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Mayor Tony E. Marquez, Jr. "State of the City Address"
August 14th, 2008
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Welcome
to the City of Las Vegas, New Mexico, “the original Las Vegas”.
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Uniquely
situated where the Rocky Mountains meet the Great Plains, Las Vegas
is a thriving community of distinctive cultures with access to
history, recreation, education, tradition, arts and government.
Higher Education
The City of Las Vegas takes pride in
protecting and enhancing the natural environment and beauty by
promoting a “greener and cleaner” community. It’s one of a few
communities where you can say, “Las Vegas, a breath of fresh air!”
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Las Vegas Fire Department
receives State Farm
“Good Neighbor Citizenship” grant
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Pictured above are Rosemarie Montoya, local State Farm representative, and Stephen Tafoya, Interim Fire Chief of the City of Las Vegas Fire Department receiving a $7,000.00 grant from State Farm Insurance Company. This grant is part of the charitable efforts of State Farm Mutual Automobile Insurance and State Farm Companies Foundation called the “Good Neighbor Citizenship” grant. The foundation concentrates on disaster prevention and recovery services. The purpose of this grant is for the establishment of the Las Vegas Fire Departments “Fire Safety Community Outreach Program” which is scheduled to start April 1st 2008. Monies from the grant went towards the purchase of 250 kitchen fire extinguishers and smoke detectors, along with literature and a video on fire prevention in the home. This program is a non-income
dependent program and all citizens are encouraged to participate.
Kitchen fire extinguishers and smoke detectors will be given out on
a first come first serve basis. Citizens are asked to come by the
City of Las Vegas Fire Department located at 604 Legion Drive,
Thursdays at 2:00pm and 6:00pm and Fridays 2:00pm and 6:00pm or call
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Photo provided by: Rick Scibelli Jr. |
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Las Vegas
featured in the New
York Times |
| By: Steven Talbot, NY times LAS VEGAS, N.M., laid claim to its name about 70 years before that upstart neon metropolis sprang out of the sands of Nevada — and it shows. With only about 14,000 people, this Las Vegas has 900 buildings on the National Register of Historic Places, four grand old hotels (two still accepting guests), and not one but two period-piece downtowns.... read complete story |
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City reverts back to year-round water conservation. |
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