Hundreds of new homes to be built on Belen’s west mesa
BELEN Hundreds of new homes will soon be built on land overlooking the Hub City.
A ground-breaking ceremony was held Thursday, May 27, for the new subdivision at Jardin de Belen on the city’s west mesa.
Clara Garcia | News-Bulletin photo
City leaders, community members and developers broke ground last week at a new subdivision to be built on Belen’s west mesa.
LGI Homes has begun construction of the new development, which is said to build 77 homes in the first phase, with a total of 213 homes.
The same company has already began building on the city’s north side at De La Reina.
One of the biggest assets the city and people of Belen have, compared to other local cities and towns nearby, is it has a historic, arts and cultural district.
Even though it is still not in a mature phase, it attracts people and business from inside and outside of Belen to visit and spend their money and provide taxes for the city.
For every dollar the city invested in the program over the last nine years, we have been returning about five hard dollars, not to mention the value of thousands of volunteer hours in benefits back to the citizens. We all wish our own businesses or local investments could get anywhere near that.