August 22, 2019
As part of the educational content for New Mexico MainStreets Summer Leadership Network Meeting in 2018, Raton MainStreet and the City of Raton worked with NMMS technical assistance to develop designs for multiple placemaking installations, including a 3D “floating” crosswalk, wayfinding footprints, painted games, and portable benches/planters made out of…
August 21, 2019
Lovington MainStreet and the City of Lovington are developing plans for a new Library Parklet and targeted improvements to Fran Atchley Plaza. The Library Parklet design includes a large turf area, stock tank seating, picnic tables, a shade pergola and in-ground games – all tailored to support youth reading outdoors…
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…
August 21, 2019
Clovis MainStreet and Curry County guided the development of a schematic design for a hybrid parking lot/park in downtown Clovis. The new “parking park” will create much needed vehicle storage space for the expanded County Judicial Complex and the adjacent library, while also providing valuable green open space in the…
August 21, 2019
Through the Frontier Communities Initiative of the New Mexico MainStreet Program, the Cimarron community has developed a proposal for targeted improvements to their downtown streetscape. Project goals are to improve public open space and accessibility for residents and attract additional visitors. This project advances the New Town portion of the…
August 21, 2019
Targeted improvements to a historic icon in Barelas expand the café’s opportunity to serve the community, while simultaneously enhancing the character and safety of the 4th St. streetscape. Funded by a New Mexico Gas Company grant, improvements include repainting the sidewalk in the Barelas characteristic red/blue and white/blue checkers to…
February 22, 2019
New Mexico MainStreet (NMMS) announced their partnership with New Mexico Gas Company for local MainStreet design initiative projects. New Mexico Gas generously matched NMMS’s technical assistance with $40,000 in seed funding. Congratulations Artesia MainStreet, Downtown Las Cruces Partnership, Raton Mainstreet, Barelas Mainstreet, Clovis MainStreet, and MainStreet de Las Vegas! Read more.
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…
June 15, 2018
The historic Rawlins Building in Las Vegas is currently being restored and renovated by local residents Tom and Tina Clayton. The building has been in Tom’s family since 1949, and was built in 1898 by William W. Rawlins, an English saloon keeper – whose name is still displayed on the…
March 8, 2018
1914 translation by H. Rackham Raton’s participation in Great Blocks on MainStreet drives an innovative redevelopment and creative placemaking project designed to catalyze three core blocks of the MainStreet District. The pilot-project addresses deficiencies identified in their Metropolitan Redevelopment Area (MRA) Plan, which cited failing public infrastructure dating from the…
