Fired Up! brings fifth annual Main Street celebration to Tucumcari
Officials preview a large downtown festival with return of fan favorites and new attractions at the Tucumcari Train Depot. Events include blacksmith and pottery makers, Prince Tocom and Princess Cari pageantry, Odd Lab fire dancers, Civil War reenactors, a street chalk artist, a Friday quilt show, and a Kids Corner with 30 plus vendors and food trucks downtown.
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Tucumcari
Gail Houser
Tucumcari MainStreet
Houser
Trav
Prince Tocom
Tocom
Cari
Jacquez Cordova
Joseph Cordova
Della Jaynes
Rhiannon Rey-Montoya
Jessica Rey
Michael Montoya
New Mexico Art & Cultural Center
Las Cruces
Easter
Elementary receipt drive funds school supplies
Tucumcari Elementary collects Lowe’s receipts to buy school supplies. Save receipts and drop them at the South A office on the 1600 block of South Ninth Street. Also plan a trip to Nara Visa for the Cowboy Gathering with music chuck wagon cooking and vendors at the Community Center.
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Tucumcari Elementary
Lowe's Grocery
South Ninth Street
Nara Visa
Mark Twain
New Mexico State Fair Poll Question Asked
Last week's web poll asked readers what reason would or did draw them to the New Mexico State Fair. Contact Thomas Garcia senior writer for GCSun at 575-461-1952 or tgarcia gcsunonline.com.
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New Mexico State Fair
QCS
Thomas Garcia
Tgarcia
Thomas Garcia Qcs
Growth outlook bright for Tucumcari as LEDA funding rises
Tucumcari officials report rising interest from small businesses and four LEDA funded projects last year. The cheese factory expansion and new retail sites near McDonald’s drive jobs and investment, with plans for 10 to 12 permanent positions and up to 50 workers at the factory expansion. Governor Martinez attended a related ceremony lauding the project.
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Tucumcari Mountain
McDonald's
Tucumcari
Pat Vanderpool
Tucumcari’s
Economic Development Corporation
Vanderpool
EDC
Buena Vista Labs, LLP
LEDA
Adam Nichols
Rugged, Inc
Dale Harapt
Las Vegas
Susana Martinez
Jon Barela
Martinez
Charles Krause
Krause
Quay County
Richard Primrose
McDonald’s
South First Street
ENM Water Authority seeks 2 million in year end federal funds
Eastern New Mexico Water Utility Authority members plan a Washington visit Wednesday to urge $2 million in year end federal funding for phase two of the $550 million Ute Pipeline. Chair Gayla Brumfield notes the trip follows Thursday’s Melrose meeting.
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Eastern
Ute
Logan
Clovis
Portales
Elida
Texico
Grady
Curry
Roosevelt
Brumfield
Cannon Air Force Base
Ch2m Hill
Ute Lake
Rex Stall
Interstate Stream Commission
Ute Dam
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Tucumcarimainstreet.or
Thoma
Ro Ece
Greyhound
Leda Funds
University of New Mexico
UNM
3Rd Street
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