Category: Engage People

August 21, 2019

The Dolores Huerta Gateway Park serves as an important gathering space for community members as well as a key placemaking site for the La Familia Growers Market, the La Familia Growers Market Harvest Festival, and the I Love the South Valley Because Art Exhibit and future Art Crawl. The community…

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October 29, 2018

Those who work in MainStreet know it can be a challenge to answer the question "what does MainStreet do?" Executive Directors and Board Members have crafted their “elevator” pitch to summarize a large and multifaceted approach in just a few short sentences.  New Mexico MainStreet (NMMS) developed a series of…

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June 18, 2018

National article on Main Street Advocacy features a Focus On: New Mexico Advocacy that highlights the work of New Mexico MainStreet, New Mexico Resiliency Alliance and the New Mexico Coalition of Main Street Communities on legislative issues. Advocacy is important to MainStreet organizations as their work is affected by government…

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March 13, 2018

The community of Mountainair has been working to transform a vacant lot in the town into a cohesive and walkable space connecting the Salinas Pueblo Missions National Monument Visitor Center, the Shaffer Hotel and the commercial district along Broadway (US 60). NMMS worked with the community to develop a Revitalization Plan and conceptual…

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