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SOUTHWEST AREA COMMUNITY MEETINGS ON COMMUNITY HEALTH

  The City of Santa Fe is conducting planning initiatives for the Southwest area around Airport Road down to Jaguar Road and up to NM 599 with the intent to improve peoples’ quality of life by improving the built environment and creating healthy options. The City is seeking input from residents of the area at two community meetings; Saturday, March 31^st from 10:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. and Tuesday April 3^rd from 5:30 to 7:30 p.m. at the Southside Library Community Room. These meetings will provide opportunities for the public to speak out and voice their concerns.

Santa Fe’s Southside is home to over 20,000 including over 4,000 public school students. This area has the highest percentage of school-age children and one of the lowest median incomes of the city. This statistically makes this area at higher risk for both childhood obesity and diabetes. The City Council passed a resolution in 2011 directing staff to conduct studies in a number of related areas including: access to healthy food; alcohol sales policies; access to parks and recreational opportunities; vitality of businesses and job creation; access to basic services including health care; opportunities for life-long learning; and safe and pedestrian-friendly streets. Initial work has resulted in the formation of a Southside Merchants Association and a series of “house meetings” with residents to hear their concerns and hopes for their neighborhood.

 The upcoming meetings will be conducted in both English and Spanish and will ask specific questions in each of the areas of the planning effort with the goal of developing specific proposals for regulations and programs for the area.   

The NM Supreme Court has granted our petition for review, and its determination may impact victimized homeowners throughout New Mexico in the case to limit home mortgage foreclosures based on predatory loans.

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Petition for NM Supreme Court Review