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Standing with the Standing Rock Sioux Tribe

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Former New Mexico Governor BIll Richardson calls it " the most important and quintessentially American story that is playing out on the banks of the Missouri River in North Dakota right now."

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New Mexico Earthship Community

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A community of roughly 80 homes in the high desert of northern New Mexico has hosted an ongoing experiment in sustainable construction for half a century. A U-shaped main wall that opens south to a bank of windows is made of old tires filled with packed earth. The community itself they call the “Greater World”.

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July / August 2019 Issue (Volume 52, Number 4)

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New England: Rising Regional Tide | The Federal Reserve Bank of Boston’s 1Q 2019 report showed increased wages in all six New England states. New Mexico Enchants Digital Media | The state aims to become the go-to place for video game development with key incentives already in place.

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Architect Describes How He Made His Passive Home

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In January 1973, when Fred Black was a first semester student at the University of New Mexico School of Architecture, the overwhelming sentiment in academia was that we had an environmental emergency in progress. The oil embargo that same year reinforced our realization that the earth was finite as were our sources of energy.

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New Mexico Incentives and Workforce Development Guide

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The updated New Mexico incentives guide is brought to you by Real Street Expo , a new event sponsored by Business Facilities and Today’s Facility Manager magazines. For a list of New Mexico economic development agencies that can help with the site selection process, visit our Online Site Seekers’ Guide.

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Some of the Oldest Buildings in the U.S.

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Fort de Chartres, a French fortification on the east bank of the Mississippi River, was originally built in 1720 during the colonization of Illinois to defend against the local Meskwaki people. Horton built the home with the help of indentured servants after his first house on the island was destroyed during a Spanish attack.

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Tetra Tech buys three

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Agency for International Development, the World Bank, and government and private clients in emerging markets around the world. based in Midland, Texas, an environmental services firm with oil and gas industry clients in Texas and New Mexico. Tetra Tech acquired: * The Institute for Public-Private Partnerships, Inc.,