Rail Express Spring 2017

RAIL RUNNER EXPRESS

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where do you belong?

Museum of International Folk Art. Photograph by Kitty Leaken

The Cultural Atlas of New Mexico leads you to historic and cultural places throughout the Land of Enchantment.

Organized by region, proximity and interest, the Cultural Atlas will help you find where you belong.

http://atlas.nmculture.org

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INDEX 6: The City Different Embraces A Different Experience

8: For the Love of Railroading 9: Laguna Veteran Committed to Community Outreach

28: Holiday Schedule 29: Schedule of Events 31: The Candy Lady Has a New Location

10: Customer Service: The Team

32: Old Town Albuquerque

12: Socorro Rodeo and Sports Complex

Delightful

That Puts Service First

34: Spirit of New Mexico Makes Dining

14: On the Crossroads of New Mexico

35: Veterans Enjoy More Freedom

16: CHAMA: New Mexico’s Mecca for

36: Seniors Make Lasting Connections

18: Gathering of Nations Pow Wow

Commerce

History

Year-Round Fun

With Rail Pass

37: Santa Fe Green Chamber of

22: Deep History Uncovered at Coronado

43: 9 Reasons to Think Local First

23: Rail Runner Q & A

to Duke City, Tingley

Site

24: Rail & Bus Connections Guide 26: Weekday Schedule

44: High-Scoring Gladiators Return 46: Route 66 Casino Hotel:

Award-Winning Dining, Live Entertainment and Unlimited Fun

PUBLISHERS

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GRAPHIC DESIGNERS

WRITERS

MATT GANTNER WILLIAM HALSEY

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MARTIN FRENTZEL MARY ANN HATCHITT

RAIL RUNNER EXPRESS

9400 Holly Avenue NE Albuquerque, NM 87122 (505) 259-7969

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27: Weekend Schedule

The New Mexico Rail Runner Express Magazine is published three times a year by Moon Dog Publishing and the Rio Metro Regional Transit District. The Publisher and Rio Metro Regional Transit District do not take responsibility for the accuracy or legitimacy of the advertiser’s message or that of the guest writer/columnists (including photos) or any aspect of the business operation or conduct of the advertisers in the magazine. Moon Dog Publishing reserves the right to edit all articles for accuracy and style. For more information and advertising rates, call (505) 350-8695 or (505) 259-7969.

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The City Different Embraces A Different Experience Santa Fe’s unique phenomenon Meow Wolf delights first-time visitors and repeat patrons with an experience unlike any other you’ll find in the City Different, or just about anywhere in the United States.

The hybrid high-tech art-space, museum, funhouse, and immersive space-time continuum mystery defies explanation, and the success of Meow Wolf has surprised even those involved in creating it.

“We were not expecting it to take off like it did. We definitely underestimated the appeal and popularity,” commented artist and Meow Wolf front desk docent Blake Cahill, who has been onboard since the beginning. Cahill was also quite effusive about Meow Wolf as a business and how it treats the staff. That sentiment was echoed by his coworker.

“I’ve never worked anywhere where employees had so much input and involvement,” added docent Rose Krayer. “We collaborate, they listen to us, and we all train in operations so the entire team has a good working knowledge of the overall operation.”

It is not just the enthusiasm and sense of a shared mission so obvious in Meow Wolf’s employees that makes it unusual, it’s the entire experience from the time you walk in until you walk out.

Located in an old bowling alley just off Cerrillos Road in Santa Fe, the experience begins in the parking lot amid giant sculptures.

Inside you buy your ticket, watch a cautionary video, and head into the House of Eternal Return. Now this is one whacked-out house with secret passageways transporting you to other dimensions.

From January 17 through February 1, 2017, Meow Wolf was closed to install a new feature or two and freshen up the place.

Newcomers needn’t worry that they missed out; the upgrade enhanced and expanded existing features, and you certainly will not notice anything missing.

One new exhibition features the work of Los Angeles visual artist Dose One. Amid many suspended multicolor polygon faces, there rises a towering obelisk with a special function. There is a secret code to be broken here if you hit the lights on the obelisk in the perfect sequence. Note: this is easier to do when there are fewer people in the room.

Fans of the laser harp room will encounter a totally new experience with a fog machine, laser lights, and a cacophony of sound. “How people interact with the Dose One exhibit effects their experience of it, so everybody has a different experience,” explained Krayer. The original room was modified and now includes an observation area from the tree house’s second level.

There are a host of other new features to take mention since the upgrade. Expect an entirely new kind of rush to be experienced in the laundry room. And, make sure you take note of the new ice machine in the community area. It will give you a thrill, if not a great place to take a break and chill. This writer enjoyed the particularly flattering mirrors and lighting in the new ‘infinity’ spa, which offers a quiet place for reflection. There’s also a new exhibition featuring what can best be called ‘new age’ neon pipe plumbing with an audio element. Return patrons can also expect subtle upgrades to the ‘bug hallway’, the video in the ‘black and white kitchen’, and an assortment of nips and tucks along the way to further enhance the Meow Wolf experience.

“As we grow and change as a company, we will continue to test things with the public,” said Krayer. “Meow Wolf will continue to evolve and our exhibits will never stay static.”

An engaging experience for children of all ages, a fun outing for the whole family, a unique date experience, or just an afternoon as a solo explorer, Meow Wolf is a must-see stop in New Mexico’s capital city.

From the New Mexico Rail Runner Express, exit at the South Capitol Station; take the #2 bus to Calle del Cielo, then walk one block west (one-tenth of a mile) to 1532 Rufina Circle.

Hours of Operation: Wednesday – Monday, 10am – 8pm & Friday – Saturday, 10am – 10pm. Closed on Tuesdays.

Tickets are $18 adults, $12 children (under 13), $16 seniors.

New Mexico residents pay $15 adults, $10 children (under 13) $13 seniors. Annual passes for individuals and families are available. Tickets can be purchased online, gift certificates available onsite only.

Meow Wolf recently upgraded House of Eternal Return; these are images of The Caves and Infinity Spa. Photos courtesy of Lindsey Kennedy.

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For the Love of Railroading

Before Albuquerque was an Air Force town and a nuclearage town it was a railroad town. The railyards near the Barelas neighborhood once housed the largest steam locomotive repair shop between Chicago and Los Angeles.

An estimated 25 percent of the city’s population worked in the Atcheson, Topeka and Santa Fe shops that mostly sit idle today. But some people remember those days when the city was steamed.

WHEELS Leba Freed’s grandfather started a grocery downtown and supplied the rail workers.

“My grandfather was a rabbi, and he started a little butcher shop,” she says. “He had a great affinity for the local people.

They were craftsmen who had the capacity to build these locomotives and the railroads.”

Today, Freed sits on the board of directors of the WHEELS Museum, an entity that chipped in $1 million of the $8.5 million the city needed in 2007 to purchase the rail yards. The Museum is housed in the former warehouse.

Currently, WHEELS opens when the public requests access and is seeking money to resolve electrical and access issues. WHEELS exhibits various wheels that rolled through Albuquerque since the Spanish brought carretas in the 1500s. It displays horse-drawn milk wagons, Model A Fords that chugged across the state during the 1930s Dust Bowl exodus from Oklahoma, and model trains that mimic the diesel engines that pull the New Mexico Rail Runner Express.

The Rail Yards Market, a seasonal (May-October), community-driven market featuring local produce, art, entertainment, and more, is a successful attraction located just next to WHEELS at 777 1st St. SW.

ENGINEERS NEEDED Doyle Caton, 83, and a member of the New Mexico Steam Locomotive Historical Society, says he is the only member old enough to remember steam locomotives running the rails. There are 300 members in the society; they live in 50 states and a dozen countries. Between 20 and 30 members show up on Wednesdays and Saturdays to breathe life back into Santa Fe 2926, a retired locomotive that once sat in Albuquerque’s Coronado Park.

“Every train needs an engineer,” Caton says, “and our group has civil engineers, mechanical engineers, nuclear engineers, and electrical engineers.”

The society’s Chief Mechanical Officer Rick Kirby played on the 2926 when it was resting in Coronado Park and his family went shopping in downtown Albuquerque. Before retiring, Kirby owned his own mechanical company. At one time, he was the only member with any welding certification.

Built in 1944, Santa Fe 2926 and accompanying tender weighs 975,400 pounds when fully loaded with fuel oil and water. The engine cost $252,335 in 1944, and it logged 1,090,539 miles before retirement.

The society was formed in 1997, says John Taylor, historian, and the group bought the engine from the City of Albuquerque for $1. That investment has cost the society about $2.5 million; big chunks of that being the move from Coronado Park to 1833 8th St. NW. Taylor says donations have paid for much of this project, and volunteers donated about 178,000 hours to restore 2926. U.S. Representative Heather Wilson helped arrange for the engine’s storage on Bureau of Indian Affairs property.

Of course, there is a goal in the minds of these volunteers, and CMO Kirby says it is to rebuild the engine well enough to make a run to Las Vegas, N.M.

The Santa Fe 2926 being pulled out of the engine house. Volunteers work on the locomotive each Wednesday and Saturday.

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Laguna Veteran Committed to Community Outreach Marvin Trujillo Jr., a member of Laguna Pueblo, can relate to American veterans who are shocked by the realities of civilian life after discharge.

“The first thing I had a problem with was finding a job,” he says.

He recognizes, of course, that there are only so many jobs in aircraft maintenance, but with a bachelor’s degree in communications from Old Dominion University, seven years of service in the U.S. Navy as an aviation electronics technician, and another five years in the U.S. Marine Corps as an officer supervising aircraft maintenance, one would think he could find something.

The job he eventually got was as the director of the Veteran’s Program at the Pueblo of Laguna. He developed the program between 2008 and 2014, establishing procedures for veterans and their families to apply for benefits from the Department of Veterans Affairs.

THE VA TIMES THREE Today, roughly a decade since his discharge, Trujillo wears a lot of hats. He is the second Lieutenant Governor for the Pueblo of Laguna. He is the chairman of the Advisory Committee on Minority Veterans for the Department of Veterans Affairs in Washington, D.C., a committee on which he has served since 2011. He also is the chairman of the Board of Directors for the Southwest Native American Veterans Association in Albuquerque, a position he assumed in 2015.

“Our biggest mission is to ensure veterans get access to benefits and health care,” he says. One hurdle veterans discover is that three entities handle veterans’ benefits, not one.

The benefits administration of the VA is at 500 Gold SE in Albuquerque. Veterans’ Health Administration is at the main medical center off Gibson in Albuquerque, and the National Cemetery is in Santa Fe. Trujillo says the different branches of military service are doing a better job of preparing vets for reentry into civilian life, but many vets have the mistaken idea that if they register with the VA in downtown Albuquerque they don’t have to go any further.

A benefit that is increasingly important to veterans in the Albuquerque area is the Freedom Pass, a free lifetime pass to ride the New Mexico Rail Runner Express, made available by the Rio Metro Regional Transit District. Trujillo uses the Rail Runner regularly for meetings in Santa Fe. Obtaining the Freedom Pass requires a veteran to have a VA medical card, available from the Raymond G. Murphy Medical Center, 1501 San Pedro Dr. SE, Building 41 in Albuquerque.

Call the medical center at (505) 265-1711 if you need more information or directions. The Freedom Pass itself is available Monday-Friday at the New Mexico Rail Runner Express customer service office and other locations in Albuquerque, Santa Fe and Los Lunas.

“The pass is important to veterans because transportation is one of the areas where they need help,” Trujillo says. He says the relationship between Native Americans and the Rail Runner will be strengthened in the future as more veterans learn about the

Marvin Trujillo Jr. of Laguna is chairman of the Advisory Committee on Minority Veterans for the Department of Veterans Affairs. Photo by Martin Frentzel.

services the Rio Metro Regional Transit District provides.

Other problem areas facing veterans include education about obtaining the benefits they earned and technology. Like many government agencies, the VA is increasingly based on smart phones and computers, and phones can be a challenge for older veterans and in rural areas – this describes many Pueblos and other tribal lands – which often do not have good broadband access to the web.

COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT Trujillo addresses these issues through his committee appointment and Southwest Native American Veterans Association, but educating individual veterans is better achieved through annual conferences or summits. These big events have been held at larger facilities like the National Guard Armory in Albuquerque, Isleta Casino, and Buffalo Thunder north of Santa Fe. “The first year we had 500 to 600 participants for the conference at Isleta Casino,” Trujillo says, “and the second year we met at the National Guard Armory in Albuquerque and had 450 to 500.”

During the coming year, Trujillo and the board of the Southwest Native American Veterans Association hope to take their services directly to the Pueblos and other tribes in the Southwest. Meetings closer to home, they believe, will help veterans fully understand how to apply for and receive benefits from the VA, the state, and the New Mexico Rail Runner Express. Veterans with web access should visit swnava.org to learn about upcoming events.

Native Americans have a very high rate of service to the nation. Kevin Gover, director of the Smithsonian’s National Museum of the American Indian, wrote in 2015 that the 2010 national census revealed 150,000 American Indian and Native Alaskan veterans.

“Native Americans feel an obligation to protect their homeland,” Marvin Trujillo says. His father was a Marine, and Marvin was actually born at Camp Pendleton, the Marines’ major West Coast training base in California.

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Customer Service: The Team That Puts Service First

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The 80-inch monitor hanging on the wall above the customer service desk at the New Mexico Rail Runner Express office displays scenes from 33 security cameras along the Rail Runner’s Belen-toSanta Fe corridor. Three more are focused on the actual train yard.

