The Santa Clara Board of Trustees voted unanimously during their recent meeting to adopt the Grant County Affordable Housing Plan, along with a notice of intent to adopt a village affordable housing ordinance. Through grants, the plan will allow the Village of Santa Clara to purchase property for affordable housing and help homeowners with home repairs and renovations. Although the plan has been approved, it is still in its early stages of development and will not fully take into effect until all plans are approved by the New Mexico Mortgage Finance Authority.
Looking to dispose of unwanted or expired medications? Silver City and Bayard offer Med Return kiosks to dispose of unwanted medications and prescription drugs. Med Return accepts prescription drugs and medications, prescription patches, prescription ointments, over-the counter medications, vitamins and pet medications. The kiosk in Silver City is located at the Grant County Community Foundation Building and the Bayard kiosk is located at the Bayard Public Safety Building.
Come kick off the 100 year anniversary celebration of the Gila Wilderness with a free “Speaker Series” featuring a diverse panel of Wilderness and Environmental experts. Speakers will be defining what Wilderness is, the concepts of Wilderness spread across the world, what lessons we can learn from other steward’s best practices and the indigenous history of the Gila. The Speaker Series will take place tomorrow, May 31st starting at 9:00 a.m. at the Silco Theater in Silver City.
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The public is invited to the BLM upcoming meeting of the Southern New Mexico Resource Advisory Council, known as RAC, to be held in Las Cruces, June 6th. These meetings are incredibly important for public input regarding public land management decisions. There is a 12-member Southern New Mexico RAC board, of which I, Sabrina Pack serve, as an appointment from the U.S. Secretary of the Interior. I invite you to this meeting where we will be hearing from the various BLM Districts and have a discussion of land access issues in Southern New Mexico to public land. There will be a vote on Las Cruces recreation fee increases. Again this RAC meeting, which is open to the public and for public comment, is June 6th, starting at 8am at the BLM office at 1800 Marquess Street in Las Cruces. Attending by Zoom is also an option. Getting involved is a way to be part of solutions. For more information feel free to call the station or go to the BLM website announcements for our region.
