Rio Rancho Public Schools has announced that its purchase of a building for Career Technical Education programs is finalized, and plans are being developed for the build-out of the facility. Late last year, the RRPS Board of Education unanimously approved the purchase of the 74,000-square-foot facility that formerly housed Alliance Data.
From County officials being sworn-in, schools reopening and Intel's $3.5 billion upgrade to new companies and health clinics opening their doors, community events returning and County redistricting, there were multiple stories that the Rio Rancho Observer monitored and covered in 2021.
It’s a year of pluses and minuses for NAIOP New Mexico. On the plus side, the commercial real estate development association’s 2021 NAIOP Annual Awards of Excellence was held indoors Dec. 10 after a year dominated by Zoom meetings sparked by the pandemic. Top winners this year include Titan Development for the 2021 NAIOP Chairman Award, the City of Rio Rancho public/private partnership with Los Diamantes and Rio Rancho Public Schools for the 2021 Cleve Matthews Vision Award; and NAIOP New Mexico’s own Lynne Andersen and husband John Gallegos, who were named winners of the Chuck Gara Community Leader Award.