Monitoring the cameras, answering phones, and sending messages to staff occupy much of the work schedule for the five members of the customer service team who like to think of themselves as a “family.”

Despite the other duties, those cameras demand a lot of attention.

“We spend a lot of time watching the cameras to make sure there is no one on the tracks,” says Nicole Perches, an eight-year veteran of the customer service team. “We monitor the cameras for the safety of the passengers,” she says.

Sometimes, though, the staff looks for other things. “When we have big events I’ll look at the cameras to see which stations have the largest crowds. That way I can let the train crew and operations staff know which stations are the busiest.”

In addition to being the eyes of the Rail Runner, customer service employees provide veterans with their Freedom Pass. They also help passengers learn how to read fare rates as well as train and bus schedules in a state that is still learning how to fully take advantage of public transportation.

CONFIDENCE BUILDER “We deal with about 120,000 callers annually,” says Jenna Paulson, Customer Service Manager for the Rio Metro Regional Transit District, which provides operations for the Rail Runner. “And that’s not counting people we talk to face-to-face during events and walkins,” she says. Paulson has worked for Rio Metro for going on five years. She says the entire staff can answer questions quickly because the riding public seems to share similar concerns.

“About 90 percent of the callers ask the same questions,” Paulson says.

It took Paulson between four and six months to become familiar enough with the Rail Runner and associated bus routes to learn the Q-and-A portion of her job, and that’s how long the average employee takes to absorb the material. “Sometimes we do need to look up stuff; we are not encyclopedias,” she says.

Because public transit is new to many riders, and it is also gaining popularity with veterans and seniors, building confidence in riders’ own abilities to figure schedules and fares is a large part of what customer service does.

For example: “Not too long ago I got a call from an elderly lady who wanted to ride to Santa Fe to visit her sister,” Paulson says. She usually drove to Santa Fe with another family member, but on that day no one could help her. “The caller wanted to make this a weekly trip, and eventually I learned she lived close to the Los Ranchos Station.

I figured out that the sister’s house was not too far from the South Capitol Station, and toward the end of the call she said, ‘I thought it would be a lot more difficult to figure this out.’

“That was very rewarding for me,” Paulson says. “I was able to give her the independence she needed to go visit her sister without involving other family members. And senior citizens are a big part of our ridership.”

For Lisa Sedillo, a three-year veteran of the Rail Runner’s customer service family, helping a mother whose daughter became uncomfortable during a ride provided a lot of job satisfaction.

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Back Row, left to right: Jenna Paulson, Eric Murphy, Kelly Benavidez, Front Row, left to right: Nicole Perches, Lisa Sedillo

she sent cookies and brownies to the office.”

Kelly Benavidez and Eric Murphy were working one day when a rider in a wheelchair rolled off the ramp onto the tracks at the Sandia Station. “We watched him struggling,” Benavidez says. They called police, the Rail Runner staff, and the Sandia Casino shuttle operators to summon help, and ultimately the endangered passenger was pulled to safety. “We help a lot of people,” Benavidez says.

GETTING THE WORD OUT Before Paulson took the Customer Service Manager job, she rode the train to Santa Fe occasionally. Eric Murphy, however, loves trains – a lot. “I used to live near the train tracks and I would always get excited when the train came through,” he says. “Our house would shake and I could hear the whistle.” His mom bought him model trains and his dad helped him build a track in a small shed on their property.

While enrolled in the South Valley Academy, Murphy had the chance to do service learning, and due to this interest in trains he asked to do an internship with the Rail Runner. After his six-month internship, he was hired on and has been with the customer service family for five years now.

“I am here to maintain the first-class service we have always provided,” he says.

A graduate of the University of New Mexico, Paulson realizes providing positive impressions of public transit plays a role in making her job a good fit.

“People here are hesitant to use public transit,” she says, “they are just so set in using their own vehicles. But when they take the trains and buses, they don’t have to worry about traffic, about gas, about their safety.”

In addition to taking calls at the office, monitoring the cameras, and communicating to train staff and other transit agencies, the customer service staff attend public outreach events throughout the year.

Working face-to-face events is more about creating awareness of the transit system. “There are people who don’t know we have a train station in Belen, and that we have buses that will take you to Taos,” Paulson says.

“We get the word out,” says Paulson. “We wear so many hats.”

If you don’t believe that, call 866-795-7245 and ask a question about riding the New Mexico Rail Runner Express and its associated bus routes.

And next time you are waiting on a station platform for the New Mexico Rail Runner Express, don’t forget to wave at the cameras.

There are some very caring customer service representatives watching, and your safety and satisfaction are their main concern.

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Socorro Rodeo and Sports Complex

Saddle up and head south, Partner, a new rodeo arena and sports complex just opened in the little city that offers something to love for everyone - Socorro. The complex is part of a larger, long-term vision that Socorro city leaders hope will attract athletes, rodeo cowboys and patrons, concert-goers, and others to the area.

The new $2.5 million City of Socorro Rodeo and Sports Complex opened February 18, 2017 for an inaugural 2-day event, the “Clint Benjamin Rope for Hope.” The rodeo facility/ sports complex features a covered rodeo arena, an outdoor practice arena, 100 horse stalls (50 covered, 50 uncovered), a two-mile walking/running trail, a concession stand, a 50 space RV park, four regulation-sized soccer fields, and a 5k crosscountry track.

Funding for the complex came from a loan from the Lodgers’ Tax, and the other half came from the State Legislature. A future civic center near the Rodeo and Sports Complex is also in the

Photo by Delilah Walsh.

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works. City leaders also plan to establish a “Central New Mexico State Fair” in Socorro which could potentially be held at the complex. Many events are planned for the new facility including polo tournaments, dog shows and concerts.

Food and beverages are available on site. The Rodeo and Sports Complex restaurant is Fat Man & Little Boy Grill which offers burgers, a pulled pork sandwich, nachos, hot wings, Frito pie, chili cheese fries, breakfast burritos, and cinnamon rolls. Those thirsty for a libation can get that need quenched at the Capitol Bar which features domestic and craft beers, and a variety of mixed drinks. Events are already booking up for the new arena: • March 4 & 5: New Mexico Rodeo Photo by Dave Jennings, Association Membership Jennings Rodeo Photography.

Drive. Performances begin at 1:00PM both days • March 18 & 19: SWBRA Open 4D Barrel Races • April 1 & 2: NM Territory CMS – The Gunner Gang Shoot CMSA Look for the arena on facebook or visit www.SocorroNM.org or www.SocorroNM.gov, 575-835-0240, 1 Rodeo Road, Socorro NM 87801. Exit 147, left on NM 1 S, then right on Rodeo Road.

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Socorro Events

Very Large Array Observatory (VLA)

1ST SATURDAY EVENTS The first Saturday of each month our historic Hammel Museum is open to the public from 9 am - noon.

Karl G. Jansky Very Large Array conducts guided tours from 11 am – 5 pm.

New Mexico Tech hosts 1st Saturday Star Party at Etscorn Observatory at 8 pm.

FARMER’S MARKET – Weekly, April – October, Tuesday Evenings & Saturday Morning at the Historic Plaza 3RD ANNUAL BLUES, BREWS, & BBQS Join us for live music and lots of great food.

6:00 – 11:00 pm, Friday, March 17, Socorro’s Historic Plaza COMMUNITY YOUTH FISHING DERBY This fun event is popular for all ages.

Bring the whole family.

7:00 am, Saturday, March 18, Escondida Lake TRINITY SITE OPEN TO THE PUBLIC The historical site of the 1st atomic bomb test 8:00 am – 3:00 pm, Saturday, April 1, White Sands Missile Range, Bingham, NM CITY OF SOCORRO EASTER EGG HUNT Bring the whole family out for this annual fun Easter event.

Saturday, April 15, 10:00 am, Sedillo Park

In person it is even more stunning.

Events in the new Rodeo & Sports Complex

www.Socorronm.gov Photography by M. Colleen Gino

NEW MEXICO HIGH SCHOOL AND JUNIOR HIGH RODEO Come join us for all the fun in our new and exciting complex as the youth compete.

Saturday, April 22 – Sunday, April 23, All Day, City of Socorro Rodeo and Sports Complex COWBOY MOUNTED SHOOTING ASSOCIATION – Shoot for the Loot New Mexico State Match Friday, May 5 – Sunday, May 7, All Day, City of Socorro Rodeo and Sports Complex CINCO DE MAYO CELEBRATION This fun annual celebration features live music, dancing, beautiful arts & crafts.

Fun for the whole family.

Friday, May 5, 6-11 PM, City of Socorro Rodeo and Sports Complex WORLD SERIES OF TEAM ROPING Come watch all the exciting competition and enjoy all the fun.

Friday, May 19 – Sunday, May 21, All Day, City of Socorro Rodeo and Sports Complex

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On the Crossroads of New Mexico History

The Village of Los Lunas, incorporated in 1928 with origins reaching back to the early Eighteenth Century, stands at the crossroads of historic north-south and east-west corridors.

Early Spanish settlers and Christianized Native Americans near present-day Los Lunas were connected to settlements to the north and south by the Camino Real, Spain’s public road linking the far northern frontier with Mexico. In the early Twentieth Century, U.S. Highway 66, the “main migrant road,” to use John Steinbeck’s phrase, passed through Los Lunas, connecting the Village to points east and west of Central New Mexico.

The rich history of Valencia County is preserved and interpreted at the Los Lunas Museum of Heritage and Arts, located along old Route 66 and about a half-mile north of the Rail Runner station. The Museum’s mission is to educate the public on the Village’s origins and the many facets of its overall story. The San Clemente Land Grant, established in July 1716, spurred settlement on the west bank of the Rio Grande twenty miles south of Albuquerque, and in the intervening years pastoral families, such as the Lunas and the Oteros, grazed extensive herds of sheep between the Rio Puerco and the Rio Grande.

Los Lunas figured into the U.S. War Department’s plans for the Ninth Military District in the 1850s with the establishment of the Post at Los Lunas, an outpost to protect travelers along the old Camino Real. During this era, northern European settlers began to arrive in the region to establish mercantile houses, including those owned by the Hunings, natives of Hanover, Germany. In the second half of the Nineteenth Century, Los Lunas existed as

Fort Craig Tour- Feb. 2017

a bucolic agricultural settlement in the Land of Poco Tiempo, connected to the outside world with the arrival of the Atchison, Topeka, and Santa Fe Railroad in 1880.

Such aspects of our local history are celebrated through public events, such as the popular “Saints and Sinners” Tour each fall.

For more information about programs and events, please phone 505-352-7720, or visit us at 251 Main Street SE, underneath the water tower in Los Lunas. Connect with local history! Journey about “the New Mexican mountains to Albuquerque, where the road comes down from Santa Fe. Then down the gorged Rio Grande to Los Lunas,” as Steinbeck wrote in The Grapes of Wrath and retrace the historical routes that connect the Village to its neighbors near and far.

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Los Lunas Museum of Heritage & Arts Upcoming Events TOUR EVENTS SEVILLETA NATIONAL WILDLIFE REFUGE - Tour the visitors’ center and refuge with its four different diverse biological biomes, interesting geology, and historic resources.

Saturday, April 22, 2017 SAINTS & SINNERS TOUR - Tour three historical churches and end with beer and wine tasting at the Camino Real Winery & Tap Room. Friday, May 12, 2017 TOMÉ - Tour historic Tomé Plaza, Immaculate Conception Church, and Tomé Hill. Friday, June 16, 2017

Exhibit Calendar “AMERICAN ILLUSTRATORS, 1890-1950” (JANUARY - MAY 2017): Popular magazines of the late Nineteenth Century through the 1950s, such as Collier’s, The Saturday Evening Post, and American Magazine, featured illustrations by artists that depicted scenes in short stories; the “American Illustrators” exhibit displays notable examples of artwork from this significant era of American publications and art.

“BIRDS OF THE RIO GRANDE: PHOTOGRAPHY BY CHRIS TAFOYA” (JANUARY –APRIL 2017): Photographs along the Rio Grande Bosque.

Stanley Parkhouse (1903-1956), a native of Minnesota,

worked professionally as a commercial illustrator throughout the 1930s and 1940s, contributing works for such magazines as Collier’s , and The Saturday Evening Post; his depiction of this moment in a Navajo trading post in Arizona demonstrates his skill with human form in the “American Illustrators” exhibit.

“CIVIL WAR IN NEW MEXCO” (FEBRUARY - MAY 2017): During the Civil War, the West was the site of a contested theater of operations, and the battles at Valverde and Glorieta Pass, as well as the engagements along the Rio Grande from Albuquerque to Mesilla between Confederate and Union forces, impacted the ultimate outcome of the war.

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CHAMA: New Mexico’s Mecca for Year-Round Fun One of the best-kept secrets in New Mexico is the enchanting Village of Chama. With an elevation of 7860 feet, Chama is nestled high in the Southern Rockies, just 120 miles North of Santa Fe. The historic Cumbres & Toltec Scenic Railroad steam trains leave the Chama depot daily from Memorial Day weekend to midOctober. Riding the railroad is a day trip of exhilarating mountain views, deep gorges, beautiful spring wild flowers and later in the season, amazing fall colors.

