HOUSE MEMORIAL 23

57th legislature - STATE OF NEW MEXICO - first session, 2025

INTRODUCED BY

Joshua N. Hernandez and Catherine J. Cullen and Kathleen Cates

 

 

 

 

 

A MEMORIAL

DECLARING FEBRUARY 20, 2025 "EXCELLENCE IN RIO RANCHO DAY" IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES.

 

     WHEREAS, the city of Rio Rancho began as a retirement community called Rio Rancho estates in the early 1960s; and

     WHEREAS, the city of Rio Rancho became an incorporated municipality in 1981; and

     WHEREAS, Rio Rancho is the third-largest city in New Mexico, now with a population of more than one hundred ten thousand residents; and

     WHEREAS, Rio Rancho is the fastest-growing city in New Mexico; and

     WHEREAS, Rio Rancho has experienced significant economic growth, with median household incomes increasing from fifty-four thousand dollars ($54,000) in 2020 to more than eighty-five thousand dollars ($85,000) in 2024; and

     WHEREAS, Rio Rancho is nationally recognized as one of the safest cities in New Mexico and among the safest in the southwest, based on crime rates and community surveys; and

     WHEREAS, Rio Rancho boasts a top-rated public school district, the Rio Rancho public school district, which is celebrating thirty years of quality education for the community in 2025; and

     WHEREAS, Rio Rancho has been recognized in several prominent publications for its livability and family-friendly environment, including:

          A. Livability.com: Rio Rancho was featured in the "Top 100 Best Places To Live in the U.S.", highlighting its affordable housing, excellent schools and abundant outdoor activities;

          B. Fortune magazine: Rio Rancho ranked thirty-fifth in Fortune's "Best Places To Live For Families", emphasizing its developing economy, tourism sector and numerous parks and trails;

          C. Money magazine: Rio Rancho has been recognized multiple times as one of Money's "Best Places To Live in America"; and

          D. 24/7 Wall Street: Rio Rancho was featured on its list of "America's 50 Best Cities To Live", citing exceptional public schools and crime rates well below the national average; and

     WHEREAS, Rio Rancho has a growing business community that includes innovators in many industries, such as Intel, Lectrosonics, Insight lighting, Aeroparts manufacturing, Aersale component solutions, Green Theme technologies, NTX Nature's toolbox, Stainless motors, Presbyterian Rust medical center and other prominent businesses, and is home to the university of New Mexico health sciences' advanced center of excellence for orthopaedic surgery and rehabilitation; and

     WHEREAS, Rio Rancho continues to lead in education with an excellent public school district and expansive higher education opportunities at the university of New Mexico health sciences center, central New Mexico community college and New Mexico highlands university; and

     WHEREAS, through all of its innovation and growth, Rio Rancho can truly be called "the city of vision";

     NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE STATE OF NEW MEXICO that February 20, 2025 be declared "Excellence in Rio Rancho Day" in the house of representatives; and

     BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that copies of this memorial be transmitted to the mayor of Rio Rancho, members of the Rio Rancho city council, the Rio Rancho city manager and the president and chief executive officer of the Rio Rancho regional chamber of commerce.