NMSS - Quality of Life

Home Values Appreciate

Wed, 11 Mar 2009 13:05:16 -0600

According to the Southwest Multiple Listing Service Inc., the median home price jumped from $175,000 to $185,000 for February. “If the median price stays consistent for the coming months, we can probably conclude that we will see [fewer] foreclosures coming into our market," said Don Padilla, 2009 chair of the Greater Albuquerque Association of Realtors.

New Mexico Business Weekly, March 11, 2009

Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics Center for CNM

Tue, 17 Feb 2009 16:18:27 -0700

Thanks to a $100,000 grant for the state Department of Workforce Solution Central New Mexico Community College will create a new learning center focused on math and science skills. “The STEM Center will provide a place where students can learn more effectively and where faculty members can receive professional development,” said Diane Burke, dean of the School of Applied Technologies.

New Mexico Business Weekly, February 17, 2009

Tenants Have Arrived at Mesa Del Sol

shawna — Sat, 31 Jan 2009 10:45:51 -0700

Mesa del Sol’s first multi tenant office building has its first tenant. Forest City Covington’s 19 employees have been unpacking in its new 12,300 square-foot office. Forest City, developer of the 12,900-acre master planned community, which is expected to see home owners moving in in 2010 relocated from a 7,800 square-foot office at the Science and Technology park at UNM.

Albuquerque Journal, January 31, 2009

“Diners, Drive-Ins and Dives” Back in Santa Fe

Wed, 14 Jan 2009 10:46:52 -0700

The popular Food Network show will feature Santa Fe’s Tune-Up Café. The episode is expected to air on January 19^th. The Tune-Up Café joins other New Mexico restaurants that have been featured like Sophia’s Place, Harry’s Roadhouse and Tecolote Café. Santa Fe will continue being featured on this show in the future with Bert’s Burger Bowl, Backroad Pizza and the Zia Diner making appearances later this year.

Albuquerque Journal, January 14, 2009

Santa Fe Recognized as a Distinctive City

Tue, 13 Jan 2009 11:16:54 -0700

The National Trust for Historic Preservation named Santa Fe as one of its 2009 Dozen Distinctive Destinations. “Amid a spectacular setting of maintains and mesas, and basking glow cast by the high desert sun, Santa Fe is a dynamo for American art and culture,” said Richard Moe, president of the trust. The trust also said Santa Fe “is unparalleled in its richness of history, arts and culture” and called the City Different “one of the best-preserved cities in the United States.”

Albuquerque Journal, January 13, 2009