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TURN THE PAGE: ABQ Reads continues to increase literacy, seeks tutors to grow program

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ABQ Reads is in full swing coming into the new year. Albuquerque Public Schools site coordinators have been hard at work creating engaging lessons and a comfortable community environment for our students and tutors to excel in while building reading skills. For the fall semester, to help build home libraries, ABQ Reads donated eight books

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TAKING A STAND: City Council approves ordinance on vacant Downtown properties

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The City Council also approved an ordinance requiring vacant properties in Downtown Albuquerque to be registered with the city and pay a fee starting July 1. The ordinance passed with a 7-2 vote. The proposal — known as Downtown Vacant Premises Ordinance — impacts all property owners on Central from east to west from First

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… AND ACTION! City’s Environmental Planning Commission approves Mesa Film Studios to be built on West Side

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At its Dec. 19 meeting, the city’s Environmental Planning Commission heard hours-long testimony for and against the proposed Mesa Film Studios on the West Side. The 60-acre film studio is estimated to create 25 jobs through direct hires, between 700 and 800 jobs through tenant productions, 723 indirect jobs supported by business services and 452

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ENSURING A BETTER FUTURE: GACC shows support, APS approves right-sizing plan that repurposes Taft Middle School

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On Dec. 18, the Albuquerque Public Schools Board of Education voted to approve a right-sizing plan that will close Taft Middle School next year due to declining enrollment. The hours-long meeting saw members of the public who rallied against the plan and board members criticizing school officials for the way it was handled. APS Superintendent

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INVESTING IN DOWNTOWN: City Council votes unanimously in favor of TIF bills

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On Dec. 16, Doug Majewski, chair of the Greater Albuquerque Chamber of Commerce’s Downtown Transformation Bold Issue Group and CEO of Hartman + Majewski, offered testimony in support of the proposed Tax Increment Financing (TIF) in Downtown Albuquerque during the City Council meeting. According to the city, tax increment financing is commonly used to improve

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BEHIND-THE-SCENES LOOK: GACC gets up-close look at how government works during annual DC Fly-In

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It’s December — which means it’s time for the Greater Albuquerque Chamber of Commerce Washington DC Fly-In. Twelve members flew to Washington, D.C., and spent three days in meetings with the state’s congressional delegation and policy experts – and also got in a bit of sightseeing. The GACC group kicked off meetings Dec. 11 with Sen.

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