TUCUMCARI MERCHANT AND MOTEL REPORTER

AND THINGS YOU SHOULD KNOW ABOUT TUCUMCARI NEW MEXICO

IF YOU HAVE AN IDEA DON'T BRING IT TO TUCUMCARI SOMEONE ELSE WILL GET THE CREDIT FOR IT

THE CITY AND THE EDC AND THE TUCUMCARI MAIN STREET PEOPLE WANT TO DO ALL THIS MAIN STREET IMPROVMENT STUFF AND SPEND LOTS OF MONEY TO DO SO . BUT WHEN ARE THEY GOING TO FIX UP AND CLEAN UP ROUTE 66 THE MOTHER ROAD .IT'S FULL OF OUT OF BUSNESS BOARDED UP OR FALLING DOWN RUN DOWN BUILDINGS  MAIN STREET LOOKS BETTER THAN TUCUMCARI BLVD. ROUTE 66..THE STREET LIGHT ON THE WEST END DON'T EVEN WORK !

LET'S TALK HISTORY, FOUNDED IN 1901 BY RAILROAD .  THE OLD 1925 RAILROAD DEPOT THAT IS NOW CLOSED DOWN AND BOARDED UP.   THE TUCUMCARI MODEL RAILROAD CLUB HAVE BEEN TRYING TO TURN THIS WONDERFUL OLD HISTORIC BUILDING INTO A RAILROAD HISTORY MUSEUM ,IF IT WASEN'T FOR THE RAILROAD THIS TOWN WOULD NOT BE , AND OUR KIDS AND GRAND KIDS NEED TO LEARN ABOUT OUR HISTORY..    BUT !

IT SEAMS THAT A GROUP OF PEOPLE CALLED ART SPACE WANT TO TURN IT INTO AN  ART GALLERY , THERE ARE PLENTY OF EMPTY BUILDINGS ALL OVER TOWN EVEN SEVERAL ON ROUTE 66 THAT WOULD BE EASIER FOR PEOPLE TO FIND AND SEE . THEY ARE ALREADY USING THE WHOLE TOWN  AS AN ART GALLERY WITH ALL THE MURALS AND THEY EVEN HAVE A ART SHOW EVERY YEAR AND 2 GALLERY'S  I KNOW OF IF THEY WANT ART THAT'S FINE BUT DON'T MESS WITH THE HISTORY,, PUT IT SOMEWHERE ELSE OR GO TO SANTA FE OR TAOS.

STAFF WRTER JUST ASKING THAT'S ALL

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