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Halloween Haunted House 2011: The Asylum

The haunted house was a big success! Thanks to all of our hard-working volunteers, and to everyone who visited The Asylum.

Hot Springs Festival 2011 Festival

A few photos from the small but lively "midway" area of the 2011 Hot Springs Festival!

UNM Architecture School Design Ideas

Eighteen graduate students from UNM School of Architecture recently made recommendations for our downtown historical district. The ideas were presented to the community at the City Commission Chambers on May 11, 2011. Thanks to all who came out to see the presentation!

To see the complete presentation, download the pdf (warning: this is a 30 megabyte file, so expect a lengthy download).

Attachments:
UNM-presentation.pdf	[Designs proposed by UNM School of Architecture Grad Students]	29054 Kb

Earth Day 2011

On Tuesday, April 19^th, MainStreet Truth or Consequences, City of T or C Parks Dept., The Boys and Girls Club, Girl Scout Troop 349, TOP Members, Sierra County Soil and Water Conservation Organization, USDA NRCS, City Island Beautification Fund, the Rio Bravo Fine Arts Gallery, and Miss Fiesta partnered to beautify Blue Star Park and the area across the street from the Boys and Girls Club.

Bushes, trees and plants were installed and red crusher rocks were spread over the area. Several benches and the Ralph Edwards Park sign poles were painted by MainStreet volunteers. The industrious group completed the job in 2 hours. When you are in the area, drive by and see what the youth in our community accomplished. Thank you to all our volunteers and supporters for this outstanding job!

Our next downtown clean-up event will take place on Saturday, April 30^th at 10am. We will be meeting in front of the Chamber of Commerce. Please join us to improve our Historic downtown in preparation for Fiesta. For further information, call Steve Buckley at 740-2794.

Newsletters

Click the link below to download the MainStreet Truth or Consequences newsletter as a pdf. More Newsletters will be added as they are published.

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ms-newsletter1.pdf	[The first newsletter from MainStreet Truth or Consequences!]	1758 Kb

Main Street Makeover - Press Release

For immediate release
Contact: Michael Moxey
c: 505-660-1926 o: 505-827-2020

May 7, 2010

MainStreet Makes Over Martha’s and Smith’s in T or C

Pilot “Project MainStreet Makeover” Event Bonds Community

SANTA FE- The 25th Anniversary celebration of the New Mexico MainStreet program continued in March and April with “Project MainStreet Makeover,” culminating in the renovation of Martha’s and Smith’s Office Supply store, a landmark business in downtown Truth or Consequences. A crew of over 70 volunteers pitched in with an estimated 500 hours of work to give the business a dramatic a facelift. smiths-before300

“It is exciting to see the results a community can achieve when they come together for the common good,” stated Economic Development Department Cabinet Secretary Fred Mondragón. “We offer our thanks to Truth or Consequences MainStreet, New Mexico MainStreet and all of the volunteers who graciously gave their time to promote a positive image for their downtown.”

“Project MainStreet Makeover” is an inter-disciplinary business improvement strategy powered by micro seed funding provided by the Friends of New Mexico MainStreet, a statewide nonprofit. The Truth or Consequences MainStreet program successfully submitted Martha's for the pilot project, beginning a process that included site visits, planning sessions, design development, client consultations with owners and community, building and site preparation. Services provided by the Economic Development Department included architectural design, interior commercial design, retail consultation and merchandising, and on-site labor and project supervision.

Building owners Pam and Dwayne Bauer operate Martha’s, which has been in business in downtown Truth or Consequences for over fifty years. “We are the luckiest people in New Mexico that MainStreet selected for the Makeover Project,” stated Pam Bauer. “We’ve had so many positive comments from the community and our customers.”

Truth or Consequences Main Street President Linda de Marino added, “The 'Project MainStreet Makeover' really showed our board members and the community what we can do when we put our mind to it.”

Additional volunteer personnel included representatives from Truth or Consequences MainStreet program, professional design associates from the New Mexico MainStreet, the UNM Student Chapter of the United States Institute for Theater Technology (USITT) program and retail design consultant Caterina Giuffrida of Santa Fe.

At the New Mexico MainStreet Dinner on Saturday August 14, 2010, the Project MainStreet Makeover brochure was introduced - and the Martha's/Smith's project is prominently featured!

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