(Press Staff Photo by Geoffrey Plant)
Dave Smith of Diamond Dave Services preps the exterior of the Diana Ingalls Leyba Studio and Gallery on Bullard Street ahead of a new coat of paint Monday. Smith’s company, J&J Signs and other contractors are benefiting from a local small business assistance program primarily designed to help downtown businesses make improvements that they otherwise might not be able to afford.
Folks who regularly visit downtown Silver City may have noticed a trend over the past year: new signs popping up on the spiffed-up exteriors of businesses.
Javalina Coffee House, Birdwell’s Vintage Vibes, Lotus Center and the Gila Gallery were among 22 businesses last year that received awards of between $500 and $2,500 through the COVID-19 Small Business Assistance Program, and put the money toward coats of paint, lighting, new signs and other improvements.
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Continental Divide Trail Coalition has their 2021 Virtual Trail Days underway. At 6pm this evening you can participate on “Stories from the Trail a Long Distance Traveler panel with Q&A. Then next Thursday, May 13
th, the session will be on “Hike the Divide-Film Screening and Discussion.” To learn more, go to continentaldividetrail.org.
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Former Regent Chair Jerry A. Walz and Former Senator John Arthur Smith will be conferred their honorary doctorates along with the more than 250 graduates making up the Western New Mexico University class of 2021. The ceremony will be May 7, at 2 p.m. The event will be live streamed on Facebook and wnmu.edu. Updates and additional information are available at commencement.wnmu.edu.
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ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. Ten New Mexico communities have received grants aimed at helping with economic recovery efforts due to issues stemming from the pandemic.
The Resilient Communities Fund grants, jointly awarded by the New Mexico Resiliency Alliance, New Mexico MainStreet and McCune Charitable Foundation, will pay for projects helping with economic recovery in rural and underserved communities, according to a state Economic Development Department spokeswoman.
Recipients for the grants include MainStreet affiliates from the Barelas neighborhood, Belen, Clovis, Deming, Farmington, Harding County, Mora, Santa Rosa, Silver City and Tucumcari.
Department spokeswoman Jessica Mraz said grants range from $2,500 to $5,000 and will fund projects ranging from a Veterans Park in Mosquero to a small business assistance program in Silver City.
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Santa Fe, N.M. – The New Mexico Resiliency Alliance, in partnership with New Mexico MainStreet (NMMS) and the McCune Charitable Foundation, awarded ten
Resilient Communities Fund Grants to NMMS affiliated districts for community and economic development projects. Awarded projects have a clear and stated impact for new, innovative, or ongoing efforts to mediate the impacts of the Covid-19 pandemic and/or economic recovery efforts. Projects will be completed by December 2021. Here is a statement from
New Mexico MainStreet:
The
Resilient Communities Fund provides financial support for locally-driven, community-based, economic development projects in New Mexico’s rural and underserved communities. The Resiliency Alliance has awarded more than $350,000 in small grants since 2014. Investments have been matched locally by more than $1,000,000 in cash/in-kind contributions and NMMS’s professional technica