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Are You Shopping MainStreet?
As Christmas creeps closer, we want to remind you to shop local. And not just local, but specifically, Shop MainStreet. There are twenty-seven MainStreet, seven Arts & Cultural and fifteen Frontier Communities in New Mexico. Each of them have great shopping and dining options for residents and visitors. Each community is unique and we know that you will find something you love as you explore in New Mexico and get “off the road” and into our Read more…
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Holiday Happenings in the Three Southern Regions
With the holidays on the way, there are a lot of great events kicking off in our MainStreet communities. See what is going on in a MainStreet district near you, or in one you will be visiting between now and Christmas! Here is a sampling of the events happening in the southern part of the state… ARTESIA Light Up Artesia & Parade of Lights Thursday, December 4, 2014 at 6 PM A night of fun, Read more…
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Holiday Happenings in the Three Central Regions
With the holidays on the way, there are a lot of great events kicking off in our MainStreet communities. See what is going on in a MainStreet district near you, or in one you will be visiting between now and Christmas! Here is a sampling of the events happening in the central, west and east… ALBUQUERQUE – DOWNTOWN ACTION TEAM Holiday Market at the Rail Yards Sunday, December 14, 2014 (1st St & Hazeldine) Read more…
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Holiday Happenings in the Three Northern Regions
With the holidays on the way, there are a lot of great events kicking off in our MainStreet communities. See what is going on in a MainStreet district near you, or in one you will be visiting between now and Christmas! Here is a sampling of the events happening in the north… FARMINGTON Turkey Trot and Gobble Wobble November 22, 2014 from 9 AM to Noon The event will be held at Orchard Plaza Read more…
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Spooky Stops – The Plaza Hotel in Las Vegas, NM
A few years ago I visited Las Vegas, NM with a couple of friends. We stayed in the Plaza Hotel and while waiting to head out for dinner I looked through the guest information book on the desk in my room. While browsing stories about the hotel I laughed out loud when I saw that they had a ghost, and that I was staying in the “ghost room.” At dinner I told my friends about Read more…
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Antiquing Fever in the Southeast Region
When you head into one of our districts in the southeast region it won’t be long before you see an antique store or two. Lots of these shops are filled with businesses that not only sell antiques, but offer recycled, repurposed, restored and handcrafted goods also. Cute names like Exhibit A, Penny Lane, Obtanium, The Honey Hole and the Market Flea adorn these shops and there is a healthy cluster of them in Clovis, Portales, Read more…
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About Our Background Photo
I’d like to give you a little background on our background image, if you will pardon the pun. While not exactly an image that fits our parameters for being “located in, or adjacent to, designated New Mexico MainStreet and Arts & Cultural Districts ” in picking a background image for the website I was concerned about finding a single image from amongst the hundreds on this website that would adequately (and without seeming to play favorites,) Read more…