Grant County Prospectors

Prospectors Host Interim Veterans Committee

The Grant County Prospectors hosted the NM Military and Veterans’ Affairs Committee at the Grant County Business & Conference center on Thursday, July 13.

New Mexico Representative Rudy Martinez, District 39 serves as the chairman of this committee and New Mexico Representative Rebecca Dow, District 38 is an advisory member.

Partnering sponsors included Grant County, State Farm Insurance – Jon Saari/Chuck Johnson, Grant County Democrat Party, Vietnam Veterans of America Chapter 358, Howell Graphic Design and Southwest NM Council of Governments.

Read the article about the meeting in the Grant County Beat.

Capital Outlay Workshop

We will be holding a capital outlay workshop a little earlier this year so that it will allow you to make sure projects are included in the Infrastructure Capital Improvement Plan.

Infrastructure Capital Improvement Plans are due in September and this workshop will serve as a refresher on what is eligible and how to submit a request.  Please feel free to forward to interested persons.

Below are the details:

Capital Outlay Workshop from 9:00 – 12:00 – August 4, 2016

City Hall Annex 2nd Floor Conference Room

1203 N. Hudson

Silver City, NM  88061

Please RSVP to me if you plan on attending.   Feel free to contact me should you have any questions.

Please do not park in bank parking lot.  You may park on side streets or the parking area caddy corner to the annex.

Priscilla C. Lucero
Executive Director
SWNM Council of Governments
P.O. Box 2157
Silver City, NM  88062
575.388.1509
575.388-1500 FAX
www.swnmcog.org

ERDC Interim Committee Visit

Economic and Rural Development Committee – visited Silver City on Tuesday, July 14 and Wednesday, July 15, 2015.

• News Article -page 1 – Welcome
• News Article – page 2 – Tourism
• News Article – page 3 – Non-traditional Economic Development
• News Article – page 4 – Renewable Energy
• News Article – page 5 – Oil Conservation Rules
• News Article – page 6 – Liquor Law Reforms

Articles are from http://www.grantcountybeat.com

Captital Outlay Workshop

A capital outlay workshop will be held on October 22, 2014 at 10:00 am at the City Hall Annex 2nd Floor Conference Room. In addition, Jim Barentine will give a short presentation on CES (Cooperative Educational Services).

Please RSVP as soon as possible.

NOTE: PLEASE DO NOT PARK IN BANK PARKING LOT. PARK ACROSS THE STREET OR ON SIDE STREETS. THANK YOU!

Priscilla C. Lucero
Executive Director
SWNM Council of Governments
P.O. Box 2157
Silver City, NM 88062
575.388.1509
575.388-1500 FAX
http://www.swnmcog.org

Prospectors Hosted the Leglisative Behavioural Health Subcommittee

Many thanks to the Grant County Prospectors and WNMU for hosting today’s Legislative Behavioral Health Subcommittee- thanks Sen. Howie Morales, Rep. Rudy Martinez, Laura Howell, Julie Morales, Kim Clark, Kathy Hunt, Mary Hotvedt, Terry Anderson- your hard work is much appreciated and does not go unnoticed. (Via Holley Hudgins)

The Prospectors Hosted the NM Military and Veteran’s Affairs Committee

The Grant County Prospectors hosted the August 25, 2014 meeting of the New Mexico Military and Veteran’s Affairs Committee.

The Prospectors and Western New Mexico University held a welcome reception on Sunday evening to welcome Legislators, Staffers and guests. The morning of the meeting Gila Regional Hospital provided breakfast for the meeting attendees, and the Vietnam Veterans of Chapter 358 provided lunch for the committee.

Top photo: Dr. Joseph Shepard and Kelly Clark of WNMU talk about higher ed programs for Veterans. Bottom photos: Members of the Interim Committee along with Co-Chair Representative, Rudy Martinez and committee member, Representative Dianne Hamilton.

Prospector Activities

The Grant County Prospectors hosted a luncheon on April 25th and invited Senator Morales, Representative Hamilton and Representative Martinez to give remarks about the 2013 New Mexico Legislative session.  Also at this meeting current Prospectors invited prospective members to come and listen to the presentations.  Senator Morales repeatedly thanked the Prospectors for their process of the Legislative Communication Form along with Grant County Day at the capitol.  He stated that the Prospector’s notebooks for presentations and capitol outlay requests is a model for others.