Alto del Norte project denied by Rio Rancho Council
Rio Rancho rejected Lancer Realty's request to rezone five acres for Alto del Norte housing. Critics warned of setting a precedent for higher density on estate lots, arguing protections in the comprehensive plan and potential loss of estate character. Proponent Nelson cited economic impact and new residents, while opponents emphasized public interest and conservancy of estate land.
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Alto del Norte
Bill Nelson
Lancer Realty
Nelson
Rio Rancho Planning and Zoning Commission
Lancer
Unit 17
Brad Greer
Greer
Mary Clare Minor
Joan Kellogg
Dave Bency
Rio Rancho
Lancor
Corrales Officials Seek Grants For Community Policing Efforts
Corrales Elmentary and police leadership discuss grants and bills to fund a mobile resource unit, a school violence study, and a state office on community policing. The effort faces funding hurdles after prior denials and legislative failures in regular and special sessions.
Planning push for The Hawk Site in Rio Rancho faces water and road hurdles
Rio Rancho Planning Commission discussed The Hawk Site master plan noting water supply adequacy and access as primary concerns. Commission member Bill Nelson questioned whether a four lane Northwest Loop Road will be built and when. The recently annexed 12,187 acre area is zoned transitional and requires rezoning before development can proceed, with changes possible in a few months.
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Hawk
Rio Rancho
Nelson
Hawk Site
AMREP
Corsie
Castillo
Hyatt to Manage Pueblo Resort in Groundbreaking Event
Pueblo officials and Hyatt Corp join in groundbreaking for a new resort hailed by Economic Development Cabinet Secretary John Garcia as unprecedented. The project aims to boost Sandoval County and Bernalillo and the pueblo, with estimated annual sales between 15 and 25 million dollars and completion planned for early 2001.
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Hyatt Corp
Economic Development Department
John Garcia
Pueblo
Garcia
Hyatt and Pueblo
Iam
Firefighters Contain Bosque Blaze Near River's Edge
A brush fire along an irrigation ditch east of River's Edge 1 required a joint Rio Rancho Corrales response. Flames reached 10 to 20 feet, threatening treetops. Call came at 2 41 p m. Firefighters drew water from the ditch and contained the fire before United States Forest Service crews arrived.
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Edge 1
Rio Rancho
Corrales
Corrales Road
United States Forest Service
Call Center University Begins In Rio Rancho With 12 Enrolled
The program opens Monday with 12 students out of a 20 slot target. Kaplan Professional provides curriculum and training runs 9 am to 4 pm over four weeks at no cost for eligible participants. Funding includes 168000 from the state labor department and a requested 159000 Community Development Block Grant, awaiting city council approval. Local officials debate life skills emphasis and potential precedents, while Sprint PCS supports the program as necessary training for workers in the Albuquerque metro area.
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Call Center University
Bevens
British Columbia
Kaplan Professional
New Mexico
NMHA
Department of Labor
Melissa Mack
Kaplan
State Department of Labor
Rio Rancho
Felicie Truscio
Labor Department
Mary Clare Minor
Sarrie
James Jimenez
CDBG
Kathy Lehner
Sprint Pcs
Sprint
Albuquérque
John Jennings
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