Task Force Member - Lucy Collier

Lucy Collier moved from Massachusetts to New Mexico to join her parents in 1972 and has been living in Alcalde and more recently Chimayó since then. She worked as an early interventionist, a diagnostician, and finally a developmental psychologist at UNM. She retired several years ago but keeps her hand in with families at Las Cumbres. She helped to establish the Chimayó History Museum, curated an extensive show of until then undocumented Chimayó and el Valle weavings, and initiated an intergenerational weaving project in the Cordova school. She served as an election monitor in Bosnia-Herzogovinia several times. She produced an oral history video documenting the memories of folks still around who had been photographed by New Deal photographers. She helped organize her community to pressure T-Mobile to move its cell tower out of the Historic District of Chimayó. Resolution with the County and the FCC is still pending. However better standards for cell towers have been adopted by Rio Arriba County as a result. She is a musician, a gardener, and continues to fight for preservation of tradition and culture in her adopted community.

Email:lcpm@valornet.com

What's Working!

During our last meeting a couple of
Task Force Members said.
" Why try to Reinvent the Wheel"?

There are many things that we know work. We know this by our history. Sustainable living was not a BUZZ WORD 60 years ago. Our communities and peoples have lived Sustainable on our lands for centuries in New Mexico.

Invention & Technology Reinventions

Communities all over the world are adapting the old and new practices and technologies in some incredible ways. We in our quest to improve on our community and in developing our Vision and Plan should also look to these communities (global) and integrate what is working now.

Locally in New Mexico we have many such solutions at hand and we should also share our knowledge. Make connections and make us all a better global community.

Here are some more links and information for us.

The Best Link Page on Ecological Links I've found. Comprehensive.
Todd Ecological Inc. Solutions for Water Planning and Management.
Case Studies and Links.
Transportation planning should encompass more than cars. Rethinking Transportation!
Rethinking Housing: CalEarth
Rethinking. Economic Development, Oil; and Gas, Hazard Mitigation, Community Facilities and Infrastructure.... Someone has already thought of these things and has done something about it. Lets learn from each other. Lets get the wheels rolling!

Link to the NRCS: New Mexico Field Office Technical Guides.
Must see. These resources cover many of the topics we will be discussing

The Buckminster Fuller Challenge
Anyboby up for a challange?

So I said, "call me Trimtab."
click on the above Buckminster Fuller Challange link for an explination of "TrimTab"

VII. Housing ( Existing Conditions )

Housing Characteristics

Rio Arriba County is unique in that a very large percentage (81.6%) of homes are owned and occupied in comparison to the average for the State of New Mexico (70%). Overall, only 18.4% of Rio Arriba County’s housing units are rented as opposed to 30% of New Mexico housing units overall. These figures reinforce the County’s family-orientation and the historic
ties that residents maintain to the area.
Goal 1: Promote site-built, higher residential density and infill developments in areas where adequate infrastructure exists or will be provided.

Goal 2: Provide incentives and education for affordable home ownership.
Rio Arriba is also notable for its high percentage of mobile homes. At 37% of all homes, the County has almost twice as many mobile homes, per capita, as the state. As neither the City of Española nor Rio Arriba County have adopted affordable housing ordinances, manufactured and mobile housing units currently serve as affordable housing alternatives for the region.
Goal 3: Provide incentives for the rehabilitation
of existing site-built residential structures.

Like many rural areas of the state, Rio Arriba County’s housing stock is old. Eleven percent of housing units were built before 1939, compared to 5.9% of housing units built during that period in New Mexico. In addition to having structural rehabilitation needs, older housing is also at higher risk for lead-based paint.

Goal 4: Encourage the use of sustainable development practices.
The County has more housing units that lack complete plumbing and kitchen facilities and telephone service than the state, and more residents use wood or bottled, tank or propane gas for their household heating needs.
Goal 5: Encourage a diversity of housing opportunities.
With a slightly larger household size than the state of 2.71 persons, Rio Arriba County actually experiences less overcrowding than New Mexico as a whole. Median home values for Rio Arriba are only slightly less than those for New Mexico, at $107,500 vs. $108,100.

Strategies

POSTING COMMENTING and LABELS

Like the Comprehensive Plan… This Blog is a LIVING DOCUMENT. I ask the TASK Force to give the Plan a share or your lives and family to help all create life anew for all our families. Together Rio Arriba County, our Community and Families Leading the way. Together!
Hope this helps!
Mahalo-Lynn

Posting: NEW POST. Send Info via email to ADMIN: Currently Lynn Noel. Any Helpers to get us all up to speed?

The Labels below will hopefully guide us in where to post our information so it fits where it need to and is Current with discussions/tasks….

You can as mentioned above contact me with information. Written, Jpeg, AVI, Links, whatever you like really. OR you can ask me to add you to the AUTHOR LIST and you can do it!. Really Easy formatting, uploading. For Video Use YOUTUBE. Faster and Right now it’s more stable than Google Video Beta.

The Blog is very Flexible to many formats. See Eblogger on Google. Create
You Own PERSONAL Companion Blog so that you can share more information with us and your community. The Rio Arriba Comprehensive Blog should be used for TASK FORCE communication, presentation, and information for the group. A melting pot repository for the Republic for which we work!


Current LABELS List
Label: Rio Arriba County Comprehensive Plan 2008
Use: This Label and LINK will not be used : Just a Link to the PLAN)

Label: Task Force Committee Groups
Use: Use as First Label the select the appropriate additional link below to further identify the posting.

LABELS: GROUP
Label: ( Group 1) Land and Water Task Force
Label: ( Group 2 ) Connectivity Economic Development
Label: (Group 3 ) Housing Task Force
Label: ( Group 4 ) Community Facilities/Infrastructure Task Force
Label: ( Group 5 ) Transportation Task Force
Label: ( Group 6 ) Hazards Mitigation Task Force
Label: ( Group 7 ) Oil and Gas Task Force

Label Note: Need to Create Section # Goal # and Strategy # Others?

In Addition to These Labels, Use the Section #, Goal # and Strategy # before identifying your issues. Please DOUBLE CHECK LABELS. If you need to add one or have more suggestions…Please do share.

Label: Task Force Chair: Gabriel Boyle
Label: Task Force Members
Label: Lynn Noel Task Force Member
Label: Task Force Meeting Agenda
Anyone have earlier dates and information we can post? UP TO DATE
Label: Task Force Meeting Agenda (June 11

Label: ADMIN: Blog Administrator: Currently Lynn Noel

Posting Individual Blog Entries and Instructions
Posting Rules. Comments and Moderation

Label: Link List:

Label: Internet Tools:
Label: Google Language Translator
Label: RSS
Label: IGoogle
Label: Eblogger


Label: .gov Link
Label: .com Link
Label: .org Link

Label: County Link
Label: State Link
Label: Federal Gov. Link
Label: Community Link
Label: Non Profit Link
Label: Media Link
Label: News Link
Label: RSS Feed Link

Finally... How the Labels help us. If you want to know ALL about any specific post. Use the Labels to help search out all posts.

Like I wand all on ADMIN, MEMBERS, GOAL #5 Section 2. Does that make sense?

I’m sure we can Label our Blog so it’s easy for all to use. Again … A living Document. Questions Call Lynn 505-412-2770 or email or comment on the Blog. again Mahalo- Lynn