 acre eco-resort 25 miles north, with a number of the start-up team members intending to relocate to Cal-Nev-Ari.
Spirit Mountain
All plans are contingent upon final permitting, master plan completion, and funding.
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Kidwell Airport First Fly-In Casino
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Planned Expansions
• Spirit Mountain Utility Company, Inc. o 100 acre feet per year of water, or 33,000,000 gallonso 80% or 24,000,000 gallons annually are unusedo 3 wells 600’-750’ deep, 500,000 gallon water tanko High-quality potable water straight out of the ground
Planned Expansions in Cal-Nev-Ari• Delphi Village Headquarters• World’s First Public Fly-In Movie Theater• Farm-to-Table Aquaponic Operation
o Preferential hiring for locals• Refueling Station and Mini-FBO
o Electric, Diesel, Petroleum, Aviationo Pilot Supply Shop; Small Fixed Base Operator
• Airport Improvementso Covered Tiedownso Solid surfacing the runway is being evaluated
• Visitor’s Centero “The History of Cal-Nev-Ari” displayo Information on Spirit Mountain and Lake Mohaveo Ticket Sales for Delphi Village and Desert Adventures
Clark County Operations• Cal-Nev-Ari “Slim” Kidwell Community Center • Clark County Volunteer Fire Department #84
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Cal-Nev-AriExisting Operation
Cal-Nev-Ari Existing Businesses
• Kidwell Airport and Residential Air-Parko Houses with hangars along the runway
• Cal Nev Ari Fly-In Casino o Non-restricted gaming license o Up to 5 live tables and 75 gaming machineso Restaurant-Café with Commercial Kitcheno Banquet Roomo Baro Post Office
• Blue Sky Motelo 10 units plus a Managers Quarterso Swimming Pool accessible to RV Park
• RV Parko 58 RV Full Hook-Up Rental Spaces on 9 acreso Laundromat, Restrooms, newer separate Shower Area
• Mobile Home Parko 30 spaces on 7 acres next to the residential area
• Convenience Store
A Future Cal-Nev-AriThe Fly-In Drive-In Movie Theater • Twin Drive-In Screens • Airplanes can park and watch movies just like cars • Movies can be viewed from the Airport Terminal and the Hotel
The Desert Oasis Golf Course • Eco-Friendly Desert Golf Course • 18 holes • Golf Frontage Homes with Attached Hangars • Driving Range & Putting Green • Putt-Putt Golf The Spruce Goose Water Park • 80 acres • Float Plane Themed - Caribbean,
Alaskan, Spruce Goose, Pan Am • The Jet Stream Lazy River Mach 5 Go-Kart Racing Complex • Go-Karts • Drone Racing • Bumper Cars
The Emerald Isle Green Zone • Fully Vertical Cannabis Ops • 1,000,000 sf of warehouses • Sustainable Power, Local Water • High Poxia Oxygen Mask Bar
Aquaponic Farm to Table • Serving Cal-Nev-Ari, Delphi Village, and the Las Vegas Strip • Customer Supported Agriculture (CSA), providing free food for local residents.
Kidwell Commercial Air Park • 2 Paved Runways • Air Bridge over US 95 • Fixed Base Operator • Hangars • Sky Diving, Balloon Riding • Drone Training and Racing • Air Museum with Static Displays • Sky Gazing Observatory
Kidwell Airport Casino • Historic Aviation Themed Round Dial Era: Props to Early Jets • Styled after the iconic, hexagonic Berlin Tegel Airport of the 1960’s and 1970’s • Full Casino in the Airport Terminal: Poker, Black Jack, Craps, Video • Oversized Control Tower features Restaurant and Observation Deck • Jetbridges lead to Airliners converted into recreation of aviation iconic restaurants, bars, and entertainment venues: the Mile High Club, the Truck, Flyer’s Lounge, the Auger Inn, the Barge Inn, the Cage Karaoke, Yeagermeister’s Cat Shot Bar
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Cal-Nev-Ari is called home by 375 people who live in 199 housing
units. Many of the homes are modular or manufactured homes, with a few
single family residences. Houses with hangars line the Air Park’s runway.
With all services and homes within a one-mile radius, Cal-Nev-Ari is the perfect
cohousing opportunity, allowing families and groups to share resources and common
areas like a community kitchen and dining area, a library, and a rec center.
Two dozen homesites are zoned and improved for development, with over 300 acres to build
many types of housing, including, Tiny Houses, traditional SFRs, and Hangar Homes.
