Tag Archives: NM

Best Place to Live: Find a Million Dollar View for So Much Less

We don’t like to toot our own horn… Well maybe we do a little bit! We get really excited when we hear how much Picacho Mountain home owners love their new home and think that Picacho Mountain is the best … Continue reading

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Video Blog: Rammed Earth Homes in Las Cruces New Mexico

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

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Things to do: Visit us at the Las Cruces Home and Garden Show

If you’re looking for things to do this weekend in Las Cruces, NM, come by the Las Cruces Convention Center and visit our Picacho Mountain booth at the 2011 Home and Garden Show Saturday March 12 and Sunday March 13.

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Spaceport America new boss is retired air force officer Christine Anderson

The Spaceport Author­ity Board of Directors named Christine Anderson as execu­tive director of the New Mex­ico Spaceport Authority. Anderson has served for 30 years in civilian positions with the U.S. Air Force, in­cluding several years at New Mexico’s Kirtland Air … Continue reading

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Go Green: Solar energy site construction under way in New Mexico

This is a guest posted by  Marvin Tessneer from the Las Cruces Bulletin. We’d like to thank the Bulletin for always being so willing to share their content on the Picacho Mountain Blog. The Las Cruces Bulletin is a valuable … Continue reading

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Green Building: Skylights vs. comfort, energy efficiency

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 experts in home inspection, energy rating, and green certification. Quality light from the sun is prized … Continue reading

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Picacho Hills area restaurant The Big Chair changes its name and adds French cuisine to the menu

This is a guest posted by David Edwards from the Las Cruces Bulletin. We’d like to thank the Bulletin for always being so willing to share their content on the Picacho Mountain Blog. The Las Cruces Bulletin is a valuable … Continue reading

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Best Place to Live: New Mexico named Best Domestic Tourist Destination by Global Traveler Magazine

In addition to being one of the best places to live, readers of Global Traveler Magazine voted Las Cruces New Mexico one of the best domestic tourist destinations in the magazine’s seventh annual Global Traveler-Tested Reader Survey. This is just … Continue reading

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Things to do: Great events coming up for music lovers in Las Cruces, NM

I wrote yesterday in this post about For the Love of Art and the event coming up on February 6th for the Artists of Picacho Hills. Today I’d like to tell you about a few events coming up in Las … Continue reading

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Things to do: Las Cruces celebrates For the Love of Art Month at Picacho Mountain

Join us February 6th from 11 am to 4 pm at the Picacho Mountain Visitor Center as we feature the Artist of Picacho Hills in honor of 13th annual For the Love of Art month in Las Cruces, New Mexico. … Continue reading

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