Fishing local trout streams and lakes is a leisurely pleasure and for a real experience try fly fishing the Rio Chama, which runs the east side of the Village. Hikers and mountain bikers find many trails including the Continental Divide Trail nearby. The Sargent’s Wildlife Area surrounds Chama with meadows and trails for hiking and horseback riding. Hunting adventures with reliable guides are close to town.

Chama has a lively western-style business district with lodging, RV Parks and cozy dining establishments. Located at the junction of highway 17 and U.S. 84 (take State Hwy 285 north from Santa Fe to Española then take the “Chama Highway” (84) north), the Village of Chama is the perfect destination for anyone seeking scenic outdoor recreation.

Crowds gather in Chama for the famous Fourth of July fireworks display. The Cumbres & Toltec Scenic Railroad offers a fireworks train in the evening. Chama Days, the second weekend of August, is always fun with a softball tournament, NMPRC Rodeo, dances, and a parade. Enjoy our Valley Studio Tour every Labor Day weekend and visit our local artists.

Cool times in cool pines are the epitome of summer fun in Chama’s cabins and vacation ranches.

Oh, yeah, and it’s an absolute mecca for winter sports, too!

For your safety and comfort bring a light jacket or sweater for those cool evening walks and check with the local ranger district before heading out to hike. Never travel alone and make sure you are adequately prepared. At these altitudes, the weather can sneak up on you.

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Springtime on the Chama River. Photo courtesy of www.exposureandfstop.com.

Free Public Opening Reception Sunday, March 12, 1–4 pm 1–2 p.m. “Tramp Art: The Art of Layered Inspirations,” lecture by Clifford Wallach, Joan & Clifford Vernick Auditorium.

2–4 p.m. Hands-on activities for ages 3 to 103: make your own notched-paper frame; live music; woodworking demonstrations; book signing; refreshments hosted by the Women’s Board of the Museum of New Mexico.

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Deep History Uncovered at Coronado Site BERNALILLO – If you want to explore the state’s “deep history,” the Coronado Historic Site, a short drive west of downtown Bernalillo on N.M. 550, will take you into the past and help you understand the present.

A FORTUNATE ACCIDENT The name Coronado implies that history came to this mesa beside the Rio Grande in 1540, when 31-year-old Francisco Vasquez de Coronado ventured north from Mexico to this region already occupied by Los Indios de los Pueblos – the ancestors of today’s Pueblo Indians. Also known by the Tiwa name Kuaua, the historic site is now believed to have been occupied for 2,000 years, and why not? The place has a drop-dead gorgeous view of the Rio Grande with the Sandia Mountains as a backdrop.

Over the centuries, this region would certainly see strife. The Tiguex War of 1541 is believed to have left hundreds of Los Indios warriors dead, and Coronado left in 1542. A nearby hacienda was burned during the Pueblo Revolt of 1680 when the Spanish were temporarily driven out of what today is New Mexico. Don Juan de Onate returned in 1698, following the Rio Grande and passing by on the trail that eventually became known as the Camino Real, or royal road, linking Mexico to Santa Fe. In the late 1930s, archaeologists were searching Kuaua for evidence that it had been Coronado’s winter camp, and the state also needed a location to celebrate the Coronado Cuarto Centennial, the 400th anniversary of Coronado’s expedition. Kuaua was chosen.

As today’s rangers tell visitors, however, it was a “fortunate accident.” Coronado actually camped farther south, but one of the

great archeological finds of a state rich in ancient dwellings and other artifacts of human presence was made here at Kuaua, a word for evergreen.

At its pinnacle, Kuaua was a thriving village of 1,200 rooms stacked into three stories. The villagers raised corn, beans and squash, and hunted everything from ducks to bison. Kuaua served as a trade route connecting the Pacific Coast to the Great Plains, and Mexico to northern people. Buried in a square kiva at Kuaua was the treasure that Coronado never found – 17 murals recording the pueblo view of life.

Through great effort and funding from the Depression-Era Works Progress Administration, the murals were preserved, and some are now on display at the Coronado Historic Site. Photos are not allowed, and the site charges a $5 entrance fee. One can, however, visit the Painted Kiva at this site where the murals were found and subsequently recreated by Zia Pueblo artist Velino Shije Herrera in 1938.

West of historic Kuaua is the Santa Ana Casino, owned and operated by the Pueblo of Santa Ana. It is a bustling place, full of people from all over the globe, living their own histories as people have for thousands of years.

Coronado Historic Site is open to the public Wednesday to Monday, 8:30 a.m. to 5 p.m. Call (505) 867-5351 for information.

There is a casino shuttle from the Sandoval County/U.S. 550 New Mexico Rail Runner Express Station to Santa Ana Casino, adjacent to Kuaua. The shuttle does not stop at the historic site, but the historic pueblo sits just a half mile north of U.S. 550.

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Questions & Answers How do I buy tickets?

Tickets can be purchased online at nmrailrunner.com, onboard the train from the ticket agents, or on the Rio Ticketing app. We accept cash, debit, and credit cards (except American Express).

Are discounted tickets available?

Reduced fares are available to youth ages 10-17, students with a valid ID, seniors age 62+, and people with disabilities. Children 9 and under ride free. Please see the fare information listed in this magazine for details and a list of acceptable ID cards. Discounted tickets are also available to groups of 25 or more through the Customer Service Department. Call (866) 795-7245 for information about group travel.

What is the Freedom Pass?

The Freedom Pass is a lifetime pass that allows veterans with a VA medical card to ride the New Mexico Rail Runner Express at no cost. Passes are issued to eligible veterans at the Rio Metro Customer Service office Monday-Thursday, and at additional locations in Albuquerque, Los Lunas, and Santa Fe. Call (866) 795-7245 or visit nmrailrunner.com for times and details.

Can I charge my cell phone/laptop/tablet on the train?

Electrical outlets are available for passenger use at each of the tables on the train. Tables are located on the mezzanine and upper levels only.

How do I store my luggage or packages on the train?

Luggage or packages may be stored under the seat or in the overhead racks. Please do not block an aisle or take up an extra seat with luggage or packages.

Can I bring my bicycle/sports equipment on the train?

Bicycles, skis and other sporting equipment are welcome on the train at no charge. Each New Mexico Rail Runner Express train car has designated space for up to 8 bicycles. During the winter months, the train also provides storage containers for ski equipment. Please store your equipment in the designated storage areas.

Are pets allowed on the train?

Pets are not allowed onboard, only service animals. Service animals can be guide dogs for the blind or visually impaired, signal dogs for the hearing impaired, or other types of animals that can be individually trained to work or perform tasks for an individual with a disability. Learn more about riding with a service animal at riometro.org.

Can I take a stroller on the train?

Strollers are welcome on the train. Please store large strollers in the bicycle storage area marked with a bicycle symbol.

Is my ticket refundable if I don’t use it?

Tickets are non-refundable and non-transferable.

How old do children need to be to ride alone?

Children must be at least 10 years old to ride the train without a supervising adult.

Can I buy a ticket for someone else?

Yes, you may purchase a ticket for another person from our online ticketing (nmrailrunner.com). You will need to email the ticket to the person you are buying it for; they can either print it out or show it to the ticket agent on their mobile device.

What happens if I leave something on the train?

If you leave an item on the train, please contact our Customer Service office at 866-795-RAIL (7245), Monday-Friday 8 a.m – 5 p.m. Lost items are turned in to the Customer Service office and are held for 60 days. If you find an item on the train, please turn it in to a ticket agent or conductor.

Is there parking available at the train stations?

Free onsite parking is available at all of the Rail Runner stations with the exception of Downtown ABQ and the Santa Fe Depot. Parking at Downtown ABQ and the Santa Fe Depot is available for a fee at adjacent parking facilities.

How can I find out if the train is delayed?

There are several options for passengers to stay informed about the status of the train. Rider Alerts are posted on the home page of the Rail Runner website. You can sign up to receive text alerts for specific train routes and be notified of any delays longer than 10 minutes. Like us on Facebook and follow us on Twitter to receive updates about train delays and other information.

Are there restrooms on the train?

At least one restroom is available on every New Mexico Rail Runner Express train. Longer trains will have more than one restroom.

Can I bring or buy food on the train?

Passengers are welcome to bring and consume food and beverages (excluding alcohol) on the train. Food and beverages are not available for purchase on the train.

Can I use the train to get to the airport?

Passengers can travel between the Albuquerque International Sunport (ABQ) and the New Mexico Rail Runner Express using ABQ RIDE buses. Connections are available Monday-Saturday.

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Santa Fe Trails Route 4 (Southside) - To the Santa Fe Convention Center, City and County offices, Santa Fe High School and Santa Fe Place Mall.

South Capitol Shuttle - Weekdays to St. Vincent Hospital, the Rodeo Business Park and the District 5 DOT office.

NM Park & Ride Blue Route Weekdays to Santa Fe, Pojoaque and Los Alamos.

NM Park & Ride Red Route Weekdays to Espanola, Pojoaque and Santa Fe. NM Park & Ride Orange Route Weekdays between Las Vegas and Santa Fe. NCRTD Route 160 - Weekdays between Santa Fe, Española and Santa Clara Pueblo.

NCRTD Route 200 - Weekdays between Santa Fe and Española.

Santa Fe Trails Route 2 (Cerrillos Road) To the West Capitol Complex, the New Mexico School for the Deaf and Santa Fe Place Mall. (connect here to SF Outlet Mall (Route 26).

South Capitol Station

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Santa Fe Pick Up - To the Santa Fe Plaza, Downtown Santa Fe, Canyon Road and Museum Hill. Operates daily. Turn left when exiting the train to the shuttle and look for the red truck sign.

Buffalo Thunder Resort & Casino Shuttle Shuttle stops on Guadalupe right next to Tomasita’s Restaurant.

Shuttle meets train daily.

Santa Fe Trails Route 2 (Cerrillos Road) To the West Capitol Complex, the New Mexico School for the Deaf and Santa Fe Place Mall. (connect here to SF Outlet Mall (Route 26).

Santa Fe Trails Route 4 (Southside) To the Santa Fe Convention Center, City and County offices, Santa Fe Place Mall and Santa Fe High School.

Santa Fe Trails Route M (Museum Hill) Access to the Museum of Spanish Art, Museum of Indian Arts & Culture, Museum of International Folk Art and the Wheelwright Museum of the American Indian.

NCRTD Taos Express - To Española and the Town of Taos.

Saturdays and Sundays only.

Santa Fe Depot Station

All our bus connections are FREE unless otherwise noted

ABQ RIDE Route 766 - (Rapid Ride Red Line) Express route to access Old Town, the ABQ BioPark, UNM, Nob Hill and Uptown.

Located in front of the building.

ABQ RIDE Route 777 - (Rapid Ride Green Line) Express route to access UNM, Nob Hill, and the foothills near Tramway. Located in front of the building.

ABQ RIDE Route 66 - Access to locations along Central Ave. including Central & Unser Park & Ride, City and County buildings, UNM and EXPO NM. Located in front of the building.

ABQ RIDE Route 40 - (The D-RIDE) Free downtown circulator that runs every 7 minutes Monday- Friday.

Downtown Albuquerque Station

ABQ RIDE Route 157 - To Cottonwood Mall, Coronado Center, ABQ Uptown and Kirkland Air Force Base.

Montaño Station

Rio Metro Route 505-B - Weekdays to Albuquerque, Los Lunas and Belen before the first southbound train run.

ABQ RIDE Route 251 - Weekdays to the Journal Center business district, Century 24 Theatre, Cottonwood Mall, Intel and Rio Rancho.

Los Ranchos/Journal Center Station

Sandia Resort & Casino Shuttle Meets every train, seven days a week.

Sandia Pueblo Station

Rio Metro Route 204 - Weekdays to Bernalillo, northern Rio Rancho, Zia Pueblo, San Ysidro, Jemez Pueblo and Jemez Springs.

Route 505-A - Weekday express service to Downtown Albuquerque before the first southbound train of the morning.

Santa Ana Star Casino Shuttle Meets every train, seven days a week.

Hollywood Casino Shuttle at San Felipe Meets northbound trains 7 days a week. Call for shuttle times.

Rio Metro Route 201 - Weekdays to Bernalillo and Enchanted Hills.

Rio Metro Route 202 - Weekedays to Bernalillo, Rio Rancho, Santa Ana Pueblo, Algodones, Santo Domingo Pueblo, Cochiti Pueblo and the Town of Cohiti Lake.

Sandoval County/US 550 Station

Rail & Bus Connections Guide

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South Capitol

Santa Fe Depot

SYSTEM MAP

Rio Metro Route 206 - Weekday service for Belen residents to connect to the Rail Runner station and other nearby work centers during peak commute times.

Rio Metro Dial-A-Ride - Weekday curb-to-curb service in Valencia County. Rides must be requested by 12 NOON one business day prior.

Call 505-352-3595. $1 each way.

Rio Metro Route 504 - Weekdays to Downtown ABQ. Departs the station at 3:55 a.m. Bus is timed to meet the nortbound train from Downtown ABQ at 5:02 a.m.

Socorro Shuttle - Service to Socorro Weekdays and Sundays.

Belen Station

Rio Metro Route 207 - Weekday service for Los Lunas residents to connect to the Rail Runner station and other nearby work centers during peak commute times. Connects to Route 209.

Rio Metro Route 209 - Weekdays between Los Lunas Transportation Center and the UNM Valencia Campus. Connects to Route 207.

Rio Metro Dial-A-Ride - Weekday curb-to-curb service in Valencia County. Rides must be requested by 12 NOON one business day prior.

