Roswell Committee Backs Chavez Named Recreation Center
The Roswell General Services Committee voted 3 to 0 to approve naming the Roswell Recreation and Aquatic Center after Cesar Chavez. Councilor Jacob Roebuck dissented, citing local unity goals and concerns over Chavez’s associations, while others highlighted Chavez as an iconic civil rights figure inspiring Roswell youth.
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City of
Roswell
General Services Committee
Roswell Recreation and Aquatic Center
Cesar Chavez
National Farmer Workers Association
Juan Oropesa
Angela Moore
Jacob Roebuck
Savio Sanchez
Oropesa
Elena Velasquez
Caesar Chavez
Martin Luther King Jr
Chavez
Velasquez
Yucca
Elizabeth Gilbert
Savino Sanchez
Rowell Recreation and Aquatic Center
Family ice cream business starts work on new Roswell store
A local family breaks ground at 1910 and 1912 S Main Street near Poe Street for a new Yoli's Paleteria. Uriel Leyva says the Roswell firm will own the two 12 035 square foot lots and expects a 2026 opening. The move aims to improve comfort amid concerns about contaminants in the current building.
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S. Main Street
Poe Street
Yoli’s Paleteria
Uriel Leyva
Yolanda Hernandez-Leyva
Baudelio Leyva-Sanchez
Leyva
Yoli
Chaves County
U.S
Environmental Protection Agency
South Main Street
ETZ Authority OKs Ordinance Change at Rare Meeting
In its first gathering in 10 months the Roswell Chaves County Extraterritorial Zoning Authority voted 5-0 to amend Article 14 of Ordinance 801 governing ETZ industrial districts. The panel named Robert Corn chair and Jeanine Corn Best vice chair.
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ETZ Authority
Roswell-Chaves County
Robert Corn
Chaves County
Jeanine Corn Best
Roswell
Will Cavin
George Peterson
James Duffey
Torres Small campaigns in Roswell ahead of midterms
Democrat Xochitl Torres Small held meetings with local leaders and spoke at a campaign event hosted by the Democratic Party of Chaves County in Roswell New Mexico as she campaigns for New Mexico's 2nd Congressional District. A Las Cruces water rights attorney was noted in the report.
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Xochitl Torres Small
Roswell
New Mexico
Torres Small
Democratic Party
Chaves County
Las Cruces
Yvette Herrell
Alamogordo
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