Relying on the kindness of voters, a growing city situated at the border of New Mexico and Texas may soon see the construction of a new regional recreation center.
Sunland Park, which also lines the border with the Mexican state of Chihuahua, is seeking funding not only for the center project, but also an effort to upgrade its existing Sunland Park Community Library, located at 1000 McNutt Road.
That funding will come out of a proposed $12 million general obligation bond to be decided by voters in the coming November election and may also be used to build a second library for a city whose population has jumped from just over 8,000 in the 1990s to more than 17,000 today.
As proposed, the bond, broken down in three $4 million sections, will also be used to upgrade the city’s existing park facilities.
A separate bond question, also with a dollar value of $4 million, may be used for the construction of a proposed new public safety complex; while the final $4 million allotment will go for roadway construction and upgrading, as well as wastewater infrastructure.
By Garry Boulard