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Cal-Nev-Ari Potential
Only 20 years after Bugsy Siegel built the Flamingo, launching the now world-famous Las Vegas Strip, the Kidwells built an entire town to support the world’s first fly-in casino an hour from Bugsy’s place.
The casino, restaurant, airport, market, and other services have been stable with a break-even profit margin for several decades. Commercial and tourist traffic has increased with the widening of US 95 to four lanes, increasing pressure for more services with appeal to a broader demographic.
With a management team in place who understands and appreciates both Southern Nevada and the people who call it home, all existing businesses will be upgraded and expanded, retaining as many employees as possible while creating new jobs as well.
Kidwell Airport will be developed into a Commercial Air Park, building on the 1968 designation as the first fly-in casino in Nevada and one of the few fly-in casinos in the world. This will bring aviation jobs including a new Fixed Base Operator and a drone training facility.
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Spirit Mountain Water Company
Water is what led the Delphi team to Cal-Nev-Ari, and water is possibly one of the town’s greatest potentials. To build Cal-Nev-Air from scratch, Nancy and Slim Kidwell had to drive four 55-gallon drums of water from Lake Mohave until they had wells and water rights, moving from consumer to supplier. With 100.6 acre feet of annual water rights, the town uses 20% of the 33,000,000 gallons allotted. Ranging between 10 and 25 cents a gallon, the unused portion is worth at least $2,400,000 annually.
As Cal-Nev-Ari’s operation runs at break even and the cost of goods sold is negligible, the town could be profitable by seven-figures just by the sale of the available water. Delphi Consulting Advisor Steve McClintock owns Aqua Delivery Specialists, a fleet of water delivery trucks with years of relationships in the region. Steve lived in Cal-Nev-Ari and several of his relatives still live in town. Steve is easily able to sell any available water at market rate.
The sale of available water could recoup the acquisition cost of $8,500,000 in four to five years. While outside commercial water sales can begin immediately, resulting in a profitable operation from the first year, Delphi Village will actually end up being the buyer of the majority of the water. We are estimating an annual demand of 24,000,000 gallons for visitor consumption and nearly that amount during construction, yet anticipat e only receiving an initial annual allotment of 10 acre feet for our wells, about an eight h of the water needed.
With the abundance of water, Cal-Nev-Ari becomes the obvious site for the full-scale Farm-to-Table aquaponic operation. As aquaponics utilizes 5-10% of the water required by traditional agriculture methods, the current
water rights can support a very sizable operation, creating dozens of jobs for a growing local population.
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Lake Mohave
Nelson - Delphi Village - Searchlight Cal-Nev-Ari - Palm Gardens
Delphi Village and Cal-Nev-Ari are located less than an hour south of Las Vegas and less than ten miles from Lake Mohave. Southern California visitors can bypass Las Vegas by taking the last exit in California, Nipton Road - Highway 164, which is 34 miles from the Searchlight parking lot. From there, Delphi Drive is 10 miles north on US95 and Cal-Nev-Ari is 10 miles south. Delphi Village is 49 miles to McCarran Airport as well as the Nipton Road exit. Cal-Nev-Ari is 67 miles to McCarran Airport, 9 miles to the California state line, and 25 miles to Laughlin.
The 67 Miles of the Colorado River between the Hoover and Davis Dams
Southern Nevada
Petroglyphs from Keyhole Canyon
Google Maps“Delphi Village NV”directions are valid
Lake Mohave is the Colorado River
between the Hoover and Davis Dams
CAL-NEV-ARICALifornia
NEVadaARIzona
pronounced“Cal-Nev-Air”
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Nelson’s Landing and Placer Cove (as pictured here), are only 14 miles from Delphi Village. It was a marina in the 1970’s. Today these destinations are famous for cliff jumping and the picturesque ghost town in nearby Nelson.
Delphi Village’s elevation is 4,000 feet, 1,500 feet above Las Vegas and approximately 7°-10° cooler. Lake Mohave is at 642 feet, or 3,400 feet below Delphi providing vistas akin to parts of the near by Grand Canyon. We envision visitors enjoying a fun ride downhill on a mountain bike or horse, and maybe a Luv-Sac hayride, ATV, or Party Shuttle back up to the evening’s main events.
Delphi’s lake and river operation plans to include a wide variety of inflatable rafts, floating islands, aquatic jungle gyms, self-propelled boats, and unique water sports.
Delphi Village and Cal-Nev-Ari intend to have an outposts for Desert Adventures, a Boulder City operation with over 250 canoes, kayaks, and paddle boards and 30 experienced guides.
