New Mexico Mercury

Here’s An Idea For Managing Growth

By John Hooker

Innovative community/private collaboration may be the key to initiating responsible strategies of redevelopment and infill in Albuquerque.

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The New Mexico State Fair for the 21st Century

By John Hooker

It’s time to open the New Mexico State Fair 2013. The rides on the Midway will turn you upside down. Now let’s turn the Fair inside out and make it great fun next year - all year long!

The future success of the State Fair in Albuquerque depends on the Fair becoming more a part of Albuquerque, not more of a secure, gated entertainment compound behind its blank walls and parking lots. As a public venue, Expo New Mexico has a greater duty to the community than say, Disneyland. At the same time, Expo has a duty to deliver a first class entertainment experience to the citizens of New Mexico and the residents of Albuquerque beyond the slot machines of the Downs at Albuquerque...

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