Dueling proposals for East Las Vegas: Build hundreds of homes or protect land? [Video]

LAS VEGAS, Nev. (FOX5) – Neighbors in the East Las Vegas Valley say a proposal to build hundreds of homes on the edge of the desert is in direct conflict with the push to protect the area and stop any future development. For years now, there’s been an effort to bring a national monument to the area.

While there is certainly a great need for more affordable housing the valley which the developer promises, there have long been community efforts to bring permanent protection to the Frenchman Mountain area by creating the East Las Vegas National Monument. It would be something similar to Red Rock Canyon National Recreation Area but on the other side of the valley. While the developer is proposing to build hundreds of homes, neighbors say they don’t want them there.

“Look at it. It is gorgeous… people come to climb, dirt bike. There is a lot …