News and Progress
WELCOME
Please view our Valverde Voice Newsletter vol. 4 Spring 2012, Valverde Voice Newsletter vol. 3 Fall 2011, Valverde Voice Newsletter vol. 2 July 2011 and Valverde Voice Newsletter vol. 1 April 2011
***National News!***
The Wall Street Journal wrote about new retirement options including Cohousing: http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052702303717304577277341462803340.html
The NBC Today Show had a segment on fun places to retire which led with photos and information about Valverde Commons. Be sure to also listen after the part on "tiny homes". http://today.msnbc.msn.com/id/26184891/vp/46891129#46891129
Smithsonian Magazine named Taos #2 of Best Small Towns in America: http://www.smithsonianmag.com/travel/The-20-Best-Small-Towns-in-America.html?c=y&page=2
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Taos Community News: here are websites you may find interesting about activities in our town.
taoswebb.com Offers a great Visitors Guide to Northern New Mexico (and we are featured).
tcataos.org Taos Center for the Arts Provides facilities and programming and education in the visual, performing and media arts, including Met:Live in HD
harwoodmuseum.org The Harwood Museum of Art brings Taos arts to the world and the world to Taos: visual arts, films, Bolshoi Ballet and more.
taos.unm.edu University of New Mexico-Taos branch campus offers many career-technical, workforce training and lifelong learning courses and programs.
upcoming in the summer:
taosschoolofmusic.com 50 Years of Chamber Music June 17-August 5th
musicfromangelfire.org World-class Chamber Music Festival August 17- September 2nd
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***Our Valverde Commons Community News***
The Common House is finished and it is gorgeous! The 2200 square foot building includes a multi-purpose room, kitchen (the best!), pantry, mail and recycling area, sitting room, two bathrooms, washer/dryer and outdoor patios. We had our first Thanksgiving dinner there. See photos of construction, landscaping and partying below.
• The road and utilities are done. We have new fences surrounding the park.
• Sunset Park, the ten acre adjacent park, is flourishing with many daily walkers enjoying the paths and views.
• The “mavens of mulch”, our landscaping committee is working on a design for the Common House area and the nearly four acres of common land within the community. We envision walking paths amidst native grasses and wildflower meadows with dense plantings of bird-friendly trees and bushes. Also considered are places to sit and contemplate the beauty of our world, sanctuaries for quiet meditation and chance meetings. We planted over 90 trees and bushes and as spring is here they are beginning to leaf and bloom.
• Four homes are completed and the folks are living on the land! Three more families are finishing their designs and will start in the spring
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