Lake Mohave and the Colorado River
Additional Locations and Potential Joint Venture
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The Desert Oasis Project is the flagship of the Delphi Foundation non-profit organization. We plan to be a showcase of innovative solutions to reverse desertification and improve environmental sustainability. We plan to seek out local and reusable sources of water, food, building materials, and natural medicines with the intention of proving viable alternatives for the two billion people living in deserts and drylands with scarce food and water.
We intend to accomplish this by:
• Convening “whole tanks,” think tanks that also activate hearts, hands and wallets, for the development and funding of collaborative solutions;
• Utilizing transformational festivals and events to raise public awareness, fund projects, and obtain strategic commitments to develop high-impact solutions;
• Providing education, certification and training for developing and expanding the capacity of qualified consultants that can engage in regenerative ecosystemic work; and
• Proliferating Desert Oasis Projects and centers throughout the world.
Delphi Village is designed to be a living laboratory and innovative technology showcase that serves as a demonstration of high impact, transferable and integrated systems and solutions including:
• Renewable energy - Solar, wind, waste-to-energy, and cheap and highly-efficient storage.
• Aquatech - Highly-effective atmospheric water collection, gray water-black water recycling, water purification, evaporation control, hydroponics, and regenerative irrigation.
• Agritech - Soil bioreactors, biochar, soil amendments, synergistic permaculture, Groasis Waterboxx, water sticks, and high yield-high nutrition-drought tolerant planting.
• Waste Upcycling - Reuse, recycle, repurpose and conversion technologies and solutions.
The Desert Oasis Project
Our core team has designed plan for Delphi Village and Cal-Nev-Ari to serve several target markets that are either not being addressed adequately in Las Vegas, or are only being served with limited options:
CORPORATE ALTERNATIVESCorporations with large budgets and a desire to offer a very different kind of Las Vegas experience for their expos, annual meetings, or retreats . Interests: Custom-designed experiences utilizing venues and spaces on either Delphi Village or in Cal-Nev-Ari to produce anything from speaking series in a dome, to Bohemian Bizarres, to an Old Time Casino Night, to dinner under the stars . LOHAS (Lifestyles of Health and Sustainability)Composed of relatively upscale and well-educated professionals, this market cares about sustainability, green ecological initiatives, and gravitates toward New Age goods and services. They tend to be downsizing and moving out of cities. Interests: aquaponics, health and wellness center, spa, retreat center programming, regenerative technologies incubator, intentional living, Desert Oasis Project
CULTURAL CREATIVESThis group of more educated, leading-edge thinkers including writers, artists, musicians, and alternative health care providers, combines a serious focus on their spirituality with a strong passion for social activism. Interests: Delphi Foundation, Desert Oasis Project, Think Tank, global emergent technology incubator, regenerative technologies, meditation retreats, transformational events, art installations and gallery, health and wellness center
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Target MarketsVISIONARIES / EVOLUTIONARIES / INVENTORSThese big thinkers play hard and see the necessity for current systems to evolve. They tend to have achieved success are ready to give back and initiate change. Interests: Delphi Exchange, global emergent technology incubator, transformational events
MULTIPOTENTIALITIES / POLYMATHSAs varied in age as they are in interests, the individuals in this market are highly intelligent, adaptable, and seeking similarly profiled people and interesting projects to which they can contribute to while growing and learning. Interests: all aspects of the project, multi-stakeholder cooperative
FESTIVAL GOERSThis primarily millennial market seeks experiences that embody the values of community and transformation. They are yearning for places to express and find themselves. Interests: multi-day events, outdoor adventures, community projects, retreat center programming , intentional living
DISCERNING TOURISTSThese travelers visit Las Vegas and after a day or two on the Strip are seeking the refuge of nature. Likely non-drinkers and non-gamblers, this group loves the outdoors, fresh produce, and laid back experiences. Interests: outdoor adventures, health and wellness center, spa, attending a n expo, day trip to peruse the Downtown Delphi vendors , live performers under the stars
LOCALSThis group is seeking nearby unique getaways, places to gather with friends, and options to expensive bottle service at the clubs. The sub-market of locals we are targeting varies in age, is health conscious, considers themselves spiritual, and enjoys the outdoors. Interests: daily programming such as drum circles and live bands, outdoor adventures, Downtown Delphi, the health and wellness center, spa, expos, festivals
Led by visionary Michael Sean Brown, a team of dedicated, experienced, and successful professionals are spearheading the implementation of Delphi with help from consulting advisors who are experts and renowned authorities in the fields of sustainability, infrastructure technology, event management, innovative construction, festival culture, marketing, and many other critical areas of expertise.
