Commission Approves Theater Plans

Residents of Rio Rancho and Albuquerque's Westsiders may have another option regarding theater choices. At the moment, the nearest theater is at the Cottonwood Mall. Rio Rancho's Planning and Zoning commission has approved plans for a 14 screen theater on the corner of Southern and Unser. There could be a slight hiccup in this process. Other developers near the new Presbyterion Hospital who want to build an Uptown type business center say this will go against their plans for a theater at their site. Either way, when all is said and done, it sounds like Rio Rancho will eventually have a multi-screen theater in the future.

News : Commission approves Premier Theater plans - Rio Rancho Observer

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Rio Rancho 4th of July Festivities

Once again, Rio Rancho home owners and residents will be treated to some grand fireworks and fun.  The Loma Colorado area with be busy as it's adjacent to the Rio Rancho High School where there will be a variety of events held.  From Flag Football to Fireworks, Parade to Food Booths.  Here is a LINK to the City of Rio Rancho's web site telling all about the Fourth of July festivities.

Why not consider moving to Rio Rancho and making the Pulte Homes at Loma Colorado a must visit neighborhood when selecting your next home.  There's lots to love about this neighborhood, not to mention some wonderful homes and floor plans to choose from.  We can show you new homes as well as resale homes.  Retiring in New Mexico, consider Rio Rancho.  We would be happy to give you a tour.  Just call or email.

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Lavender in the Village Festival - Los Ranchos de Albuquerque

Be sure to take some time this weekend and smell the lavender. The lovely village of Los Ranchos de Albuquerque will be hosing a Lavender in the Village Festival this Friday, Saturday and Sunday. Friday begins with a Barn Dance from 6:00pm to 10:30 moving to the Festival from 8:00am to 4:00pm on Saturday and Sunday. Bring your cash and visit with crafters, artisans, local businesses and enjoy the fun! Click on the links below for more information...



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ABQJOURNAL WEST: The Scent of Success Lavender made Los Ranchos festival a much bigger draw

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Sandoval County offices to be closed !!

Yikes.... Sandoval County offices will be closed from July 5 through July 9th, 2010 as they are moving locations.  This could have major impact for people buying homes in Rio Rancho, Placitas and Sandoval County as the County will not be recording any property transfers during this time frame.  This means if you are closing on a house purchase and sign on July 1st or 2nd... chances are high that your possession date will be after July 12th as the recording cannot take place while the offices are closed.

For the home buyers tax credit house closings all before June 30th... it's a mad rush already come the end of this month.... onr more thing to be aware of.   

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Bee Keeping in New Mexico - Learn how to be a Bee Keeper

This Sunday, Father's Day, June 20th, Bee Keeper Chris Behl will be giving a workshop on "Fundamentals of Bees in the Backyard"  workshop.  As we all know, Bee's are very important to our food supply and pollination of our plants.  Chris will be providing information on how New Mexico's bee species will benefit your plants with pollination while creating flavord honey's. 

This presentation will be at 1:30 Sunday at the Santa Ana Garden Center at 157 Jemez Dam Road, Bernalillo, NM, which is across from the Santa Ana Star Casino parking garage.  For more information call 867-1322.

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Rio Rancho New Mexico encourages people to shop and eat locally

The Major of Rio Rancho is reminding residents to shop and dine locally to keep the gross reciepts tax in their community.  Rio Rancho residents do have great restaurants and shopping so staying in Rio Rancho is much better now than years past when the Cottonwood Mall seemed to be the only game in town.

Some of our favorite restaurants in Rio Rancho are... Viet Rice, Joe's Pasta House, Turtle Mountain Brewing Co, Namaste, Noda's Noodles, Best Lee's Chinese, O'Hare's Grill & Pub, Hot Tamales, Venezia's, Dion's Pizza, and of course, Weck's.

Many people relocating or retiring in Rio Rancho come to love some of the great local shops and restaurants.

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Is HP still hiring in Rio Rancho? We think yes.

With Hewlett Packards announcement that it will be laying of 9,000 employees over the next 3 year.... people wonder about the new HP facility in Rio Rancho, NM.  The Albuquerque Journal reports that they are still hiring and we believe.  

We continue to help with relocation requests from new hires at HP in Rio Rancho.  We have helped many new employees find great homes for sale in Rio Rancho and Albuquerque... as a part of our relocation assistance we have helped many HP employees in their transition to New Mexico.... and we continue to get requests.

If you are thinking of relocating to Rio Rancho or Albuquerque, give us a call or email today.  We can help you too!

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The "Recycle Man" was at the Loma Colorado Library in Rio Rancho

The Loma Colorado library, as well as the other Rio Rancho library, The Esther Bone Library, have many fun events.  On Wednesday, they had Kevin Kinane, aka the Recycle Man, at the Loma Colorado Library playing music on his percussion instruments made from recycled material.  How Fun!  For a complete list of events at the Rio Rancho Libraries, here's the link....Rio Rancho Libraries  Just another reason to love living in Rio Rancho and for those in Loma Colorado, a new home neighborhood built by Pulte Homes, it's just a hop, skip, and a jump, over to the library.

Enjoy!

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Green2V solar manufactuing plant in Rio Rancho still in the works...

Today's Albuquerque Journal Rio Rancho edition says that the Green2V solar manufacturing plant is still in the works, and that the City is waiting for more confirmations from the company to proceed with infrastructure on the site for the facility.  With the future potential for jobs and benefits to the home owners and citizens of Rio Rancho, Green2V Solar is a great thing for the city.

The article says Bill Shepard, formerly with Intel Corp, has recently moved back to New Mexico.  Hope he found a great house to buy!  :-)

Also in the article, they state that the infrastructure will be good for Rio Rancho regardless of whether Green2V or another use were decided for the land.  So glad to see this is Rio Rancho's stance as the area surrounding the V. Sue Cleveland High School is in need of development.  Thinking back to La Cueva High School and the barren lands around it when it was built... now you can't see the High School to know it's there.

All the best and welcome to Green2V and Rio Rancho.

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Rio Rancho Charter School is opening soon!

Rio Rancho's first Charter School called ASK Academy is opening this fall.  It is geared towards Science, technology, engineering and math.  The school is starting with just 9th and 10th grades and hopes to expand to be for grades 7 through 12 eventually.

The school is founded by two RR High School teachers who were instrumental in building RRHS's science and engineering program over the years.  A few years ago we sold a house to another RRHS teacher who told us of the success these two teachers were having teaching math and science and that they had a goal of opening a focused charter school.  Congrats to them on getting it done.

One more win for Rio Rancho as with Intel, Hewlett Packard, and other major science, engineering, and math related position hopefully the future work force can come from within.

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Rio Rancho Presbyterian Hospital Medical Offices

Presbyterian is adding Medical Offices near where they are building the new Rio Rancho Hospital.  The medical offices will be constructed an occupied hopefully in 2012.  It's planned to be 96,000 square feet, 3 stories, and cost roughly $25 million.  The offices will support speciailists from Pres as well as other physicians.

This is great new for Rio Rancho and Rio Rancho real estate.  Having the new hospital is wonderful, and having a medical office complex to go with it is great for the quality of life for homeowners in Rio Rancho, Northwest Albuquerque, Corrales, and the north valley. 

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