Town fighting for Spaceport visitor center location

From KOB-TV.com - By: Marissa Torres, KOB Eyewitness News 4 - A New Mexico town is fighting plans to build a new visitor center for the Spaceport Authority. People in Truth or Consequences held a town hall meeting on Tuesday to argue a change in location. Right now, the center is slotted to go up just off Interstate 25 outside of town, but residents said they want it in downtown T or C. A while back, the town voted to dish out some of their own tax dollars to help fund the New Mexico Spaceport Authority in the hopes of reaping economic benefits. "We feel [that] now we've been left in the cold and ignored. Decisions are being made without any thought of the people who actually paid for it," said Hans Townsend, President of the Sierra County and T or C Chamber of Commerce. Townsend said T or C is already willing to give up a little of their properties to clear an area for the visitor center. It would ideally be down by the river, next to a park. The Spaceport hired a contractor to help choose a spot for the visitor center and out of eight locations, it decided on a site just off I-25. Officials said part of that decision was based on easy accessibility to the highway. A second visitor center will also be built in the Village of Hatch in Dona Ana County. Spaceport authorities said it will also sit just off the highway. Read more

Town fighting for Spaceport visitor center location