Moongate Water Issues Response to City’s Condemnation Filing

Here (in PDF format) is the press release issued by Moongate Water to the city’s condemnation proceedings.
Moongate Water Press Release
According to an article in the August 6th edition of the Las Cruces Sun-News, the mayor admitted that the statements in the Moongate press release were true. The Sun-News article is linked here:

Moongate: City biggest threat [...]

Important Water News for Talavera Residents

Monday, August 2, the Las Cruces City Council voted to proceed with condemnation of the Moongate Water Co.  This was done for a number of reasons, none of which have to do with the quality of the Moongate water, which is in fact superior in quality to the water provided by the city utility.  I [...]

Green Infrastructure in the Southwest: Challenges and Opportunities

The Talavera Community Association is passing along this announcement of a conference to be held in Las Cruces on August 26, 2010. The title of the conference is: Green Infrastructure in the Southwest: Challenges and Opportunities. If you are interested in attending, you can register by clicking on the announcement.
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Volunteers Needed for TCA

The Talavera Community Association is looking for a few good people. The TCA currently has an opening on the Board of Directors for a Member-at-Large. Responsibilities include attending the regular TCA meetings held quarterly, and attending board meetings also held quarterly, acting as a resource for the residents and the association. You should be willing [...]

Dog Found

If this is your lost dog, contact Patti Kimpton at 575-521-4696

Pre- Fourth of July Cookout

The Las Alturas Volunteer Fire Department is hosting its pre-Fourth of July cookout at the fire station this Saturday starting at noon until 2 pm.  We cook hot dogs and burgers for the community to thank you for your support.  Rides on fire trucks will also be available.  Come visit with your neighbors.

Organ Fire Update -2

Talavera area residents may find the following web sites useful to track the fires in the mountains:
New Mexico Fire Information
InciWeb
There are two (2) fires currently burning in the mountains. They are named ‘Ft Bliss 2′ and ‘Long Canyon’. Additional information can be found on the 2 web sites linked above. Look for the fire’s name [...]

Update on Organ Mountain Fire

The following is a message from Association president and volunteer fire fighter Douglas Hoffman:

For the past week a fire has been burning on the Ft. Bliss land in the
Organs, probably started by a live fire exercise. It has been
difficult to attack because of the very rough terrain and the fact
that the land there contains [...]

Talavera Community Water System Alert

All Talavera Water System users are urged to conserve water and all Talavera residents are asked to report any suspected leaks they may see. The message from Karen Perez follows:
Please CONSERVE WATER and please report suspected leaks!  I don’t know
if we have a leak or not but we are using an ungodly amount of water
this [...]

MPO Transport 2040 Available

The Metropolitan Planning Organization has released a draft of their planning document Transport 2040 available to read and for comments. The report is available at this link:

The 2009 Traffic-Flow map can also be viewed here.