Call 505-352-3595. $1 each way.

Rio Metro Route 504 - Weekdays to Downtown ABQ. Departs the station at 4:15 a.m. Bus is timed to meet the nortbound train from Downtown ABQ at 5:02 a.m.

Rio Metro Route 505-B - Weekdays to Belen before the first southbound train.

Los Lunas

Isleta Hotel & Casino Shuttle - A bus meets every train, seven days a week.

Rio Metro Route 504 - Weekdays to Downtown ABQ. Departs the station at 4:35 a.m. Bus is timed to meet the nortbound train from Downtown ABQ at 5:02 a.m.

Rio Metro Route 505-B - Weekdays to Los Lunas and Belen before the first southbound train. Board this bus at the Isleta Casino south parking lot.

Isleta Pueblo Station

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Santa Fe Pick Up City of Santa Fe (505) 231-2573 santafenm.gov Taos Express (505) 629-4725 (866) 206-0754 taosexpress.com ncrtd.org

NM Park & Ride (866) 551-7433 nmparkandride.com

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Please contact the connection provider for fares.

ABQ RIDE Route 222 - Weekdays to the South Valley, VA Hospital, Kirtland Air Force Base and the airport business district. Can also be used to access the Albuquerque International Sunport for passengers coming from and going to Valencia County.

Rio Metro Route 504 - Weekdays to Downtown ABQ. Departs the station at 4:45 a.m. Bus is timed to meet the nortbound train from Downtown ABQ at 5:02 a.m.

Rio Metro Route 505-B - Weekdays to Los Lunas and Belen before the first southbound train.

Bernalillo County Station

ABQ RIDE Route 53 - To Isleta Blvd, the Albuquerque Zoo and the National Hispanic Cultural Center.

ABQ RIDE Route 217 - To Central New Mexico Community College (CNM) and Kirtland Air Force Base.

ABQ RIDE Route 250 - Airport Express. Direct route to the Albuquerque International Sunport.

Rio Metro Route 505-B - Weekdays to Isleta Pueblo, Los Lunas and Belen. Bus leaves daily at 6:25 a.m. Board this route at Bus Bay “N”.

Other ABQ RIDE Routes - There are nearly 40 other ABQ RIDE bus routes that get you just about anywhere in the city.

Rio Metro Regional Transit District (866) 795-7245 riometro.org Hollywood Casino Shuttle at San Felipe (505) 991-5247 (877) 529-2946 sanfelipecasino.com

Buffalo Thunder Resort & Casino Shuttle (505) 819-2292 buffalothunderresort.com North Central Regional Transit District (NCRTD) (866) 206-0754 (505) 629-4725 ncrtd.org

Sandia Resort & Casino Shuttle (505) 796-7500 sandiacasino.com

Santa Ana Star Casino Shuttle (505) 771-5336 (505) 867-0000 santaanastar.com

Belen

Los Lunas

Station Coming Soon

Socorro Shuttle (575) 835-1501 socorronm.gov

Rio Metro Valencia (505) 352-3595 riometro.org

Isleta Pueblo

Bernalillo Co.

Downtown Albuquerque

Montaño

Los Ranchos Journal Center

Sandia Pueblo

Downtown Bernalillo

Sandoval Co. / US 550

Kewa Pueblo

Santa Fe Co. NM 599

Zia Road

Isleta Resort & Casino Shuttle (877) 747-5382 isleta.com

ABQ RIDE (505) 243-7433 myabqride.com

For more information, fares and connections not listed, please contact these providers:

Rio Metro Route 202 - Weekdays to Bernalillo, Rio Rancho, Santa Ana Pueblo, Algodones, Santo Domingo Pueblo, Cochiti Pueblo and the town of Cochiti Lake.

Hollywood Casino Shuttle at San Felipe Meets southbound trains 7 days a week. Call for shuttle times.

Kewa Station at Santo Domingo Pueblo

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NM 599 Station Shuttle - Weekdays to Bisbee Court, the New Mexican Plaza, Jaguar, Camino Entrada, and Santa Fe Place Mall.

Meets most trains.

NCRTD Route 270 - Weekdays to the NM Department of Corrections, Oñate Complex (National Guard) and the Santa Fe County Detention Center.

Santa Fe Trails Route 22 - Weekdays to Santa Fe Community College, Rancho Viejo and IAIA. NM Park & Ride Purple Route - Weekday direct connection between the Rail Runner and Los Alamos.

NM Park & Ride Purple Shuttle Route to connect from the first run of the morning on the NM Park & Ride Purple Bus Route to the South Capitol & Santa Fe Depot Stations. Weekday departure at 5:11 a.m.

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Santa Fe County/NM 599 Station

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NCRTD Route 220 - Weekdays between Santa Fe, Tesuque, Pojoaque and Española.

NCRTD Route 280 - Weekdays between Santa Fe, Eldorado, Galisteo, Stanley, Moriarity and Edgewood.

NCRTD Route 290 - Weekdays between Santa Fe, Eldorado, Galisteo, Stanley, Moriarty and Edgewood.

NCRTD Santa Fe to Taos - Weekdays between Santa Fe and Taos.

NCRTD Mountain Trail Route – Daily service to Ski Santa Fe with stops throughout downtown and at 10,000 Waves.

Operates 9/26/15 – 4/3/16 • 7/1/16 - 8/31/16.

Weekday Schedule LUNES A VIERNES

Schedule Effective January 1st, 2016 Horario efectivo a partir del 1 de enero del 2016

Monday through Friday lunes a viernes

Shown are departure times, unless otherwise noted.

Horario demuestra tiempos de salida a no ser que se indique lo contrario.

ESTACIONES DE TREN

READING THE SCHEDULE 1. Decide whether you are going north (at top) or south (at bottom).

2. On the left-hand side, find the station from which you are leaving.

3. Read across to find the times the Rail Runner departs from that station.

4. From there, read down to find what time the Rail Runner will arrive at the station to which you are traveling.

COMO LEER EL HORARIO 1. Decida si va a ir hacia el norte o hacia el sur 2. A la izquierda, busque la estación de donde va a salir 3. Lea hacia la derecha hasta encontrar la hora que el tren sale de la estación de su preferencia 4. De alli, lea hacia abajo hasta encontrar la hora que el tren llega a la estación de su preferencia

Northbound / Hacia el Norte

#502

#504

#102 EXPRESS

#506

#508

#510

#512

#514

#516

#518

#520

Belen

–

–

5:39A

6:35A

8:04A

–

3:40P

–

5:51P

7:01P

7:57P

Los Lunas

–

–

5:49A

6:46A

8:15A

–

3:51P

–

6:01P

7:12P

8:08P

Isleta Pueblo

–

–

6:02A

6:59A

8:27A

–

4:04P

–

6:16P

7:26P

8:22P

TRAIN STATIONS

Bernalillo County

–

–

6:10A

7:06A

8:35A

–

4:11P

–

6:29P

7:35P

8:31P

Downtown ABQ

4:32A

5:02A

6:22A

7:19A

8:42A

9:35A

4:26P

5:34P

6:48P

7:42P

8:38P

Montaño

4:41A

5:11A

–

7:29A

–

9:44A

4:35P

5:43P

6:58P

–

–

Los Ranchos / JC

4:47A

5:17A

6:34A

7:36A

–

9:50A

4:41P

5:49P

7:06P

–

–

Sandia Pueblo

4:52A

5:22A

–

7:42A

–

9:55A

4:46P

5:54P

7:12P

–

–

Downtown Bernalillo

5:01A

5:31A

–

7:52A

–

10:03A

4:54P

6:07P

7:26P

–

–

Sandoval / US 550

5:05A

5:35A

6:46A

7:58A

–

10:08A

4:59P

6:12P

7:31P

–

–

Kewa

5:25A

5:55A

7:05A

8:18A

–

10:28A

5:19P

6:34P

7:50P

–

–

SF County / NM 599

5:48A

6:18A

7:24A

8:39A

–

10:51A

5:43P

6:57P

8:13P

–

–

South Capitol

6:08A

6:38A

7:40A

8:54A

–

11:11A

5:58P

7:17P

8:33P

–

–

Santa Fe Depot

6:13A

6:43A

7:45A

8:59A

–

11:16A

6:03P

7:22P

8:38P

–

–

READ DOWN LEA HACIA ABAJO

ESTACIONES DE TREN

CONTACT/CONTACTO

866-795-RAIL (7245) www.nmrailrunner.com Customer Service Hrs. Mon.-Fri. 5am-10pm Sat. & Sun. 7am-10pm Horas de Servicio al Cliente: lunes a viernes 5am - 10pm, sábado y domingo 7am - 10pm.

Southbound / Hacia el Sur

Shown are departure time unless otherwise noted #101 #517 #519 #521 EXPRESS

#501

#503

#507

#509

#511

#513

#515

Santa Fe Depot

–

–

5:39A

7:13A

1:02P

–

4:15P

5:04P

5:30P

6:46P

9:00P

South Capitol

–

–

5:43A

7:18A

1:07P

–

4:20P

5:09P

5:35P

6:51P

9:05P

SF County / NM 599

–

–

6:01A

7:37A

1:26P

–

4:39P

5:26P

5:54P

7:10P

9:24P

7:55A

1:44P

–

4:57P

7:28P

9:42P

TRAIN STATIONS

Kewa

–

–

6:19A

–

6:12P

Sandoval / US 550

–

–

6:38A

8:14A

2:03P

–

5:16P

6:02P

6:31P

7:47P

10:01P

Downtown Bernalillo

–

–

6:43A

8:18A

2:07P

–

5:20P

–

6:35P

7:51P

10:05P

Sandia Pueblo

–

–

6:52A

8:27A

2:16P

–

5:29P

–

6:44P

8:00P

10:14P

Los Ranchos / JC

–

–

6:57A

8:32A

2:21P

–

5:34P

6:14P

6:49P

8:05P

10:19P

Montaño

–

–

7:02A

8:37A

2:26P

–

5:39P

–

6:54P

8:10P

10:24P

Downtown ABQ

4:45A

5:30A

7:10A

8:45A

2:37P

4:30P

5:50P

6:25P

7:02P

8:18P

10:32P

Bernalillo County

4:53A

5:41A

7:19A

–

2:45P

4:38P

5:57P

–

7:09P

–

–

Isleta Pueblo

5:01A

5:49A

7:27A

–

2:52P

4:45P

6:06P

–

7:17P

–

–

Los Lunas

5:13A

6:06A

7:39A

–

3:05P

4:58P

6:22P

–

7:31P

–

–

Belen

5:24A

6:17A

7:50A

–

3:15P

5:08P

6:33P

–

7:42P

–

–

READ DOWN LEA HACIA ABAJO

Designated QUIET CAR Service Only cars nearest to locomotive are Quiet Cars Means train does not stop

Significa el tren no hace parada

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Train arrives but does not continue

Tren llega hasta este punto pero no continua

Weekend Schedule FIN DE SEMANA

Saturday

Shown are departure times, unless otherwise noted.

sabado

Horario demuestra tiempos de salida a no ser que se indique lo contrario.

ESTACIONES DE TREN

Northbound Saturday / Sabado Hacia el Norte

ESTACIONES DE TREN

#702

#704

#706

#708

#710

Belen

8:20A

1:04P

5:49P

7:44P

10:33P

TRAIN STATIONS

#705

#707

#709

#711

–

10:44A

3:27P

–

8:12P

10:07P

Los Lunas

8:30A

1:14P

5:59P

7:54P

10:43P

South Capitol

–

10:49A

3:32P

–

8:17P

10:12P

8:41A

1:25P

6:10P

8:05P

10:54P

SF County / NM 599

–

11:05A

3:48P

–

8:33P

10:28P

Bernalillo County

8:48A

1:32P

6:17P

8:12P

11:01P

Kewa

–

11:23A

4:06P

–

8:51P

10:46P

Downtown ABQ

8:58A

1:42P

6:27P

8:22P

11:09P

Sandoval / US 550

–

11:41A

4:24P

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The Río Metro Regional Transit District is committed to its Title VI obligations. We do not discriminate on the basis of race, color or national origin in the delivery of service. To obtain more information on our nondiscrimination obligations or to file a Title VI complaint, contact us at 809 Copper Avenue NW, ABQ, NM 87102.

