The Silver City Mayor is inviting the public to join him at the next “Monday Meeting with the Mayor” on Monday, March 11th. The meeting will take place from 8:00 a.m. to 11:00 a.m. at the Tranquilbuzz Coffee House, located at 300 North Arizona Street in Downtown Silver City. All community members are invited to stop by anytime between those hours to share their ideas and insights on how to make the Town of Silver City more successful.
Congratulations to Cobre High School student-athletes Isaac Castillo and Nikolas Trujillo who are the first two Cobre students in the New Mexico Activities Association Foundation’s history to receive scholarships. Isaac was awarded the Lt. Col. Cecil Lynn Jr. Memorial Scholarship for his participation in basketball and track and field. Nikolas was awarded the Austin Denton Memorial Scholarship for his participation in football, powerlifting, baseball and for his recent accomplishment of becoming a five-time wrestling state champion. Great job to both students!
Ambercare Hospice and the Silver City Women’s Club will be starting a “Bereavement Support Group” to help individuals deal with the different stages of grief that come with the passing of a family member or close friend. The goal of the group is to help provide a safe environment that participants can turn to for hope and healing in a sensitive manner. The group meets the second Monday of each month from 1:00 p.m. to 2:00 p.m. at the Silver City Women’s Club and is free and open to the public.
The Southwest New Mexico ACT in partnership with the Town of Silver City is working on restoring the Waterworks Building and 5-acre grounds adjacent to Silva Creek. The vision is to create a waystation for Continental Divide Trail thru-hikers to rest for a few days and enjoy the many amenities that Silver City has to offer such as campsites, a camping kitchen, composting toilets and solar showers. The site will also be expanded into an educational campus for local schools/classrooms to explore the environment, history and culture of the region. The site is set to be complete and ready for campers this summer.
Last in our News: New Mexico Governor Michelle Lujan Grisham recently announced that cannabis sales in New Mexico have topped $1 billion in adult-use and medical sales. Cannabis consumers have purchased more than $678.4 million worth of adult-use cannabis products and $331.6 million in medical products since April 2022. Smaller communities across New Mexico, like Silver City and Deming have each seen more than $5 million in adult-use sales since April 2022. To date, the state has recorded more than 21 million transactions with $75 million in cannabis excise taxes going to the state general fund and local communities.
