This weekend, communities across southwest New Mexico will celebrate the birth of our nation with a range of festivities including large events set to take place at Gough Park on Monday, July 4, itself. The Silver City Grant County Chamber of Commerce will kick things off Monday morning at 8 in Gough Park with a breakfast prepared by the Kiwanis Club that includes scrambled eggs, sausage and a drink …
The Tyrone Property Owners Association is planning an important community meeting Tuesday, Dec. 21, at 6:30 p.m. at the Tyrone Community Center. The discussion will include potential action to qualify for public funding for major infrastructure repairs that the townsite is facing for their water delivery and wastewater management operations. Those services are overseen by the association. Currently, the Tyrone Property Owners Association is a private, nonprofit organization, and is …
(Press Staff Photo by Geoffrey Plant)
Charmeine Wait, executive director of the Silver City MainStreet Project, looks out over a less-developed portion of Big Ditch Park just south of the Thomas J. Ryan Public Safety Building, near where she envisions a connecting trail to Gough Park and an arch to mark a now nearly invisible entrance to the San Vicente Trail that exists on Hudson Street.
Although it lacks an identified source of funding at the moment, President Joe Biden’s “America the Beautiful” initiative could be just what Grant County needs to take its outdoor recreation economy to the next level, while simultaneously helping address the communitywide effects of climate change.
Western Institute plans Lunch and Learn webinars at Silver City Museum
Hosted by Western Institute for Lifelong Learning
Barry Heifner
SILVER CITY – A full slate of Lunch and Learn webinars is set for this spring by the Western Institute for Lifelong Learning in partnership with the Silver City Museum.
“Long in the works, the agreement just signed between the Silver City Museum and the Western Institute for Lifelong Learning commences a historic partnership. This natural pairing represents an exciting new chapter in local cultural programming,” according to a museum news release. “The agreement was signed enthusiastically by Museum Director Bart Roselli, WILL President Susan Beck and Silver City Town Manager Alex Brown. This partnership agreement was originally spearheaded by Roselli and Shelby Hallmark, past WILL president.”