Tri-County Economic Development - Regional Planning Session Audio

Links below should take you to the Audio of the Regional Planning Session hosted by Senator Sue Wilson Betfort, Representative Rhonda King, Mayor Ted Hart of Moriarty, Mayor Brad Hill of Edgewood, and Mayor Gloria Chavez of Tijeras.  Also in attendace, Commissioner Wayne Johnson, District 5 Bernalillo County, Commissioner Robert Anaya, Santa Fe County, Commissioner Venessa Chavez-Gutierrez, District 3 Torrance County, Commissioner Lonnie Freyburger, District 1 Torrance County, Commissioner Leanne Tapia, District 2 Torrance County, Denise Shanfeldt, Moriarty City Counilor,  planners and public works department staff from all three counties, economic development, finance, area residents and community small business memebers.

Discussion surrounded cooperation and sharing of development of the Route 66 brand, small business growth/marketing under Route 66 branding, flea market creation and branding under Route 66, and possible tri-county (Bernalillo, Santa Fe, and Torrance counties) cooperation and sharing to accomplish brand development. 

My apologies in advance, the reocrding of this meeting was done with an old hand held tape recorder I used in college so quality is not great, but, you should be able to hear the bulk of the meeting if interested.

This meeting was to explore interest in development of Route 66 branding, to set committees to explore ideas for a future Town Hall meeting to be held this fall.

http://www.whisperingrange.com/TorranceCounty/RegionalPlanning08212102WMF.wma

http://www.whisperingrange.com/TorranceCounty/RegionalPlanning08212012MP3.mp3

Estancia Valley Solid Waste - Now Accepting Recyclables

Estancia Valley Solid Waste Authority (ESVWA) is accepting recyclable materials.  Not all stations are ready to accept all items, they are still waiting for the storage bins to come in.  The flyer being distributed at the stations is not 100% accurate so please call the office  (505-384-4270) to find out what station is ready to accept the following items:

  Aluminum & Tin Cans
  Cardboard
  #1 & #2 Plastic Bottles
  Mixed Paper (junk mail, etc.)
  Scrap Metal
  Appliances with Freon
  **Tree Branches (Only at Moriarty & Mountainair)
  Electronics
  Rechargeable Batteries
  Auto Batteries
  Tires
  Auto Fluids

Please rinse out cans and plastic bottles.  Items can be separated on site but if you can split things out before taking them in it will speed up your trip and allow others to get in and out of the stations faster.

Happy Recycling!

CNME Power Outage Knocks Out Higher Speed Internet Services

Higher Speed Internet's central location was affected by a massive power outage. According to channel 4 news this morning, the outage affected Edgewood, Moriarty, Chilili, etc. and Central New Mexico Electric Co Operative (CNME) was working to restore power to those affected by the outage.

Higher Speed Internet customers should have service restored as soon as CNME gets the power back on.

Dowsing - Frank R. Geisel

Need a dowser? Give Frank R. Geisel a call. Frank is an active, experienced dowser who also provides wonderful demonstations at the Natural History Museum. Give Frank a call at 575-382-1385 or 575-202-2025 or drop him an email at fgeisel@comcast.net

New Name ~ Larger Coverage Area for Central New Mexico New & Information

Mountainair News and Information has changed its name to Central New Mexico News & Information.  This blog and it's predacessor (Country Chronicles.net) were created to show what a wonderful town and area Mountainair really is.

I became so tired of all of the negativity surrounding Mountainair that I wanted to show case the good things that happen in Mountainair.  With the expansion of social networking, blogs, and world wide coverage via the internet, I wanted to expand the coverage area of the old Country Chronicles.

The Central Mountain area of New Mexico if the best location in the world in this writers opinion - all of our communities are filled with honest, hard working, neighborly people and we can do anything if we work together.