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Realizing Success in a Dying town: Out with the Old.

Mar 29th

Posted by admin in Albuquerque community college

During a recent visit to the once thriving southwestern town of Tucumcari,New Mexico, located in Quay County on “Historic Route 66,” I wondered howbusinesses were surviving there during this floundering economy, especiallysince the town had been sputtering towards failure for more than a decade. Theuniverse answered my mindful inquiry by presenting this example of how onebusinesswoman was making it, while an el...
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Moving From the Big City to a Small Town – Top 5 Things to Consider Before you Get Away From it All

Sep 9th

Posted by admin in Albuquerque college campus

Having recently moved from Los Angeles to Durango, Colorado- a mid-sizedrural town of 15,000 people with the nearest “large town” being an hour awayand the nearest city being 3.5 hours away- I have definitely run into a fewbumps. Being prepared for the changes can make all the difference. Here arefive major areas of concern you should research prior to making the bigmove.Economy: Job opportunities in rural area...
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New Mexico Town to Embrace Incoming Uranium Miners

Jul 23rd

Posted by admin in Albuquerque community college

Once the proud center of the Uranium Universe, and until recently theworld’s largest uranium producer, the city of Grants (New Mexico) nearlycollapsed in the 1980s as uranium prices sank into a twenty-year depression.Five thousand uranium miners lost their jobs, and the city elders panicked,searching for an industry with which to replace mining. “Uranium companieshelped build our hospital, our school and most o...
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Realizing Success in a Dying town: Out with the Old.

Jul 22nd

Posted by admin in Albuquerque community college

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During a recent visit to the once thriving southwestern town of Tucumcari,New Mexico, located in Quay County on “Historic Route 66,” I wondered howbusinesses were surviving there during this floundering economy, especiallysince the town had been sputtering towards failure for more than a decade. Theuniverse answered my mindful inquiry by presenting this example of how onebusinesswoman was making it, while...
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