Category Archives: New Mexico

Best Place to Live: Las Cruces Aquatic Center continues to be a great attraction in Las Cruces NM

Posted on April 28, 2011 by Bob Pofahl

A while back in this post I told you about the new Las Cruces Regional Aquatic Center indoor pool facilities. It is amazing facilities like this that make Las Cruces, NM one of the best places to live! We often … Continue reading →

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Things to Do: Attend the Las Cruces Spring Showcase of Homes to find out why Picacho Mountain is the best place to live!

Posted on April 27, 2011 by Bob Pofahl

The warm sun is shining, the flower are blooming, and the fields are being prepared for the next harvest of Hatch Green Chile… It’s spring in beautiful Las Cruces, New Mexico! In addition to amazing weather Spring means that it’s … Continue reading →

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Video Blog: How To Build a Rammed Earth Home in Las Cruces NM

Posted on April 25, 2011 by Bob Pofahl

This is the third installment of our video blog series about building rammed earth custom home at Picacho Mountain with Pat Bellestri-Martinez, General Contractor of Soledad Canyon Earth Builders. Click here to see our first Rammed Earth Video Blog post … Continue reading →

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Things to Do: Spring Showcase of Homes

Posted on April 19, 2011 by Bob Pofahl

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Go Green: Energy Star Homes 3.0 requires even more energy efficiency from home builders

Posted on April 11, 2011 by Bob Pofahl

The following is a guest post by our good friend Miles Dyson of Inspection Connection. Miles is one of Las Cruces, New Mexico’s foremost Go Green experts in home inspection, energy rating, and green certification. April is an important month … Continue reading →

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Green Building: Picacho Mountain’s Green Certification Makes Building a Green Certified Home Even Easier

Posted on April 8, 2011 by Bob Pofahl

Green home certification can seem a bit daunting, but building your next luxury home at Picacho Mountain can make the certification process just a little bit easier. Picacho Mountain is Southern New Mexico’s only Build Green New Mexico (BGNM) certified … Continue reading →

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Go Green: Solar Energy is the right choice for Las Cruces, New Mexico

Posted on April 6, 2011 by Bob Pofahl

One of the things that makes Las Cruces, New Mexico one of the Best Places to Live is how easy it is to go green. Las Cruces weather and climate make it ideally suited to add solar energy to your … Continue reading →

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Things to do: NMSU Astronomy event open to the public

Posted on April 5, 2011 by Bob Pofahl

The New Mexico State University Department of Astronomy will hold an observatory open house at 9 p.m. Friday, April 8, at the NMSU campus observatory. Astronomy personnel on hand will be James McAteer and graduate assistants Liz Klimek, Chas Miller, … Continue reading →

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Green building: Spaceport America helps promote green building for Earth today, space tomorrow

Posted on April 4, 2011 by Bob Pofahl

I got a little nostalgic last week as I watched the space shuttle land after its final mission from my Picacho Mountain office here in Las Cruces, New Mexico. The space race was a huge deal for me as a … Continue reading →

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Go Green: New solar energy plant being built near Las Cruces NM

Posted on March 30, 2011 by Bob Pofahl

Guest Post by Todd G. Dickson of the Las Cruces Bulletin. This article is from the March 25, 2011 issue of the Las Cruces Bulletin. If you’ve driven out of Hatch up state Highway 26 lately, you might have seen … Continue reading →