El Río Metro Regional Transit District esta comprometido a sus obligaciones con Title VI. No discriminamos a base de raza, color o origen nacional al desempeñar nuestro servicio. Para obtener más información sobre nuestra obligación con Title VI o para presentar una queja, favor de contactarnos en 809 Copper NW, ABQ, NM 87102. www.nmrailrunner.com | www.travelnewmex.com | SPRING 2017

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Holiday Schedule Day After Thanksgiving

Friday, November 24, 2017 - SUNDAY SCHEDULE

Memorial Day

Monday, May 29, 2017 - NO SERVICE

Christmas Eve

Sunday, December 24, 2017 - SUNDAY SCHEDULE

Independence Day

Tuesday, July 4, 2017 - SUNDAY SCHEDULE

Christmas Day

Monday, December 25, 2017 - NO SERVICE

Labor Day

Monday, September 4, 2017 - NO SERVICE

New Year's Eve

Sunday, December 31, 2017 – SUNDAY SCHEDULE

Columbus Day

Monday, October 9, 2017 - REGULAR WEEKDAY SCHEDULE

Veterans Day

Saturday, November 11, 2017 - SATURDAY SCHEDULE

Thanksgiving Day

Thursday, November 23, 2017 – NO SERVICE

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one-way $2 $3 $5 $8 $9 $10

day pass $3 $4 $6 $9 $10 $11

monthly pass $39 $55 $72 $105 $110 $121

annual pass $385 $550 $715 $1045 $1100 $1210

REDUCED FARE 1 zone 2 zones 3 zones 4 zones 5 zones 6 zones

one-way $1 $1 $2 $4 $4 $5

day pass $2 $2 $3 $6 $7 $8

monthly pass $19 $28 $36 $52 $55 $61

annual pass $187 $275 $352 $517 $550 $605

Sandoval Co. / US 550

REDUCED FARES ARE AVAILABLE TO: • Youth ages 10-17 • Students with a valid student ID • Seniors age 62+ • Medicare Card holders • People with disabilities who show: - An NM Motor Vehicle Department notification - A letter from a doctor indicating the disability (with exp. date) - An ABQ RIDE Honored Citizen Card - A Santa Fe Ride Card or Santa Fe Trails Half Fare Card - A disabled veteran ID card

Children

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Downtown Bernalillo

Sandia Pueblo Los Ranchos Journal Center Montaño Downtown Albuquerque Bernalillo Co. Isleta Pueblo

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ONGOING EVENTS Seniors Ride Free New Mexico Rail Runner Express Every Wednesday, February – April Anytime after 8 a.m.

Seniors 62+ can ride the Rail Runner for free. Take the train to Albuquerque or Santa Fe to enjoy food, art, culture, shopping and more.

(866) 795-7245 riometro.org Santa Fe Farmers Market Santa Fe Railyard Every Saturday year-round 8 a.m. – 1 p.m.

Exit the train at the Santa Fe Depot.

(505) 983-4098 santafefarmersmarket.com Railyard Artisan Market Santa Fe Railyard Every Sunday year-round 10 a.m. – 4 p.m.

Exit the train at the Santa Fe Depot.

(505) 983-4098 artmarketsantafe.com Santa Fe Artists Market Santa Fe Railyard Park Saturdays through December 8 a.m. – 1 p.m.

Exit the train at the Santa Fe Depot.

(505) 310-8766 santafeartistsmarket.com Downtown Growers’ Market Robinson Park, Albuquerque Saturdays, April 15 – November 4 8 a.m. – Noon Exit the train at Downtown ABQ and take the short walk to 8th St. & Central.

(505) 252-2959 downtowngrowers.com Rail Yards Market Blacksmith Shop, Albuquerque Rail Yard Sundays, May – October 10 a.m. – 2 p.m.

Exit the train at Downtown ABQ and take the short walk south to 1st St. & Hazeldine.

(505) 600-1109 railyardsmarket.org

APRIL ALL MONTH El Museo Winter Market El Museo Cultural, Santa Fe Now through May 28 Saturdays, 8 a.m. – 3 p.m.

Sundays, 9 a.m. – 4 p.m.

Exit the train at the Santa Fe Depot; El Museo is just steps away from the station.

(505) 250-8969 elmuseocultural.org ALL MONTH The Carved Line: Block Printmaking in NM Albuquerque Museum Tuesday – Sunday, 9 a.m. – 5 p.m.

Exit the train at Downtown ABQ and board ABQ RIDE Route 66 or Rapid Ride Red Line westbound to Central and Rio Grande, then take a short walk north to the museum.

(505) 243-7255 cabq.gov ALL MONTH Sacred Realm: Blessings & Good Fortune Across Asia Museum of International Folk Art, Santa Fe Tuesday – Sunday, 10 a.m. – 5 p.m.

Exit the train at the Santa Fe Depot and take the Santa Fe Pick-Up shuttle to the museum.

(505) 476-1200 internationalfolkart.org APRIL 8 Fiestas de Albuquerque Old Town Albuquerque Noon – 5 p.m.

Exit the train at Downtown ABQ and board ABQ RIDE Route 66 or Rapid Ride Red Line westbound to Central and Rio Grande.

(505) 768-3556 cabq.gov APRIL 21-23 New Mexico International Auto Show Albuquerque Convention Center Friday, Noon – 9 p.m., Saturday, 10 a.m. – 9 p.m., Sunday, 10 a.m. – 6 p.m.

Exit the train at Downtown ABQ and take a short walk north to 2nd St. and Tijeras Ave. (505) 768-4575 newmexicoautoshow.com

APRIL 22 Earth Day Celebration & Children’s Seed Festival Albuquerque Botanical Gardens 10 a.m. – 2 p.m.

Exit the train at Downtown ABQ and board ABQ RIDE Route 66 or Rapid Ride Red Line westbound to Central and New York.

(505) 848-7180 cabq.gov APRIL 27-29 Gathering of Nations Pow Wow EXPO New Mexico Event Times Vary Exit the train at Downtown ABQ and board ABQ RIDE Route 66, 766 or 777 eastbound to Central and San Pedro.

(505) 836-2810 gatheringofnations.com APRIL 29 Japanese Cultural Festival Santa Fe Community Convention Center 9:30 a.m. – 5 p.m.

Exit the train at the Santa Fe Depot and walk north to W. Marcy St. and Grant Ave. santafejin.org MAY ALL MONTH Downtown Albuquerque Walking Tours Meet at the corner of 1st & Central, Albuquerque Saturdays, 10 a.m. – 11:30 a.m.

Exit the train at Downtown ABQ and walk west to 1st St. and Central Ave. albuqhistsoc.org ALL MONTH Telling New Mexico: Stories from Then and Now New Mexico History Museum, Santa Fe 10 a.m. – 5 p.m. Daily Exit the train at the Santa Fe Depot and walk or take the Santa Fe Pick-Up Shuttle to W. Palace Ave. and Lincoln Ave. (505) 476-5200 nmhistorymuseum.org

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ALL MONTH Costumed by Design Indian Pueblo Cultural Center, Albuquerque 9 a.m. – 5 p.m. Daily Exit the train at Downtown ABQ and board ABQ RIDE Route 36 north to 12th St. and Indian School Rd. (505) 843-7270 indianpueblo.org MAY 12-13 Canyon Road Spring Art Festival Canyon Road, Santa Fe All Day Exit the train at the Santa Fe Depot and take the Santa Fe Pick-Up Shuttle to Canyon Rd. visitcanyonroad.com MAY 18-21 Outside Bike & Brew Santa Fe Railyard Park Times Vary Exit the train at the Santa Fe Depot. outsidesantafe.com MAY 21 33rd Annual NMCCC Auto Show Albuquerque Museum 10:30 a.m. – 3:30 p.m.

Exit the train at Downtown ABQ and board ABQ RIDE Route 66 or Rapid Ride Red Line westbound to Central and Rio Grande, then take a short walk north to the museum.

(505) 243-7255 cabq.gov MAY 25 – JUNE 4 ABQ Beer Week Various Locations, Albuquerque Many breweries are a short walk or transit ride from the Downtown ABQ Station. abqbeerweek.com MAY 27-28 Native Treasures Indian Arts Festival Santa Fe Community Convention Center 10 a.m. – 5 p.m.

Exit the train at the Santa Fe Depot and walk north to W. Marcy St. and Grant Ave. (505) 982-7799 nativetreasures.org 30

MAY 28 ABQ Blues & Brews Sandia Resort & Casino 2-6 p.m.

Exit the train at the Sandia Pueblo Station and take the free shuttle. abqbluesandbrews.com JUNE ALL MONTH Hollywood Southwest – NM in Film & Television Albuquerque Museum Tuesday-Sunday, 9 a.m. – 5 p.m.

Exit the train at Downtown ABQ and board ABQ RIDE Route 66 or Rapid Ride Red Line westbound to Central and Rio Grande, then take a short walk north to the museum.

(505) 243-7255 cabq.gov ALL MONTH Be the Dinosaur NM Museum of Natural History & Science, Albuquerque Wednesday-Monday, 9 a.m. – 5 p.m.

Exit the train at Downtown ABQ and board ABQ RIDE Route 66 or Rapid Ride Red Line westbound to Central and Rio Grande, then take a short walk north to the museum.

(505) 841-2800 nmnaturalhistory.org ALL MONTH Native Dances Indian Pueblo Cultural Center, Albuquerque Friday-Sunday, Times Vary Exit the train at Downtown ABQ and board ABQ RIDE Route 36 north to 12th St. and Indian School Rd. (505) 843-7270 indianpueblo.org JUNE 6-11 Albuquerque Film & Music Experience KiMo Theatre, Albuquerque Times Vary Exit the train at Downtown ABQ and walk 5 blocks west to Central & 5th St. (505) 265-7866 abqfilmx.com

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JUNE 9-25 Currents New Media Festival Various Locations, Santa Fe Exit the train at the Santa Fe Depot.

Most venues are within a short walking distance of the station. currentsnewmedia.org JUNE 10-11 Challenge NM Arts & Crafts Show Historic Santa Fe Plaza All Day Exit the train at the Santa Fe Depot and walk northeast to E. San Francisco St. and Lincoln Ave. (505) 988-7621 challengenewmexico.com JUNE 11-17 Festival Flamenco Internacional de Albuquerque National Hispanic Cultural Center, Albuquerque Times Vary Exit the train at the Downtown ABQ Station and take ABQ RIDE Route 53 southbound to Bridge Blvd. and 8th St. (505) 246-2261 nationalinstituteofflamenco.org JUNE 17 Fantase Fest DeVargas Park, Santa Fe 6 p.m. – Midnight Exit the train at the Santa Fe Depot and walk north to S. Guadalupe St. and W. DeVargas St. creativesantafe.org JUNE 17-18 & 24-25 Santa Fe Studio Tour Various Locations, Santa Fe 10 a.m. - 5 p.m.

Exit the train at the Santa Fe Depot and walk the self-guided tour route found online at santafestudiotour.com.

JUNE 25 Santa Fe Pride on the Plaza Historic Santa Fe Plaza 1:30 p.m.

Exit the train at the Santa Fe Depot and walk northeast to E. San Francisco St. and Lincoln Ave. (505) 428-9167 santafehra.org

Old Town Albuquerque

The Candy Lady Has a New Location

After being in one Old Town location for more than 35 years, the Candy Lady moved a few years ago to a new locale in Old Town at 424 San Felipe NW and continues to be among Albuquerque’s most popular sweet shops. Don’t be fooled by imitators. There is only one Candy Lady!

The Candy Lady’s business is firmly based on two things: great candy and great service. “We make several kinds of fudge, with and without chile; bonbons and truffles with caramel and nuts; chocolate-dipped strawberries; and 60 varieties of licorice,” says owner Debbie Ball. “When people come in, we greet them, give them samples and enjoy every opportunity to visit with them. I don’t think anybody can beat us for customer service. That’s why people come back.”

Most recently, The Candy Lady has gained fame as a one-stop shop for items based on the famed “Breaking Bad” television series, including crushed blue crystal candy, T-shirts, coffee cups, the Heisenburg hat, custom PEZ dispensers, lapel pins and more.

As always, The Candy Lady retains its X-rated confections that earned the shop widespread media coverage in its early years. (Remember when North Valley churchgoers expressed their objections by picketing in front of the store in January 1982).

Stop in The Candy Lady and say “hello” to Debbie, who is almost always working at the store and giving customers her special perspectives on life and chocolate.

Delicious chocolate dipped strawberries available everyday! www.nmrailrunner.com | www.travelnewmex.com | SPRING 2017

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Old Town Albuquerque

Historic Old Town

Crossroads of the Southwest Historic Old Town is the oldest district in Albuquerque, dating back to the city’s Spanish founding in 1706. For decades, it has been a popular shopping and tourist destination. Old Town consists of about 10 blocks of historic buildings grouped around a central plaza. On the north side of the Plaza, stands San Felipe de Neri Church, built in 1793. On the east side, you will find the Portal Vendors, local artist selling their handmade jewelry.

Many of the buildings were homes that were converted into quaint restaurants and locally owned shops. There are over 100 unique specialty shops, galleries, tours, and restaurants. There are beautiful patios, courtyards sprinkled throughout Old Town.

And within walking distance, you will find three museums along with top rated lodging.

Summertime Concerts at the Historic O ld Town Gazebo - FREE May – September Fridays: 7 - 9 p.m.

Saturday: 7 - 9 p.m.

Sunday: 1 - 3 p.m.

Albuquerque Old Town Special Events: April 8 - Fiestas de Albuquerque Noon - 5 p.m.

July 16 - Western Youth Day July 22 - Frida Fiesta Sept 9 - Salsa Fiesta Noon - 6 p.m.

Oct 31 - Dia del Dulce Dec 1 - Old Town Holiday Stroll

Old Town is located off I-40, Rio Grande & Central NW, Albuquerque, NM 87104 www.AlbuquerqueOldTown.com • FB: Albuquerque Old Town

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Old Town Albuquerque

Spirit of New Mexico Makes Dining Delightful

It’s the spirit of New Mexico with salsa on the side. Church Street Café in Albuquerque’s Old Town serves a heaping helping of New Mexico culture right along with its red and green chile.

Of course, one comes here to eat, and the chicken enchiladas with red chile and fresh sopapillas won’t disappoint. You will need a go-box if you order the Club Sandwich with avocado, and the Q Salad is loaded with nutritious walnuts and served with your choice of dressing.

the dining patio and a mosaic of our Lady of Guadalupe sits on the chimney of the fireplace in the largest dining room. Native cradle boards, baskets and warrior portraits grace the walls as well.