Michael Sean Brown Chief Executive Officer and VisionarySean is the visionary and organizational architect behind Delphi. His career in aviation began in 1984 and includes twelve years as an enlisted aircrew member and military pilot and more than twenty years as an airline captain and instructor pilot for United Airlines, with over a decade of international flying on the 747 and 777. In the 1990’s he was the Chief Operations Officer for an aviation training company in Denver after consulting with the company as a simulator instructor, and went on to become the Director of Publications and Information Technology during the start-up of Frontier Airlines.
Sean has raised a family in Las Vegas since 2000, having founded the 1,200 member Awareness and Consciousness Group of Southern Nevada in 2008. He was a top producing real estate agent for a large national brokerage and was the Vice Committee Chairman of the Greater Las Vegas Association of Realtor’s Forms Committee. He began educating himself in developing sustainable intentional communities in 2011, having received training and experience through establishments such as Occidental Arts & Ecology Center, Living Mandala’s Transition Town Training, and the Tribal Convergence Network. Sean intends to live on the property and in Cal-Nev-Ari during the construction of Delphi Village and to oversee the development of Kidwell Airport into a true Commercial Air Park.
Adam KrimChief Strategy OfficerAdam is the engineer of visionary ventures that are in “right alignment” with an evolving culture and economy that enhances the quality of life for all of the planet’s citizens and for the Earth itself. A Wharton business graduate, he marries marketing leadership and business savvy with social consciousness. He is a co-founder of The Confluence, a digital PR firm that works closely with several national and international transformational festivals, lifestyle brands, Fortune 500 clients and funded startups, and remains on the Board of C2C Marketing (which he co-founded), a fast growing performance marketing company with offices in Las Vegas, Hong Kong and the Philippines. As CEO of SymbioNet, he brings a wealth of experience
in business strategy, sales, on-line / off-line marketing, and event management. In this capacity, Adam is an advisor to The Bloom, Nibble, Inc., Digital Permaculture, Barber Lounge, and a growing list of operations which symbiotically benefit the entire Delphi Southern Nevada Cooperative network.
Adam spends a lot of time on the road on both US coasts. Adam’s highly effective form of networking across a spectrum of areas of critical concern including fund raising, large event production, mass marketing, and emergent technologies has been keeping Team Delphi busy around the clock.
Leah GrantChief Operations OfficerWith the gift of grounding visionary ideas into executable plans, Leah handles the day-to-day operations of all of the LLCs. After growing up in a family of entrepreneurs--her parents owned two art galleries, a transportation company, and a food truck--Leah dove into the corporate world. Her savvy business and leadership skills placed her in the executive trainee program where she earned four promotions in three years. At 25, she took a leave of absence to travel around Europe. Upon her return she opened the first of several businesses which included a graphic design firm, a marketing consulting company, an event planning partnership, and a coaching and training business. Through the latter, Leah assisted Disney,
Morgan Stanley Smith Barney, Google, MicroSoft, and others with growth, collaborative teaming, innovation, and process development. She walked smaller organizations, including Olive PR Solutions and Itafari Foundation, through their start-up phases. Leah is a longtime Master Certified Coach, is Certified in Neurolinguistic Programming, and is a Certified Emotional Intelligence Practitioner. Leah teaches coaching and business skills for an International university, is a multi-published author in personal growth, business start-up, and fiction, was a blogger for NASDAQ on business start-up success, and released a meditation CD.
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Joseph PredOrganizational Development & Risk Management Joseph is a true Renaissance man when it comes to safety, security, and operations. His extensive resume includes 18 years with the Burning Man organization as their Emergency Services Operations Chief, service as a Commissioner on the San Francisco Entertainment Commission, and currently serving as CEO for Mutual Aid Risk and Safety. His long list of core competencies includes Policy Development, Emergency and Crisis Management, Government Relations, as well as Organizational and Leadership Development. He regularly speaks at conferences on matters of public safety, risk management, and temporary mass gatherings.
As a core team member for Delphi, Joseph has been applying everything he has learned from his years of experience to design an optimal system that is safe, secure, sustainable, and enjoyable. Joseph is much more than an expert in safety and security, he is a very solid leader who is a community developer and designer of systems. He has been involved in the organizational development of the cooperative and the team building, helping establish the values, mission, and purpose of Delphi’s multi-layered organization.
