The latest county-wide planning review wrapped on Thursday, May 21, after a series of roadshow community meetings looking at the south, central and northern parts of the county…
Process Diary | May 29, 2015
Process Diary | May 22, 2015
Plan Review Week Wraps With Las Cruces Discussion
The three-night tour to present and refine the latest drafts of Doña Ana County’s guides to future growth concluded in Las Cruces Thursday evening, May 21.
Attendees heard Susan Henderson of the PlaceMakers consulting team walk them through the results of almost three years of community collaboration that have helped map answers to key questions. Among them: Where and how do we grow to retain the character of our communities and rural lands, yet maximize opportunities for all?
Process Diary | May 21, 2015
Hatch Comp Plan Review Brings the Farmers Out
The North County stop on the three-night tour to review the latest draft of Doña Ana County’s new Comprehensive Plan was in Hatch on Wednesday, May 21. And the County’s consulting team got an earful…
Process Diary | May 20, 2015
Review Week Kicks Off with Sunland Park Workshop
There were lots of familiar faces among community members who filled five discussion tables at the Gadsden School District Administrative Complex in Sunland Park Tuesday evening, May 19. That’s because so many South County residents have been active participants in the two-and-a-half-year collaborative planning process that brought us to this point…
Process Diary | September 29, 2014
A Major Milestone Behind Us: Here’s what we learned
In the six days between Monday, September 22, and Saturday, September 27, Doña Ana County staff, elected officials and consulting team members met with residents, business people and technical experts in the north, central and south sections of the County. More than 300 participants took part in the collaboration…
Process Diary | September 28, 2014
Workshops Complete: Full wrap-up in the works
A weeklong series of public workshops to better inform a new Comprehensive Plan for Doña Ana County concluded Saturday night in Hatch.
The two days in the northern section of the County followed similar agendas in Anthony and the Las Cruces area earlier in the week…
Process Diary | September 27, 2014
Week of Workshops Concludes Tonight: Join us in Hatch at 5 p.m.
Beginning with a dinner at 5 p.m., then a program at 6 tonight in Hatch, the County staff and the consulting team hired to shape the new Doña Ana County Comprehensive Plan wrap a week of idea-testing workshops in the south, central and north sections of the County. Everybody’s invited…
Process Diary | September 26, 2014
Wrap Up in Mesilla: Hatch workshop Friday and Saturday
More than 60 residents of Las Cruces and its environs used the opportunity on Thursday night in Mesilla to explore ways to apply their preferences for guiding future growth to maps of their region…
Process Diary | September 25, 2014
On to Mesilla: Workshops shift to Las Cruces area
The opening evening of a two-day workshop in Mesilla on Wednesday night, September 24, turned out some 70 residents to challenge themselves with choices for guiding growth in the Las Cruces area…
Process Diary | September 24, 2014
How Are We Doing So Far? South county workshop critique
Using a foundation of research and discussion dating back to 2007 — plus an idea testing exercise (8.9mb .pdf) the previous night — the Doña Ana County Comprehensive Planning consulting team invited a critique of work so far…