Pictures of the Ruiz family hang on the walls.

They look serious, as though life in this old house wasn’t easy.

THE OTHER SPIRIT When Coleman took over the building she employed Charlie Trujillo to do the renovations.

One day Charlie encouraged Coleman to talk to “Sara,” a resident ghost, and tell her everything was going to be okay. He also wanted Sara to stop kicking over his buckets. Coleman complied, but really wasn’t convinced her soon-to-be restaurant had a resident spirit.

Subsequent to that, there have been sightings, missing keys, and lights that would not go out. Talking to Sara seems to soothe things over, but Coleman says believing in this or any other ghost is entirely up to the individual.

Hot and spicy: Church Street Café’s Chicken Enchiladas with red chile.

One thing she does believe in, however, is the New Mexico Rail Runner Express.

Dining here, however, is as much a cultural “I have advertised in the Rail Runner for a number of years now,” she says. “I have found it experience as a culinary one. Historical cultural to be a great way for tourists and locals to find artifacts are displayed throughout the café and my restaurant. People have time while riding grape-shaded patio. the train to RUIZ FAMILY HOME read all the The Catholic Church played an instrumental stories of New role in bringing Spanish influence to New Mexico and my Mexico, and the café, which is contained within restaurant.” what is probably the oldest house in Old Town, Red or sits just north of San Felipe de Neri Catholic green, local Church. Believed to be constructed in 1709, the or visitor, you café at 2111 Church St. was the home of the Ruiz can count on family until 1993.

Church Street Owner Marie Coleman decorated the Café to deliver restaurant predominately with Native American and Spanish artifacts. Saint Francis presides over the spirit of New Mexico.

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Veterans Enjoy More Freedom With Rail Pass Not every pilot program explored by government agencies experiences as much success as the Veterans Rail Pass issued by the New Mexico Rail Runner Express. At last count, New Mexico’s veterans using this pass have taken over 70,000 trips on the Rail Runner and connecting bus routes. Add to that, the number of passes issued, has just eclipsed 8,000.

With that kind of acceptance and usage, the once pilot program has now become permanent with a new name, the Freedom Pass.

“This program is here to stay,” says Michael Jiron, Senior Designer and Special Services Supervisor for the Rio Metro Regional Transit District, the entity that oversees operations of the Rail Runner. “This is now a permanent part of our ongoing services,” Jiron says.

FAMILY AND HEALTH CARE There is one big difference between the old Veterans Rail Pass and the current Freedom Pass: the Freedom Pass is a lifetime pass and it doesn’t require renewal every year.

Jiron says veterans using the Rail Runner tend to have three major destinations: the City of Santa Fe, Raymond G. Murphy VA Medical Center in Albuquerque, and visiting family. These trips and other destinations – to buy groceries, pay bills and attend college – have additional benefits beyond the day-to-day necessities of living.

“Just getting out of the house can really help them feel less isolated,” Jiron says. “Taking public transportation helps to create vital connections within their community, and provides the opportunity to build new relationships along the way.”

In addition to the Rail Runner, the Freedom Pass is honored on connecting bus routes managed by the ABQ RIDE, Rio Metro, and Santa Fe Trails. Passes are available from the New Mexico Rail Runner Express customer service office at 809 Copper NW in

Albuquerque, the Raymond G. Murphy VA Medical Center at 1501 San Pedro SE in Albuquerque, and the Los Lunas Transportation Center, 101 Courthouse Rd., Los Lunas. In Santa Fe, passes are available at Ecomotive Electric Bikes, 410 S Guadalupe St. Veterans will need a VA medical card, First Choice Card or VHIC report to obtain the free Freedom Pass. Those are available from the VA Medical Center.

VETCONNECTONLINE Veterans with computer or smart phone access also have a new website for learning about services and programs available in their area. VetConnectOnline.org is easy to negotiate, and prompts users to search for services first by county and then by subject.

Veterans in Santa Fe, Bernalillo, Sandoval, Valencia, and Torrance Counties can use VetConnectOnline.org to find resources for housing, jobs, community groups, support services and more. For example, veterans searching for healthcare in Santa Fe County will find a listing for the Santa Fe Community Based Outpatient Clinic, among others.

Those looking for something to do in Valencia County will come across Bingo at the Elks Lodge in Belen. There is also a convenient link to Google Transit for each location listed, which will give detailed directions on how to reach each location by public transit and others.

VetConnectOnline.org is part of the Veterans Transportation Initiative. The partners include the Rio Metro Regional Transit District, the Mid-Region Council of Governments, the New Mexico Department of Veterans Services, the New Mexico Department of Workforce Solutions, the City of Albuquerque, the Veterans Integration Center, the Veterans Crisis Line (Agora Crisis Center-In New Mexico) and the Raymond G. Murphy VA Medical Center. www.nmrailrunner.com | www.travelnewmex.com | SPRING 2017

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Seniors Make Lasting Connections Friendships are critical to senior citizens.

Geoffrey Grief, Ph.D., declared in Psychology Today (2010) that seniors with friends live longer. Mary Mohler, writing for AARP in 2011, wrote about 15 ways seniors can make new friends, including having part-time jobs and taking continuing education classes.

Fortunately for today’s seniors living in central New Mexico, friendship is being made available by the New Mexico Rail Runner Express and its associated public transportation network.

FRIENDSHIP IS THE THING Marie Morra, a marketing specialist with Rio Metro Regional Transit District , spent 2016 working on a Senior Exchange pilot program that networked seniors from four Pueblo communities to four Albuquerque senior centers. The seniors learned many things – how to make decorations from corn husks and tin, how to make jelly out cactus fruit, how to better use the Rail Runner to negotiate the metro area – but something else stood out in Morra’s mind.

“The seniors took exercise classes and played games,” she says, “but the friendships are the thing. They learned others’ names, and they were invited to Pueblo activities. In turn, the Pueblo seniors learned that they can use the Albuquerque senior centers. The friendships were amazing.”

The Pueblos involved were Cochiti, Isleta, Santa Ana and Zia, Morra says. The community centers were Barelas, Los Volcanos, Manzano Mesa and North Valley. Overall, the program took place during an eight month period, and concluded with a holiday celebration held on December 6.

“We had 180 participants,” Morra says. “They learned about model trains, Santa came to the party, and they had a Christmas gift exchange.”

The ages of the participants ranged from 55 to 90. Wheelchairs and walkers presented no problems, as the Rail Runner and connecting buses are fully accessible.

GREAT AGENCIES Coordinating this project was rewarding for Morra, but she recognizes the success of the Senior Exchange program was due to the willingness of agencies to work together. Those included the four pueblos involved, the city’s Department of Seniors

Seniors from the exchange program visiting Cochiti Dam.

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Seniors from the exchange program making bread at Cochiti Pueblo.

Affairs, Bernalillo County, and the New Mexico Rail Runner Express staff.

Anthony Romero of Albuquerque’s Department of Senior Affairs described the Senior Exchange as “breaking down barriers.”

“This program gave people the chance to share their stories, their different traditions and cultures,” Romero says. “I would say this program really improved the seniors’ quality of life.”

He remembers the elation of women who, despite spending several decades on this earth, had never celebrated Christmas and exchanged gifts prior to this December’s event.

Romero is working to keep the program going and plans to involve the city’s Bear Canyon, Highland, and Palo Duro Senior Centers this year, as well as the North Domingo Baca Multigenerational Center.

Jorja Armijo-Brasher, director of Albuquerque’s Department of Senior Affairs, isn’t content to maintain existing senior programs, she wants to expand them.

“This exchange was an incredible success,” Armijo-Brasher says. “Marie, the person who organized it, worked really hard to make this happen. Her enthusiasm and energy and our willingness to open the doors created a real cultural exchange.”

Albuquerque’s senior centers already provide services to more than 30,000 city residents, and Armijo-Brasher is aware that New Mexico’s senior population will continue to grow during coming decades. Her vision for the city, however, isn’t just about the elderly.

“We need to work on building an age-friendly community,” she says. “I am talking about a community that is accessible.

There is very little difference between an elder in a wheelchair and twins in a stroller.” She is speaking from personal experience there. She has a daughter who had twins.

Expanding senior services, however, doesn’t mean hiring hundreds of additional government employees.

“Our seniors are not sitting at home,” Armijo-Brasher says.

“The younger elders are active, volunteering and contributing to the health-and-wellbeing of our community and the senior centers.”

Volunteering at a senior center certainly would be a way to make friends. For more information about the Senior Exchange program, visit the New Mexico Rail Runner Express website at riometro.org.

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INTEGRATING MIND, BODY & SPIRIT TO HEAL THE WHOLE YOU The CHRISTUS St. Vincent Holistic Health and Wellness program brings together different healing methods to promote wellness of mind, body and spirit. Palliative Care addresses the special needs of patients at any stage of a serious illness, while Integrative Medicine combines Eastern approaches, such as acupuncture and mindfulness training, with conventional Western Medicine for healing of the whole person. Our team is made up of palliative care and integrative care specialists, social workers and chaplains, and we invite active participation from patients and family.

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Del Norte Credit Union Kim Currie 505-455-5228 PO Box 1180 Los Alamos, NM 87544 kcurrie@dncu.org www.dncu.org

Reynolds & Rodar Insurance Jake Rodar 505-983-4353 400 Kiva Ct Santa Fe, NM 87505 jrodar@reynoldsinsurance.com www.reynoldsinsurance.com

First Mortgage Company Gary Gurule 505-780-5800 1048 Paseo de Peralta Santa Fe, NM 87501 ggurule@firstmortgageco.com www.firstmortgageco.com

Thornburg Investment Management Rebecca Carrier 505-984-0200 2300 North Ridge Top Road Santa Fe, NM 87506 ldunleavy@thornburg.com www.thornburginvestments.com

First National Bank of Santa Fe Marcel Legendre 505-992-2000 PO Box 609 Santa Fe, NM 87504 mramier@1stnationalbanknm.com www.fnb-sf.com

White & Luff Financial Carl Benanty 505-992-0601 549 South Guadalupe, Ste. 202 Santa Fe, NM 87501 Carl.benanty@raymondjames.com www.raymondjames.com/whiteandlufffinancial/ FOOD & RESTAURANTS

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Heritage Trust Company Fred Winter 505-473-7770 233 Johnson St. Santa Fe, NM 87501 fwinter@htrust.com www.htrust.com

Academy for the Love of Learning Jessica Smyser 505-995-1860 133 Seton Village Road Santa Fe, NM 87508 learn@aloveoflearning.org www.aloveoflearning.org

Horizons Sustainable Financial Services Kim Griego-Kiel 505-982-9661 413 Grant Street, Ste. B Santa Fe, NM 87501 Kim@horizonssfs.com www.horizonssfs.com

Rio Grande School Nigel Taplin 505-983-1621 715 Camino Cabra Santa Fe, NM 87505 cullen_curtiss@riograndeschool.org www.riograndeschool.org

Los Alamos National Bank Jillian 505-662-5171 1200 Trinity Drive Los Alamos, NM 87544 katiez@lanb.com www.lanb.com

Honeymoon Brewery Ayla Bystrom-Williams 505-570-0770 56 S. Fork EXT Santa Fe, NM 87508 ayla@honeymoonbrewery.com www.honeymoonbrewery.com

New Mexico Bank & Trust Alan Austin 505-946-2500 1592 St. Michaels Dr. Santa Fe, NM 87505 AAustin@nmb-t.com www.nmb-t.com

Joe’s Dining Roland Richter 505-471-3800 2801 Rodeo Rd,. A5 Santa Fe, NM 87507 joe@joesdinerandpizza.com www.joesdinerandpizza.com

Jamey Stillings Photography, Inc. Jamey Stillings 505-984-9999 2300 West Alameda Street, A-3 Santa Fe, NM 87505 info@jameystillings.com www.jameystillings.com Liquid Light Glass Elodie Holmes 505-820-2222 Santa Fe, NM 87505 sales@liquidlightglass.com www.liquidlightglass.com Nuart Gallery Kim Kelly 505-988-3888 670 Canyon Road Santa Fe, NM 87501 fineart@nuartgallery.com VERVE Gallery of Photography Wilson Scanlon 505-982-5009 219 East Marcy Street Santa Fe, NM 87501 info@vervegallery.com www.vervegallery.com

Santa Fe Community College Randy Grissom 6401 Richards Avenue Santa Fe, NM 87505 randy.grissom@sfcc.edu www.sfcc.edu/sustainable _technologies_center Santa Fe Public Schools-Energy and Water Conservation Program Coordinator Lisa Randall 505-467-3445 2195 W Zia Rd. Santa Fe, NM 87505 lrandall@sfps.k12.nm.usa www.sfps.info FINANCIAL & BANKING Century Bank Floyd Morelos 505-995-1200 100 S. Federal Place Santa Fe, NM 87501 floyd.morelos@centurybnk.com www.mycenturybank.com

Nusenda Credit Union Anastacio Trujillo 505-467-6000 1710 St. Michaels Dr. Santa Fe, NM 87505 antrujillo@nusenda.org www.nusenda.org Quezada Jacobs Family Insurance Ned Jacobs 505-474-4033 1547 S. St. Francis Dr. Santa Fe NM, 87505 nedjacobs@allstate.com www.quezadajacobs familyagency.com

