Update May 2009: It was a beautiful time of year to visit Rio Rancho with lots of pretty spring flowers and warm sunny weather as we explored a few different units and poked our nose around to see if things are still growing there. We noticed quite a bit of growth happening still with new subdivisions, houses, streets, and businesses being built! The Rio Grande was pretty full and the Bosque along it was a plush green. As we drove around it was easy to see that this place is still moving along even during the economic downturn!

There continues to be a lot of construction around the Santa Ana Star Arena and new City Center. I got my first glimpse at V. Sue Cleveland High School, the 2nd high school in Rio Rancho which is set to open in fall of 2009 - home of the Storms! Other projects being built at the City Center area include Hewlett-Packard Customer Service Center (scheduled to open late 2009), University of New Mexico West campus (scheduled to open spring 2010), a community college, and the University of NM Sandoval Regional Medical Center (scheduled to open 2011). This facility is expected to have 75 private rooms with the capacity to expand to 120 beds and more than 400 workers are expected in the first year. Services will include emergency services, urgent care, surgical services and more!

The Albuquerque Journal named some of the projects the federal stimulus program will fund and on that list was money for the Paseo del Volcan Road project. The city has learned that it will receive $14 MILLION and will solicit bids for the construction of the extension of Pasel del Volcan from Iris Road to US 550. This will create new access to the city center. I was pleasantly surprised to see just how much this place continues to grow!

The Rio Grande was full and it was a beautiful rich green along the Bosque!

Lots of new construction by the new Arena and City Center!

 

 

More new construction and a new commercial building at Unser and McMahon Blvd!

 

Josh getting his first glimpse at the Santa Ana Star Center- too bad we didn't have a few more hours to catch the game that day!

 

My first glimpse at V. Sue Cleveland High School which is the 2nd high school for Rio Rancho set to open the fall of 2009!

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Located 15 miles north of Albuquerque and 50 miles southwest of Santa Fe, Rio Rancho sits high atop a mesa offering stunning views of the Sandia Mountains and Rio Grande! Rio Rancho is located in the heart of New Mexico, just north of Albuquerque. Anchored by chip maker Intel with over 5000 employees as well as Victoria Secret and Sprint, this master planned communities pro-business attitude and a high quality of life makes this New Mexico's fourth largest city.

If you drive west out of Albuquerque and then head north up into Rio Rancho you will be amazed at the growth. Five years ago when I first visited this area they were redoing the interstate through the middle of Albuquerque and these were just overhead signs with no exit to anywhere yet. Now...it's homes built the entire way out to these exits west on I40 and then north into Rio Rancho. Take the drive! Go see it for yourself! I believe in Rio Rancho as an investment and encourage you to explore the growth in this area! Char the Explorer : )

New Mexico's new liquid waste regulations went into effect in September of 2005. These regulations will provide the highest quality to the environment and was greatly needed with the drought situations over the years. Smile4u Inc greatly encourages you to research the new regulations to understand what you will be allowed to do with your property. We have not researched the ground to depth water in any of the areas we sell land in. If the property does not meet the new standards for conventional septic systems, other ideas to research are: installing complete retention systems such as holding tanks, waiting till public utilities are provided in the street, or to purchase an adjoining property. The new regulations for undeveloped lots platted before February 1st, 1990 require at least 3/4 of an acre for a conventional septic system and 3/4 of an acre in areas with depth to ground water 100 feet or less. There are sunset provisions that allow a 3-5 year period for you to install using the old guidelines. After the sunset period is over you will need to comply with the new regulations. If you would like to see a copy of the new regulations that we obtained from the State please Click Here. We also have information we can email you if you would like to research retentions systems. We actually came across a subdivision in Kansas a few years ago that had several hundred properties that all were required to use holding tanks so don't be afraid to think outside the box!