NEW MEXICO ECONOMIC
DEVELOPMENT DEPARTMENT

New Mexico Arts Commission Approves Requests from Arts & Cultural Districts

Santa Fe, N.M. – The New Mexico Arts Commission considered formal requests from the state’s Arts & Cultural Districts Program at its November meeting. The commission voted unanimously to approve the City of Las Cruces as the first ever State-Authorized municipally-designated Arts & Cultural District, the expansion of the Creative District in Los Alamos to encompass two Arts & Cultural Institutions, and the consolidation of the Silver City Arts & Cultural District under Silver City MainStreet.

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