Cowgirl BBQ Patrick Lambert 505-982-2565 319 Guadalupe Street Santa Fe, NM 87501 cowgirlbbq@comcast.net www.cowgirlsantafe.com Grow Y’own Ken Kuhne 505-490-1849 22 Camino Cabreros Galisteo, NM 87540 tbird@cybermesa.com www.raisedbed.biz

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L’Olivier Nathalie Bonnard-Grenet 505-989-1919 229 Galisteo St. Santa Fe, NM 87501 natbonnard@hotmail.com Reunity Resources

Tejinder Ciano tejinder@reunityresources.com Squash Blossom Nina Yozell-Epstein nina@squashblossomlocalfood.com Sweetwater Harvest Kitchen Fiona Wong 505-795-7383 1512 Pacheco Street Santa Fe, NM 87505 fionawongster@gmail.com www.sweetwatersf.com Tecolote Café Katie Adkins 505-988-1362 1203 Cerrillos Road Santa Fe, NM 87505 tecolotegirl@gmail.com The Kitchen Brian Lenius 505-670-3370 1314 Rufina Circle Ste. 3 Santa Fe, NM 87507 info@thekitchensantafe.com thekitchensantafe.com Vanessie of Santa Fe Hideko Amasaki 505-982-9966 427 W Water Street Santa Fe, NM 87501 info@vanessiesantafe.com Verde Food Company Kelly Egolf 505-780-5151 851 W San Mateo Rd. Santa Fe, NM 87505 Kelly@verdejuice.com www.Verdefood.com

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GOVERNMENT City of Santa Fe Solid Waste Vivian Martinez 505-955-2200 1142 Siler Road Santa Fe, NM 87504 vjmartinez@santafenm.gov www.santafenm.gov Santa Fe Solid Waste Management Agency Adam Schlachter 149 Wildlife Way Santa Fe, NM 87506 aschlacther@sfswma.org

IR Dynamics William Kurtz 505-603-3963 2778 Agua Fria St., Ste. BD Santa Fe, NM 87507 bill@irdynamics.com www.aerolenz.com JNS Services, LLC Joe Arellano 505-470-1615 PO Box 6445 Santa Fe, NM 87502 jajnsservices@gmail.com www.jnsservicessantafe.com La Mesilla Construction John Young 505-927-6513 #98 CR 119 Española, NM 87532 lamesillaconstruction@gmail.com www.lamesillaconstruction.com

GREEN BUILD Clear Ovations Lauren Milburn 505-988-2001 32 Bisbee Court Santa Fe, NM 87508 lmilburn@clearovations.com http://clearovations.com Counter Intelligence Megan Herrera 505-988-4007 1512 Pacheco St. Ste. C-204 Santa Fe, NM 87505 megan.ci4u@gmail.com www.handscraftsmen.com

Lightfoot Scott Cherry 505-577-9546 PO Box 674 Tesuque, NM 87574 scott@lightfootinc.com www.lightfootinc.com

Old Wood David Old 505-989-9663 505 Cerrillos Rd., Ste. 207 Santa Fe, NM 87501 david@oldwood.us www.oldwood.us Prull & Associates Saguna Severson 505-438-8005 3204 Calle Marie, Ste. A Santa Fe, NM 87507 saguna@prull.com www.prull.com Roofcare Jonathan Small 505-246-6960 14810 Central Ave SE Albuquerque, NM 87123 jonathan@roofcare.us www.roofcare.us

Modern Design + Construction, Inc. Bill Roth 505-670-2879 1713A Montano St. Santa Fe, NM 87505 sr.billroth@gmail.com www.moderndesignplus constructioninc.com

Eco Terra Enterprises, Inc. Dalinda Bangert 505-795-5992 PO Box 28414 Santa Fe, NM 87592 ecoterra@Q.com www.santafeHERS.com

New Mexico Gas Company (Residential Energy Efficiency Programs) Robin Harder 1-877-501-7835 PO Box 20127 Albuquerque, NM 87154 Robin@nmsaves.co. www.nmgcgetrebates.com

Sarcon Construction Corporation Peter Brill 505-474-4700 PO Box 6020 Santa Fe, NM 87505 pbrill@sarcon.net www.sarcon.net Skratch Liberty Yablon liberty.yablon@gmail.com

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Target Safe Security 505-438-8128 3600 Rodeo Ln., B-8 Santa Fe, NM 87507 info@targetsafesecurity.com www.targetsafesecurity.com The Firebird Gene Butler 505-983-5264 1808 Espinacitas St. Santa Fe, NM 87505 sales@thefirebird.com www.thefirebird.com Tierra Concepts Eric Faust 505-989-8484 1512 Pacheco St, D-206 Santa Fe, NM 87505 info@tierraconceptssantafe.com tierraconceptssantafe.com GREEN DESIGN Architecture 2030 Saguna Severson 505-988-5309 607 Cerrillos Road, Ste. G Santa Fe, NM 87505 severson@architecture2030.org www.architecture2030.org

Coronado Paint and Decorating, Inc. Buddy Roybal 505-473-5333 2929 Cerrillos Rd. Santa Fe, NM 87507 buddy@coronadodecorating.com www.coronadodecorating.com DAHL Plumbing Janet Saint 505-438-5089 1000 Siler Park Lane Santa Fe, NM 87507 janet.saint@hajoca.com www.destinationdahl.com Kreger Design Build Bob and Nancy Kreger 505-660-9391 PO Box 9503 Santa Fe, NM 87504 kregerdesignbuild@msn.com www.KregerDesignBuild.com Perma Design Inc. Nate Downey 505-424-4444 1000 Cordova Pl., Ste. 458 Santa Fe, NM 87505 studio@permadesign.com http://permadesign.com Putnam-Pritchard Interiors/ NUBU Design Chris Putnam 505-424-1010 3600 Cerrillos Rd #101 Santa Fe, NM 87507 chris@nubudesign.com www.nubudesign.com Renew Engineering, LLC Brian Johnson 505-490-7033 914 San Ildefonso Rd. Santa Fe, NM 87505 RenewEngineeringLLC@gmail.com Surroundings Studio Kenneth Francis 505-982-3454 1600 Lena Street #E3 Santa Fe, NM 87505 kenneth@thesurroundings.com http://thesurroundings.com Suzette Fox Interior Design Suzette Fox 505-412-9073 428 Cheryl Ave. Los Alamos, NM 87544 sfox0220@msn.com www.suzettefoxinteriors.com Tierra Concepts Eric Faust 505-989-8484 1512 Pacheco St, D-206 Santa Fe, NM 87505 info@tierraconceptssantafe.com tierraconceptssantafe.com HEALTH Rogoff Dental Group Leslie LaKind 505-988-3500 400 Botulph Lane Santa Fe, NM 87505 dr.lakind@lakinddentalgroup.com (continued on next page)

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Graeser & McQueen, LLC Matthew McQueen 505-982-9074 PO Box 220 Santa Fe, NM 87504 info@tierralaw.com http://tierralaw.com Leger Law & Strategy, LLC Theresa Leger 505-982-3622 414 Old Taos Highway Santa Fe, NM 87501 teresa@legerlawandstrategy.com www.legerlawandstrategy.com New Mexico Environmental Law Center Elizabeth Lee 505-989-9022 1405 Luisa Street, Ste. 5 Santa Fe, NM 87505 elee@nmeic.org www.nmeic.org LODGING/TOURISM Adventure Partners LLC Marge Garcia Loehr 505-946-5823 PO Box 376 Tesuque, NM 87574 inforancho@adventurepartners.com adventurepartners.com Hotel Santa Fe, The Hacienda & Spa and Amaya Restaurant at Hotel Santa Fe Paul Margetson 505-982-1200 1501 Paseo de Peralta Santa Fe, NM 87501 stay@hotelsantafe.com http://hotelsantafe.com Inn of the Governors Sam Gerberding 505-982-4333 101 West Alameda Santa Fe, NM 87501 sam@innofthegovernors.com www.innofthegovernors.com La Fonda on the Plaza Ed Pulsifer 505-995-2325 100 E. San Francisco Street Santa Fe, NM 87501 epulsifer@lafondasantafe.com www.lafondasantafe.com

Comcast Alicia Guereca 505-205-0599 4611 Montbel Place Albuquerque, NM 87107 alicia_guereca@cable.comcast.com Green Fire Times Skip Whitson 505-471-5177 PO Box 5588 Santa Fe, NM 87502 Info@GreenFireTimes.com www.greenfiretimes.com Mind Over Markets, LLC Carolyn Parrs 505-989-4004 7 Owl Creek Road Santa Fe, NM 87505 carolyn@mindovermarkets.com www.MindOverMarkets.com Rinse Design Renee Innis 505-216-6044 1600 Lena Street, A3 Santa Fe, NM renee@rinsebucket.com rinsebucket.com The Essential Guide Trish Byrd 505-989-9465 313 Los Arboles Dr. Santa Fe, NM 87501 trish@essentialguide.com www.essentialguide.com Xynergy Jennifer Martin 505-820-9357 535 Cerrillos Rd., Ste. A-2 Santa Fe, NM 87501 jen@xynergy.com https://xynergy.com NON-PROFIT ANEW Rose Tourje 505-795-7891 3150 N. San Fernando Road, Ste. 117 Los Angeles, CA 90065 glenn.sparks@anewfound.org www.anewfound.org

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Climate Change Leadership Institute Robb Hirsch 505-988-3364 911 Stagecoach Road Santa Fe, NM 87501 robb@takeresponsibility.us www.takeresponsibility.us Gibson and Associates Paul Gibson 505-982-6295 4 Punta de Cazador Santa Fe, NM 87506 paul@gibsonandassociates.com

BrandNature Michelle Mosser 505-438-8735 1807 Second St, Ste. 22 Santa Fe, NM 87505 info@gracecom.ws www.gracecom.ws

New Energy Economy Mariel Nanasi 505-989-7262 343 East Alameda Santa Fe, NM 87501 newenergyeconomy@gmail.com www.newenergyeconomy.org

Santa Fe Sage Inn Jeff Mahan 505-982-5952 725 Cerrillos Rd Santa Fe, NM 87505 jeff@santafesageinn.com http://santafesageinn.com

New Mexico Community Foundation (NMCF) Renee Villarreal 505-820-6860 502 W Cordova Rd # 1 Santa Fe, NM 87505 nmcf@nmcf.org www.nmcf.org Santa Fe Area Home Builders Association (SFAHBA) Kim Shanahan 505-982-1774 2520 Camino Entrada Unit B Santa Fe, NM 87507 kim@sfahba.com www.sfahba.com Santa Fe Habitat for Humanity Ted Swisher 505-473-1144 2520 Camino Entrada Santa Fe, NM 87507 ted@santafehabitat.org www.santaferestore.org The Housing Trust Shannon Quintana 505-989-3960 1111 Agua Fria Santa Fe, NM 87501 info@housingtrustonline.org www.housingtrustonline.org The Santa Fe Raptor Center Lori Pappas 505-699-0455 PO Box 32021 Santa Fe, NM 87594 sfrc@mac.com www.santaferaptorcenter.com We Are People Here Ada Brown 505-466-4353 PO Box 421 Santa Fe, NM 87504 www.wearepeoplehere.org adabada8@gmail.com REAL ESTATE Homewise, Inc. Cece Derringer 505-983-9473 1301 Siler Road Santa Fe, NM 87507 info@homewise.org www.homewise.org Mindy DeMott Coldwell Banker Trails West Realty Mindy DeMott 505-983-0310 2000 Old Pecos Trail Santa Fe, NM 87505 Mindy@MindyDeMott.com www.mindydemott.com Plaza Realty Inc. Nancy Avedisian 505-988-4434 200 W De Vargas, Ste. 2 Santa Fe, NM 87501 www.YourSantaFeHome.com Nancy.PlazaRealtySF@gmail.com

RENEWABLE ENERGY Amenergy, LLC Peter Page 505-424-1131 1202 Parkway Dr., Ste. B Santa Fe, NM 87507 peter@amenergynm.com www.amenergynm.com SolarLogic Claudia Pavel claudia@solarlogicllc.com Sunpower by Positive Energy Solar Karen Paramanandam 505-428-0069 3201 Calle Marie Santa Fe, NM 87507 info@PositiveEnergySolar.com www.positiveenergysolar.com RETAIL Eco Motive Pedego Electric Bikes Pam Sawyer 505-795-3782 410 S. Guadalupe Santa Fe, NM 87501 ecomotivebikes@gmail.com http://ecomotivebikes.com Keshi Bronwyn Fox 505-989-8728 227 Don Gaspar Ave. Santa Fe, NM 87501 Zuniart@keshi.com http://keshi.com Natural Stones Garrett 505-820-7764 930 Baca Street #10 Santa Fe, NM 87505 info@naturalstones.net www.naturalstone.net Nedret Rugs and Textiles Nedret Gurler 505-490-2324 1512 Pacheco St, #203 Santa Fe, NM 87505 nedret@nedretg.com Oldawan LLC Robert Nash 1000 Cordova Place #247 Santa Fe, NM 87505 info@oldawan.com Plants of the Southwest Gail Haggard 505-438-8888 3095 Agua Fria Rd. Santa Fe, NM 87507 plantsofthesouthwest@gmail.com www.plantsofthesouthwest.com Queork Vicki Starfire 505-720-8730 203 W Water Street Santa Fe, NM 87501 Vicki@Queork.com www.queork.com (continued on next page)

