Enhancing our Neighborhood Community
Doña Ana County
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 …
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.
Here is a brief update of changes in the situation involving the new high school traffic. Yesterday the Las Cruces City Council did vote to annex the new high school area as reported in the Sun-News. Many thanks to those who came to the Council Meeting. Even those who did not speak helped our cause by being present. The Council did notice our presence and listened to those of us who did speak about our concerns. The Sun-News got some of the details of the plans for the roads, not all were correct.
At right is long-time Talavera resident Daren Bloomquist. Daren was presented with an ‘Outstanding Citizen Award’ at the February 20th meeting of the Talavera Community Association. The award was in recognition of Daren’s many contributions to the Talavera neighborhood. In addition to coordinating the neighborhood …