A Guide to the Beautiful: Visitors pamphlet highlights Grant County’s gems

Published on May 8, 2012

By: Aaron West Content from: Silver City Sun-News Posted: 05/04/2012 05:11:40 PM MDT SILVER CITY The new Silver City/Grant County Visitor Guide was released this week and if the bright new cover doesn’t convince people to visit, Cissy McAndrew, executive director of the Silver City Green Chamber, thinks the updated content will. It’ll help folks [...]

Northern NM’s Solar Energy Future – Community Solar Projects and Scenario Planning

Published on May 8, 2012

Article from The Green Fire Times, May 2012 By: Erin Sanborn, Steve Fuhlendorf and Mary Emery How our renewable energy future will unfold is unknown. Changes in this industry are multiple, occurring rapidly, and outside forces can shift the industry in a very short time frame. In order to move toward a clean energy future, [...]

Op Ed: PRC forums are key to understanding race

Published on April 30, 2012

By Lawrence Rael Source: Santa Fe New Mexican Posted Sunday, April 29, 2012 The Public Regulation Commission might be the least understood publicly elected body in the state. Yet, every day the PRC makes decisions that deeply affect our lives — from the rates we pay for electricity and health care, to the quality of [...]

2012 Legislative Platform

Published on February 1, 2012

February 1, 2012   2012 Legislative Platform   The New Mexico Green Chamber of Commerce believes state government can and should play a critical role in helping our business community recover from the national recession and begin hiring workers. With chapters in Las Cruces, Silver City, Albuquerque, Taos and Santa Fe, our members have identified several [...]

Op Ed from Albuquerque Green Chamber Member

Published on January 23, 2012

Overturn Citizens United Ruling By Joshua Fristoe / Kosh Solutions Op Ed from Albuquerque Journal on Sat, Jan 21, 2012 Friday marked two years since the U.S. Supreme Court, in a 5-4 decision, declared it legal for corporations – including foreign corporations – to spend unlimited amounts of money in our nation’s elections. The overwhelming [...]

Movers and Shakers: Elisa Cundiff

Published on January 3, 2012

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Content from the Las Cruces Sun-News January 3, 2012 By Brook Stockberger bstockberger@lcsun-news.com LAS CRUCES – The path of life has taken Mayfield High alumna Elisa Cundiff thousands of miles away from southern New Mexico, only to bring her back to her hometown. After traveling the world – from Hong Kong to study Mandarin Chinese [...]

Bigger, better Tamale Fiesta planned for next year

Published on December 11, 2011

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By Carlos Silva Jr. casilva@scsun-news.com Content from the Silver City Sun-News Posted: 12/10/2011 10:38:54 PM MST SILVER CITY – The first annual Tamale Fiesta on Saturday was so successful, organizers have decided to bring it back next year – and grow it. “Next year we’re planning to invite vendors from Texas and the northern part of [...]

Local Vendors to be Showcased at Tamale Fiesta

Published on December 9, 2011

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By Christine Steele csteele@scsun-news.com Content from the Silver City Sun-News Posted: 12/07/2011 10:08:17 PM MST SILVER CITY – This weekend, get ready for some hot, cold, spicy and sweet treats at Silver City’s first ever New Mexico Tamale Fiesta. The event will feature 25 vendors selling an array of locally made tamales, Mexican drinks, desserts, [...]

Buy Local

Published on December 5, 2011

Article from The Green Fire Times by Allan Oliver As New Mexicans enter into the holiday shopping season, it’s tempting for us to chase the lowest price, even though it often means poorer quality and not made here. But if New Mexico is going to pull itself out of this recession, we need to support [...]

Green Chamber: Promoting people, planet, and profit

Published on October 23, 2011

Content from The Taos News Posted: Sunday, October 23, 2011 12:00 am | Updated: 9:06 am, Fri Oct 21, 2011. Susan Carpenter Sims In March of last year, a New Mexico Green Chamber of Commerce was established to support local economies, help businesses green their operations and advocate for a clean energy economy. Within the [...]