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radicle Christie Green 505-474-8000 PO Box 32311 Santa Fe, NM 87594 christie@beradicle.com www.beradicle.com

Alpha Graphics Julie Robinson 505-473-1300 2002 C Cerrillos Road Santa Fe, NM 87505 jrobinson@alphagraphics.com www.us494.alphagraphics.com

Bolt Ride John Warmath 505-603-4801 Santa Fe, NM john@boltride.com www.boltride.com

Reflective Images Marc Choyt 505-988-7393 912 Baca Street Santa Fe, NM 87505 reflective@cybermesa.com www.artisanweddings.com

Bailey’s Chimney Justin Bailey 575-770-7769 515 Upper Ranchitos Rd. Taos, NM 87571 baileyschimney@gmail.com http://baileyschimney.com

Savers John Sipos 505-919-7185 3294 Cerrillos Rd, Santa Fe, NM 87507 https://stores.savers.com/ nm/santafe/savers-thrift -store-1229.m.html The Golden Eye Amy Bertelli 505-984-0040 115 Don Gaspar Santa Fe, NM 87501 thegoldeneye@earthlink.net http://thegoldeneyesantafe.com The Hive Market Gregory Menke 505-780-5084 101 W. Marcy St., Ste. 5 Santa Fe, NM 87501 buzz@thehivemarket.com

PMI Eric Quintana 505-747-2466 835 N Paseo De Oñate Española, NM 87532 customerservice@pmigogreen.com www.pmigogreen.com Rock Paper Scissor Salon Spa Melodi Wyss-Feliciano 505-955-8500 500 Montezuma Av. #101 Santa Fe, NM 87501 rockpaperscissorsalonspa @hotmail.com www.rockpaperscissorsalonspa.com

New Water Innovations Audrey Jenkins 505-216-0800 1512 Pacheco Street Santa Fe, NM 87505 audrey@newwaterinnovations.com www.newwaterinnovations.com

EnviroKarma, LLC Dan Baker 505-603-8458 32 Camino Mariquita Santa Fe, NM 87508 dan@envirokarma.biz www.envirokarma.biz Linograt EV Charging Stations Gillis Lang 505-629-8129 6A Arbol Grande Santa Fe, NM 87506 info@linogratchargingstations.com www.linogratchargingstations.com North Central Regional Transit District Jim Nagle 866-206-0754 327 N Riverside, D Española, NM 87532 jimn@ncrtd.org www.ncrtd.org WATER Good Water Company Stephen Wiman 505-471-9036 933 Baca Street Santa Fe, NM 87505 nancy@goodwatercompany.com www.goodwatercompany.com

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9 Reasons to Think Local First 1. Money Spent Local, Stays Local. Several studies have shown that money spent in a local business stays in the community. For every $100 spent at a locally owned business, $45 goes back into the community – and our tax base. For every $100 spent at a chain store, only $14 comes back.* 2. Local Owners are Local Contributors. Local businesses give a greater amount of money to local causes. Nonprofits receive an average of 350% more support from local business owners than they do from non-locally owned businesses. They also directly inject money into the local economy through payments of wages and benefits to local residents.

3. Local Businesses Offer Stable Employment. Small local businesses are one of the largest employers nationally, and local businesses offer greater loyalty to their employees.

4. Lower Environmental Impact. Independent businesses make purchases requiring less transportation, and usually open and operate in commercial corridors and in-town instead of developing on the fringe.

This means less sprawl, congestion, habitat loss and pollution. Higher densities and greater access for pedestrians and public transit mean significantly less land devoted to roads and parking lots.

5. Promote Competition and Diversity. More local businesses equal more competition and better prices. When certain businesses monopolize the market, competition is gone.

6. Put Your Taxes to Good Use. Local businesses in neighborhoods need comparatively less infrastructure investment and make more efficient use of public services as compared to nationally owned stores entering the community. A study of this found that the city’s small downtown stores generate a net annual surplus (tax revenue minus costs) of $326 per 1,000 square feet. Big-box stores, strip shopping centers, and fast-food outlets, however, require more in services than they produce in revenue. A big-box store creates an annual tax deficit of $468 per 1,000 square feet.* 7. Vote With Your Dollars. What you buy matters. Every time you choose a local business over a chain, it makes a difference. It’s a vote with your dollar. When you buy local, the ripple effect spreads from cash registers right to your street.

8. Keep New Mexico One-of-a-Kind. The unique shops, restaurants and businesses who call our city home are a huge part of what makes New Mexico inimitable. A multitude of small businesses, each selecting products based not on a national sales plan but on their own interests and the needs of their local customers, guarantees a much broader range of product choices.

9. Invest in the Community. Locally owned businesses are run by people who live here, work here, and are invested in the community with much more than just their dollars. In an increasingly homogenized world, people are more likely to invest in or move to communities that preserve their one-of-a-kind businesses and unique attitude. *Sources: The Economic Impact of Locally Owned Businesses vs. Chains: A Case Study in MidCoast Maine, The Institute for Local Self-Reliance and Friends of MidCoast Maine, September 2003; and Economic Impact Analysis: A Case Study, Civic Economics, December 2002. *New Rules Project, Home Town Advantage Bullet in September 2003. *Tischler & Associates, Barnstable, MA. www.nmrailrunner.com | www.travelnewmex.com | SPRING 2017

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High-Scoring Gladiators Return to Duke City, Tingley Spring football returns to New Mexico in 2017 when the Duke City Gladiators play their third season in Tingley Coliseum. The Gladiators were 6-6 last season in the 14-team CIL – Champions Indoor Football League.

General Admission tickets for the games are $10, and last year crowds averaged more than 2,500, according to team spokesman Andres Lopez. Gladiators with local connections are expected to keep fans coming out to watch former Lobos and Albuquerque High School players in the typically high-scoring games.

The Gladiators are in the CIL’s Southern Conference, which includes four Texas teams, two from Kansas and one from New Mexico. The Northern Conference stretches from Salina, Kan., north to Bismark, N.D., and east to Muskegon, Mich.

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leagues as finances require, but always providing football thrills to fans in towns like Sioux City, Omaha and Wichita. The CIL was formed in 2014, combining the Central Plains Indoor Football League and the Lone Star Football League.

Lopez says the players come from across the country, but three in particular should be familiar to Albuquerque fans.

“Jayson Serda is back at defensive back this year,” Lopez says.

“He played at Manzano High School and then at Eastern New Mexico University.” In previous seasons Serda has been named a CIL defensive player of the week.

Former New Mexico Lobos quarterback Donovan Porterie is back in the Duke City after playing professional football for the Fairbanks Grizzlies (Alaska), Green Bay Blizzard (Wisconsin), and Iowa Barnstormers. He was on the New Mexico Stars before it folded right before the season started. The Gladiators were formed soon after the Stars’ supernova.

“Donovan was a Lobo between 2006 to 2009,” Lopez says. “He played for Coach Rocky Long in those days.”

Former Lobo defensive lineman Fatu Ulale, 6-feet-3 and 280 pounds, is another familiar face playing for the Gladiators.

TOUCHDOWNS, TOUCHDOWNS, TOUCHDOWNS Moving football indoors requires the field to be cut in half to 50 yards. Each team has eight athletes on the field during play, and the game is intended to provide lots of action.

“These are high-scoring games,” Lopez says, “touchdowns, touchdowns, touchdowns.” For example, the Gladiators lost to the Amarillo Venom 89-86 during the Gladiators’ first season in 2015. There were four overtime periods during that game.

Another memorable game from that inaugural season was an exhibition against an international team from Mexico.

Gladiators founder and current general manager Matt Caward was instrumental in forming the Gladiators before they played that game. “The team from Mexico spoke zero English,” Caward says. “A fight broke out 90 seconds before the end of the first half and four players were ejected.”

The fight resulted in the officials refusing to return to the field for the second half of the franchise’s first game, Caward says, but the resulting media coverage doubled the attendance for the Gladiators’ next contest.

Caward, who attended Sterling College in Kansas on football and baseball scholarships and is a lieutenant with the Bernalillo County Fire Department, says this season the Gladiators should average about 4,000 fans a game. “I am pretty excited,” he says.

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Deep History Uncovered at Coronado Site (continued from Page 22)

THE BEER BOOM After drinking in the living history at Coronado, a friendly place for lunch is Kaktus Brewing Company’s nanobrewery at 471 S. Hill Rd. Dana Kohler, the owner, lives on site raising chickens and Kaktus Brewing in bees, collecting solar energy, and brewing Bernalillo has eight craft beers on tap. craft beers and kombucha – a lightly fermented probiotic health drink.

Several types of organic foods are served at Kaktus, including sausages made with meats like wild boar, beef, duck and elk with jalapeño and cheddar.

There are usually eight beers on tap, and the best sellers, Kohler says, are the Helles Lager (a classic German-style beer) and the Oxford IPA. The brewery is open 2 to 9 p.m.

Sunday through Thursday, and 11:30 a.m. to 10 p.m. Friday and Saturday.

It is about a 10-minute walk from the Sandoval County/U.S. 550 New Mexico Rail Runner Express Station.

Visit www.kaktusbrewery.com for more information.

A PAGE TURNER Lara Harrison’s father was a lifelong reader, and when he passed away he left her with 18,000 hard-copy books.

The only thing Harrison could think of doing with her inheritance was to start a bookstore.

Of course, she had to add some material to what Charles Ramsey left behind. “He only had men’s books,” she says, “no romance and no health.”

Today, “Under Charlie’s Covers” in Bernalillo has approximately 40,000 books. “We are one of the only used book stores that has both non-fiction and fiction, hardbacks and paperbacks,” Harrison adds.

Under Charlie’s Covers is at 160 S. Camino del Pueblo in Bernalillo, just south of the intersection with N.M. 550. It takes about 15 minutes to walk to the bookstore from the Sandoval County, U.S. 550 Rail Runner Station.

The store is open 10 a.m. to 6 p.m.

Monday to Saturday, and 11 a.m. to 5 p.m. Sundays. The number is (505) 404-2097 or visit www.undercharliescovers.com.

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Route 66 Casino Hotel: Award-Winning Dining, Live Entertainment and Unlimited Fun

Route 66 Casino Hotel is your 24/7 oasis for a fun-filled day or spontaneous getaway. Feel the excitement build with over 1,700 slot machines and 20 action-packed table games waiting to welcome you into all the action. Join the party in our Irish-themed poker pub or play cosmic bingo in the 500-seat bingo hall. Play, eat, shop and do it again after a restful night’s stay in our classy, comfortable hotel.

Experience world-class quality, service and value at one of our award-winning restaurants and three lounges. Always voted best buffet in Albuquerque, Buffet 66 is a world of fresh choices all in one place. Feast your eyes on an array of international flavors spread across nine food and beverage stations with live-action cooking and more than 200 menu options from Mediterranean delights to Pacific Rim fresh bites.

Tempt your taste buds at Thunder Road Steakhouse and Cantina. Located in the heart of the casino, this multi-level restaurant serves up sizzling steaks, spicy tacos, and specialty drinks from the tequila bar. Great specials at even better prices are featured each month.

Take a walk on the rustic side with made-to-order tableside guacamole or kick-start your meal with freshly made tortillas and complementary salsa. Enjoy free entertainment by the best local bands every weekend on the bar-top stage.

When it comes to All-American comfort foods and cocktails, we’ve got it all! Flashback to the good ol’ days in the newly renovated Johnny Rockets restaurant. Swing by the 50s-inspired diner in for an All-American burger, onion rings and milkshake.

Catch the Johnny Rockets team in action as they sing and dance to classic oldies hits. Main Street Restaurant & Bar is the perfect place for breakfast or order a home-style special. Grab an indoor

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patio table and watch all of the casino excitement. If you’re looking to simply wet your whistle, swing by the 360 Lounge, Poker Pub, or Main Street Bar, and ask about the drink specials.

Let us entertain you with 2,800 theater-style seats in Legends Theater every seat is a good seat. Experience performances from some of the best comedians, rock legends, country superstars and premier tribute bands in the business. Feel up-close and personal MMA action at one of our PPV events or live fights. Legends Theater features more than 25 headliner performances every year. The Spring 2017 lineup includes rock bands Shinedown, Gin Blossoms, Everclear and Jethro Tull, country music star Kenny Rogers and other exciting shows.

The fun doesn’t have to end when the sun goes down. Relax in one of the 154 newly renovated rooms at Route 66 Hotel.

Refreshed from floor to ceiling, the $2 million remodel features an inviting ambiance of lively designs, modern furnishings, and many upgrades to make your stay comfortable.

Reenergize with in-room amenities from top brands like Simmons Beautyrest®, Starbucks® and Bath & Body Works®. Plus, with onsite hourly childcare and a non-violent game arcade available at Kids Quest & Cyber Quest. The entire family can get their kicks at Route 66. Hotel reservations are available now. For current rates, member discounts, and reservations please call 866-711-STAY (7829).

The best gaming, dining, and entertainment is just a hop, skip and short 15-minute drive west of Albuquerque exit 140 on Interstate 40. Get all the latest Route 66 Casino Hotel news and announcements, visit us at www.rt66casino.com or follow us on Facebook and Twitter.

READY. SET.

GO PLAY!

Get away from the everyday and head toward excitement. Enjoy thrilling casino action, delicious dining options, top-notch entertainment and then stay the night in our classy and comfortable hotel.

866-352-RT66 (7866) • RT66CASINO.COM

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