Merchants fault long Placitas Road project delays
Taos merchants vent frustrations over the Placitas Project delaying downtown improvements. Mayor Bobby Duran backs the process, citing uncovering old lines and coordination problems as causes. Project details include base bid scope, delayed award, and added water line work with multiple contractors.
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John Dunn House
Bent Street
Taos Plaza
John Otis
Taos Business Alliance
Francisco “French” Espinoza
Town of Taos Public Works Department
Lynn Fitzgerald
Lynco Pottery
Espinoza
Taos News
Bobby Duran
Duran
Kathryn Jordan Harvey
Albuquerque Underground
Guadalupe
Alley
Steve Christiansen
Colorado
Steve
Don Fernando
Civic Plaza
Harvey
Christiansen
Placitas
Durin
Senate approves act to fund women’s business centers in NM
Senate approval of SB1247 secures full SBA support for existing women’s business centers including WESST Corp. The bill increases sustainability funding from 30.2 percent to 36 percent as a short-term measure before FY2003 begins, protecting programs while newer centers in other states are expanded. WESST aids hundreds of New Mexico women in Taos and beyond.
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Senate
Small Business Administration
SBA
Wesst Corp
Reau
Pete Domenici
R-Nm
Office of Women’s Business Center
House of Representatives
Office of Women's Business Center
Taos
New Mexico
Gunter Pauli to speak at SustainTaos reception program
International environmentalist Gunter Pauli will keynote the SustainTaos event in Taos, June 25, from 6 to 9 p.m. at Anglada's Building, with short films on sustainability and a Pauli presentation. The Taos Sustainable Systems Council launches the program to promote eco friendly energy, water, farming, and living systems. Pauli, founder of the ZERI Foundation and former Ecover CEO, leads global sustainability initiatives and has advised UNESCO. Admission is $5 with donations supporting Pauli’s youth education programs. event hosted by Taos Mountain Film Festival and Taos Talking Pictures. Contact Bill Dedmon at 505-737-2030.
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Anglada
Pauli
Taos Sustainable Systems Council
Taos
Zeri Foundation
Ecover
Worldwatch
Thomas Berry
Taos Mountain Film Festival
Taos Talking Pictures
Dharma Living System
TSSC
Taos County
Bill Dedmon
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