How will it affect property values for the surrounding neighborhood?
According to local appraisers, it would be difficult to judge the effect of new municipal facilities on surrounding land values in Virginia City. This building has been designed to compliment the visual landscape-it is unique in its features. Some concerns stated by opponents of the project have centered around law enforcement traffic to the building. In the proposed Law & Justice Center, Sheriff Department Officers and Staff will enter the building from the back; inmates taken to the building will be driven into a secure and enclosed “sally port”, and inmates of the detention center will have no outdoor activities and thus, will not be visible to the public. For these reasons, the new building is not expected to negatively impact to the surrounding neighborhood.
