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Community members who need help with food are invited to a FREE pop-up food distribution on Saturday, March 22 at 9 am. The distribution will be held at the Otero County Fairgrounds at 401 Fairgrounds Rd. in Alamogordo.
Community members seeking to receive food assistance do not need to register and no paperwork is required to receive food. Attendees should plan on clearing trunks, truck beds, or back seats. In addition, those seeking help should watch for directional signs and volunteers providing instructions on where to go. The format of the food distribution is drive-through.
For those with questions about the food distribution, please contact the food bank’s food assistance line at 505.349.5340 or email foodassistance@rrfb.org. Additional food distributions being held by the food bank or partner agencies of the food bank across the state can be found at www.rrfb.org/find-food. Please contact any site prior to visiting for additional information.
Otero County Fairgrounds
401 Fairgrounds Rd.
Alamogordo, NM 88310
United States
PBS was relevant.
Sunny, with a high of 76 and low of 48 degrees. Sunny in the morning, clear for the afternoon and evening,
Everything in Alamogordo feels fake to me, as if it is some kind of staging ground or network, not an organic community. Since the Manhattan Project, the military has used the town that way, but then there was a hard separation between the base and the town, and maybe that’s where things went sideways.
It looks like my comment was edited.The part about low income housing being crime infested was removed.
this is a situation which is replicated in countless small communities across our nation; where a single business/mine/factory/industry, or in this case, military base, is the economic engine that powers the entire community. this creates a nervous sort of dependency, and subservient approach within the local gover
The corruption which causes reputational damage is too widespread already and is going to overflow into the public eye soon enough. There is nothing anyone, or any group can do to stop it all from coming out. It is not limited to Chamber of Commerce or MainGate, IMO. Its tentacles are choking this city.
this is not an unusual situation involving chambers of commerce - merging government with business interests is nearly as problematic as merging government with churches. either situation places minority stakeholders in positions to manipulate the public's interests.