Taos dedicates USDA funded projects with ribbon cuttings
Friday June 21 saw four Taos projects unveiled in a ceremony led by USDA deputy secretary Richard Rominger. The $12.5 million program includes Cielo Azul Housing Cooperative, a Taos County business park, a wastewater treatment plant expansion, and the Taos Living Center nursing facility. Rural Development provided the majority of funding, enabling 22 units of housing, 23,000 square feet of business space, wastewater capacity for 2 million gallons per day, and a 100-bed facility expected to create about 82 jobs.
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U.S. Department of Agriculture
USDA
Richard Rominger
Rural Development
Rominger
U.S
Jeff Bingaman
Bill Richardson
Taos
Fred Peralta
Cielo Azul Housing Cooperative
Weimer Road
Taos County Economic Development Corporation
Taos Living Center
Forest Service
America
Cielo Azul
Mem
Holy Cross Hospital
Loveida M. Archuleta
Taos Gravel Pit Wins Conditional Air Permit Relocation
Taos Gravel Products earns June 20 conditional relocation approval from the Air Quality Bureau for a rock crushing operation moving from the Martinez pit to a site five miles north on Hondo Mesa. The firm must meet strict rules including 100 meter setback, 2.5 acre mining cap, site stabilization, and dust controls, while Taos planners and residents weigh non conforming use status and possible county action.
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Hondo Mesa
State Air Quality Bureau
Dave DiCicco
Taos County
Perovich
DiCicco
Air Quality Bureau
Taos Gravel Products
Suit dropped in AF versus village
Angel Fire Resort's former owners end a 16 million dollar lawsuit against the Village of Angel Fire. The suit claimed village improvements to North Angel Fire Road violated the resort's right of way. The village spent nearly 3 million on a storm drain street widening and lights. The resort's Peter Gutman announced the dismissal. The village received word June 14. The administrator Marvin Sheriff noted bankruptcy for Angel Fire Corporation in August 1993. The village council meets today to discuss annexation of the Chalets subdivision along Vail Avenue.
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Angel Fire Resort
Angel Fire
Angel Fire Corporation
Gary D. Plante
North Angel Fire Road
Marvin Sheriff
Peter Gutman
Vail Avenue
Judge weighs if Funk civil case exceeds time limit
Eighth Judicial District Judge Peggy Nelson will decide whether the statute of limitations has run on a civil sexual abuse case against Clark Funk of Taos. The four men allege abuse dating to their childhood. Funk denies the charges. The judge requested more time to study the legal arguments before ruling.
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Clark Funk
Taos
Eighth Judicial District
Peggy Nelson
Nelson
Funk
Arthur Beach
Beach
Jeffrey Brown
Tony Vinella
Christopher Vinella
John Hicks
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