A rare art collaboration marking its 28th year takes center stage during a Feb. 1 opening at Albuquerque’s Harwood Art Center. The new exhibition features work by those who are experiencing homelessness or have previously been unhoused. “Between Dust & Stars: Echos of the High Desert,” is a collection by the artists of ArtStreet — […]
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New exhibition features work by those experiencing homelessness
A rare art collaboration marking its 28th year takes center stage during a Feb. 1 opening at Albuquerque’s Harwood Art Center. The new exhibition features work by those who are experiencing homelessness or have previously been unhoused. “Between Dust & Stars: Echos of the High Desert,” is a collection by the artists of ArtStreet — […]
Posted inFederal Government & Congress, Housing & Homelessness, Jobs, Workers & Economy, Local Government
El Rey owners say Downtown crime drives insurance costs up
Albuquerque small business owners often say operations are challenging in the best of circumstances, whether it’s navigating supply chain issues, the cost of goods, paying bills or making payroll. But when you add vandalism, theft and other crimes to the mix — at least in the case of the Historic El Rey Theater owners — […]
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El Rey owners say Downtown crime drives insurance costs up
Albuquerque small business owners often say operations are challenging in the best of circumstances, whether it’s navigating supply chain issues, the cost of goods, paying bills or making payroll. But when you add vandalism, theft and other crimes to the mix — at least in the case of the Historic El Rey Theater owners — […]
Posted inHousing & Homelessness, Pueblos, Uncategorized, Westside Albuquerque
New Mexico invests $750k in NewBridge’s CBD Production Expansion in Estancia Valley
An agriculture technology company plans a major expansion in the Estancia Valley to grow and integrate its farming, processing, manufacturing and distribution businesses centered around industrial-scale hemp and CBD. NewBridge Global Ventures and the New Mexico Economic Development Department announced last week that the San Francisco-based AgTech company is close to finishing a CBD processing […]
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New Mexico invests $750k in NewBridge’s CBD Production Expansion in Estancia Valley
An agriculture technology company plans a major expansion in the Estancia Valley to grow and integrate its farming, processing, manufacturing and distribution businesses centered around industrial-scale hemp and CBD. NewBridge Global Ventures and the New Mexico Economic Development Department announced last week that the San Francisco-based AgTech company is close to finishing a CBD processing […]
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PNM Says Even Small Rate Increases are Imperative to Keep Services Reliable
By Hannah Grover The crowd offering comments about a request by the Public Service Company of New Mexico (PNM) to raise electric rates was sparse at a public meeting on Wednesday. The New Mexico Public Regulation Commission hosted the public hearing in Albuquerque to gather input about how a rate increase could impact customers. PNM […]
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UNM Health won’t endorse behavioral health Medicaid waiver plan
A proposal to stabilize scores of New Mexicans at risk of institutionalization or jail due to severe mental health issues has bounced around the Homeless Coordinating Council’s (HCC) agenda for months: Should the group vote on whether to endorse what is now proposed state legislation before University of New Mexico Health System representatives weigh in? […]
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UNM Health won’t endorse behavioral health Medicaid waiver plan
A proposal to stabilize scores of New Mexicans at risk of institutionalization or jail due to severe mental health issues has bounced around the Homeless Coordinating Council’s (HCC) agenda for months: Should the group vote on whether to endorse what is now proposed state legislation before University of New Mexico Health System representatives weigh in? […]
Posted inHousing & Homelessness, New Mexico State Government
Is this the year the state’s rent control prohibition ends?
A vocal coalition that includes state lawmakers will once again try to get New Mexico’s prohibition on rent control repealed at the legislative session that begins Jan. 21 in Santa Fe. The group hopes a longer 60-day session this year will give the effort more legs after it failed to gain traction during last year’s […]