A new street sign and a new hires were celebrated during Safelite AutoGlass’s red ribbon cutting ceremony last week. The event was held Tuesday afternoon at Safelite, where the auto glass repair company’s president and CEO Tom Feeney, Safelite’s vice president of real estate and market development Randy Randolph, Gov. Susana Martinez, Mayor Gregg Hull […]
A new residential impact fee rate proposed to the Rio Rancho impact fee committee received positive consensus from committee members last week. Mayor Gregg Hull introduced a new rate proposal to the committee on Wednesday, following the mayor’s consultation with city staff. According to Hull, the proposed residential impact fee rate would increase at a […]
We know New Mexico has more than its fair share of government jobs and our region has far more nonprofits than one would expect for a community our size. I often talk about the need to create a stronger private, for-profit sector and more jobs that create wealth, and therefore the ability to pay taxes […]
When scanning newsstands, you may take a second glance at Albuquerque The Magazine’s latest project. Don’t worry, you’re not seeing double. Albuquerque The Magazine launched two new magazines on Monday, featuring two growing parts of the state: Rio Rancho and tourism. The publishers have created Rio Rancho The Magazine for the third-largest city in the […]
Six months ago, city officials gathered with gold-colored shovels to break ground for the Broadmoor Boulevard extension project. On Thursday, they celebrated its completion with a red-ribbon cutting. Mayor Gregg Hull and UNM West CEO Wynn Goering spoke at the event, as the newly paved road officially opened. “It’s always a good day when we […]
Rio Rancho’s first “power center” is getting another surge of retail. Ross, Burkes Outlet, PetSmart and Verizon will join Plaza @ Enchanted Hills as part of the shopping center’s third phase of development. They add to a mix that already includes Bed Bath & Beyond, Kirkland’s, Michaels, T.J. Maxx and several other national names at […]
The City of Rio Rancho expects to receive $2,135,000 from the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers in the coming months, a partial reimbursement for $6 million outstanding to the city for meeting federal arsenic treatment requirements for the municipal water system. The funding is included in the corps’ recently released fiscal year 2016 work plan. […]
The Rio Rancho Governing Body signed a resolution last week that voiced the city councilors’ opposition to an election day-related bill introduced to the Roundhouse. Mayor Gregg Hull and city councilors voted unanimously during last Monday’s special meeting, approving a resolution in opposition to House Bill 174. Councilors Dawnn Robinson, Marlene Feuer and Dave Bency […]
SANTA FE — The hum of disappointment hung over a crowd of Rio Rancho constituents as they discussed the recent Rio Rancho Public School budget cuts made in the ongoing legislative session. The Rio Rancho Regional Chamber of Commerce hosted a social event at the Saźon restaurant in Santa Fe Thursday, where the topic on […]
Completing a multi-million gallon aquifer injection program and pushing for more housing developments will be key this year for Rio Rancho, Mayor Gregg Hull said Thursday. Hull gave a presentation about the city’s past year and its goals for 2017 last week, as the guest speaker at the monthly NAIOP Rio Rancho Roundtable meeting at […]