Pauline Van BettenLand Acquisition and UseOver 12 years of experience implementing strategic conservation initiatives through the preparation and facilitation of government funding proposals. This has resulted in the sale and transfer of privately owned environmentally sensitive land for protection through government purchase. Pauline acted as an appointed member of Clark County Environmentally Sensitive Lands Advisory Committee which created the SNPLMA Environmentally Sensitive Land criteria and authored, lobbied and testified for the passage of environmental legislation. Pauline has been Delphi’s primary contact with Clark County and the Bureau of Land Management.
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Rolland GreggChief Technology OfficerAs a Yakutat Alaska Tlingit Tribal member Rolland co-founded Native Clean Energy in 2008 to study, research and develop new sustainable and clean energy technologies for his tribe. Since then he’s built a team of associates in the new energy field that represent the leading edge of new clean technologies. They have sought out, vetted, supported, and helped bring to market a number of technologies which are just now shattering the worlds of science and big corporations. Rolland will create a 2.0 version of a clean tech incubator on Delphi Village, which will allow he and many others to showcase their emergent and regenerative technologies.
Amy Redford Regional Development, StorytellingRaised amidst the development of Sundance, Utah, Amy Redfod is looking to apply that experience in the development of Cal-Nev-Ari and Delphi Village. Amy is currently the President of Production at Boxspring Entertainment, an entertainment company focused on redefining normal through film, TV, and branded content. Amy has just finished directing and producing three music videos for Sony Music, for the upcoming release of Jeff Buckley’s “You and I”. The pristine landscapes and spectacular vistas are fertile ground for this Director, Writer, and Actor, and the operation is looking forward to having her tell our story on all sides of the camera.
Jeet-Kei Leung Community Development and Festival CultureJeet-Kei Leung is the CEO and founder of The Bloom, bringing 16 years of experience in transformational festiva culture. After coining and popularizing the term “Transformational Festivals” with his seminal TEDx talk in 2010, Jeet-Kei followed up with The Bloom, a documentary film series chronicling the phenomenon as an emerging global culture, serving as its director, producer, writer and host. Jeet-Kei will document Delphi’s evolution and will be involved in maintaining the authenticity of our operation.
Lisa RobinsonStrategic Planning, Systems DevelopmentLisa is one of the founders of our strategic partner, Nibble, Inc, a software systems and platform development company that provides a broad range of services. Lisa is a very symbiotic thinker, constantly seeing where opportunities may be realized and how they may be stacked to increase their benefit. A very experienced entrepreneur and investor herself, Lisa has been participating in the business development of Delphi Village and SymbioNet and has taken a special interest in the opportunity in Cal-Nev-Ari. Nibble will be handling many of the on-line and virtual services, including reservations and bookings, event ticketing, special event planning, and affiliate management programs.
Start-Up Team
Christopher Marston, Esq.Corporate Law, Corporate StructuringChristopher Marston is the founder and CEO of Exemplar Companies, Inc. Business attorney and Former Chief Financial Officer, Marston serves as trusted counsel to Impact Businesses, Revolutionaries and Game-Changing businesses internationally. Chris’ practice focuses on corporate growth, Securities, Capital Formation, M&A, and Corporate transactions spanning across industries such as Natural Foods and Productologies, Clean Technologies, Disruptive Technologies, and Entertainment. He is a Fellow in the VeraSage Institute, an economics think-tank dedicated to changing the economic model of the professions.
Our team of Consulting Advisors includes many cultural pioneers and social architects with years of experience in fields which are only now being recognized
by the mainstream as fundamental and critical components of sustainable and regenerative ecosystems. Led by Adam Krim, SymbioNet is
a consortium of consultants who have been working together on Delphi Village and a number of other eco-resorts,
ecovillages, and nomadic large event productions. Feel free to contact these advisors directly, or to
get involved, contact Adam.
