Task Force Member - Lynn Cravens

Lynn Cravens has been a licensed Real Estate Broker in the state of New Mexico for over twenty years. She has acquired expertise in all facets of the real estate industry, with particular attention given to the complications of transferring rural properties. After several years actively selling real estate in the Espanola Valley, Lynn is proud to join the new firm of Prudential North Valley Real Estate. She enjoys working alongside like minded associates, focused on providing professional service with attention to each client's individual needs.

Northern New Mexico has been Lynn's home for more than thirty years. She has raised her daughter, Allison, in the Espanola Valley and has provided many volunteer hours for the benefit of children in the valley. Most recently, Lynn helped open the doors of the Chimayo Youth Conservation Corps, an organization dedicated to promoting our youth as a valuable resource. She is the current Secretary/Treasurer of the Espanola Valley Board of Realtors, and serves on the Rio Arriba Comprehensive Plan Task Force. She also enjoys many of the outdoor recreational activities that beautiful Northern New Mexico has to offer, hiking, horses, gardening and winter sports. Call Lynn for assistance with any type of real estate transaction.

Contact Info:

Office: 505-753-4878

Cell: 505-927-5936

Eeb Site: www.lynncravens.com

Prudential North Valley Real Estate

X. Hazard Mitigation

Goal 1: Reduce potential loss of life and damage to existing community assets, including structures, critical facilities and infrastructure from all natural and human-caused hazards such as wildfires, flooding, drought, severe weather, earthquakes and contaminants.

Goal 2: Promote disaster-resistant future development by limiting development in high hazard areas.

Goal 3: Promote education of hazard mitigation as a public value in recognition of its importance to the health, safety and welfare of the population.

Goal 4: Enforce and improve fire protection infrastructure for the urban wildland interface.

Goal 5: Upgrade and enhance the County’s emergency response system to ensure that all areas have adequate police, fire and emergency services.

Rio Arriba County Office of Emergency Management

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

Task Force Group Listing

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

Posting Instructions: Members: Please send (Lynn Noel ) an email.
Include:
Member Bio ( Pict if available )
Contact Info: Email, Phone and Web-Link if available
List: Which groups you want to be on.
Posting: You can post comments on any entry in the BLOG. Not Moderated
Create a New Posting: Send Lynn Noel an email with content of post and he will post. ( I can also give all in the group POSTING PRIVILAGES if people want.

Posting 2: When you post. List Group to Publish in. Task Force Group and include your MEMBER INFORMATION to add to the post.
Thanks!