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Veronica Amador, Artist Relations Manager ID&T’s TomorrowWorld Festival Administration; Artist Relations; Volunteer Coordination
Peter Anderson, Anderson & Associates Spa and Retreat Center Design
Gregorio Avanzini, Pristine Movement Local, Global, and Online Community Development
Josh Bartos, Fatdroid Director of Audio Visual Production
Jonathan Braniff, Disruption Cafe; formerly University of Windsor 501c3 Non-Profit Formation, Management, and Fundraising
Jonathan Breitbart, Avant Muse Brand Development, Logo Design
Casey Carlson, Eco Built Systems Aquaponics and Agriculture; Innovative Living Systems Manufacturing
Mark Chasan, TEACH Center, Maui; AWE Global Inc. Whole Systems Integration; Regenerative Systems; Ecosystemic Thriving
Jeff Clearwater, Village Lab Master Planning; Whole Systems Integration; Community Development
Geofrey Collins, Living Design Green Building; Entertainment Design and Planning
Ly Dao, DiG Design Architect; Master Planning
Malcolm Elvey, Dhomains Business Development; Innovative Structural Development
ConsultingAdvisors
Alex Fredericks, Digital Launch Business Development; Sponsorships
Chef Gage, Gage’s Global Gourmet Culinary Arts; Food Production and Preparation; Mobile Food Solutions
Traverse Hall, SolSolutions Green Event Production; Innovative Infrastructure and Technology
Ferananda Ibarra, Village Lab Organizational Architect; Alternative and Meta Currencies
Oren Jafee, Ethical Supply Chain Management Corporate Responsibility; Sustainable Systems Development
Rob Jameson, Anysha.re; Arcosanti Residential Staff Multistakeholder Cooperatives; IT & Software Development
Philip Joseph, Avant Muse Brand Development, Logo Design
Mitch Kirsch, Planet Events Event Production, Strategic Partnerships
Brian Korsedal, Digital Permaculture Structural and Stage Design; Spaceframe Construction
Joshua Lonetree, Site Operations Festival Site Operations
Ray Lucchesi, Regenesis; Sustainability and Infrastructure; Team Development; Master Planning
Dave Luff, Felix Lighting; former Goldenvoice/Coachella/Insomniac Venue Managment; Venue Design; Lighting
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Shane Madden, Electronic Musician “Govinda” Business Development; Experience Design; Resident Artist
Jolene Mannina, Relish Seasoned Events Commercial Food Preparation; Special Event Planning
Lyle Maxson, The 2 Courtiers Cultural Engineer; Sponsorships; Festival Vendor Relations
Steve McClintock, Emergency Preparedness, Aqua Delivery Specialists Former Clark County Volunteer Fire Department Coordinator
Tim Murphy, Regenesis Sustainability and Infrastructure; Master Planning
Clare Munn, Boxspring Entertainment Community Development; Storytelling
Sinan Murat, Our Powers Combined Assistant Venue Manager; Social Media Strategy
Alan O’Neill, Eco-Harmony Former Lake Mead National Recreational Area Supervisor
Jason Parker, Doctor Phoenix Light and Sound Holographic Organization; Game Theory Application
Daniel Pinchbeck, Center for Planetary Culture Author; TV Host; Social Architect and Cultural Visionary
Sidney Pemberton, Atlas Design LV Master Plan and Site Designe; Architecture
Michael Ravenwood, SkyFireArts Entertainment Experience Design; SkyFireArts Residence Visionary
Matthew Rideout, Co-founder Lucidity Festival Operational Processes; Systems Integration
Brett Robillard, Owner, Atlas Design LV Master Plan and Site Designe; Architecture
Marty Romley, General Manager Splash Talent Las Vegas Big Show Production; Talent Scouting; Business Development
Tyler ‘Smoothie’ Randall, Smooth Operations Event Coordination; Venue Operations
John Stotts, Owner and Stunt Coordinator GlobeOfDeath.com Theatrical and Venue Design; Event Production; Structural Design
Russell Ward, The Confluence Digital Publicity; Industry Analysis
Freeman White, Fremont East Studios, A Free World Productions Video Production; Drone Videography; Drone Racing
Dan Wilf, Wonderlust, Yoganonamous, Yogascapes Music Direction; Festival Operations
Atticus Wolf, MOXY Creative Worspaces and Collaborative Projects
Maximus Willhammer, Willhammer Industries Innovative Structural and Mechanical Design; Safety and Security
Gino Yu, Hong Kong Polytechnic University Intellectual and Cultural Curation; Event Production
ConsultingAdvisors
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Michael Sean BrownMichaelSeanBrown@DelphiVillage.com
Leah GrantLeahGrant@DelphiVillage.com
Adam KrimAdamKrim@DelphiVillage.com
702-706-6922
293 Francisco Street, Henderson, NV 89014
All plans are contingent upon final permitting,
master plan completion, and funding.
www.Delphi2016.infoDetailed Southern Nevada Development Plan
www.DelphiVillage.infoDetailed information on the
Eco-Resort and Music Festival Theme Park
www.DelphiVillage.comCompany Website
www/Facebook.com/DelphiAmphitheater
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