Central and Morningside Traffic Light

The long awaited traffic light is being installed at Central and Morningside. This signal and crosswalk will make it safer for pedestrians to cross Central. The light will be operational within two weeks.

Tonight! Nob Hill Community Meeting for Lighting and Sidewalk Improvements

The City of Albuquerque's Department of Municipal Development is hosting a public meeting tonight to provide information and answer questions regarding Phase 2 of the Central lighting and sidewalk improvement project.

Phase 1 covered Central from Jackson to Morningside, now Phase 2 will continue westward on Central to Girard.

Construction should begin in the summer of 2011. Please attend the meeting tonight for more information and look forward to a brighter Nob Hill!

Nob Hill Meeting for Lighting and Sidewalk Improvements Phase 2

Highland Senior Center, 131 Monroe St. NE

6:00 pm

Eventful Weekend in Nob Hill

FRIDAY

1st Annual Route 66 Days and Nights

5pm - 1am

Blast from the Past Take over the Mother Road. Park your custom or classic car on Route 66 near Kelly's Brew Pub. Nob Hill shops and restaurants will be open late for a summer evening stroll, sidewalk entertainers, and more!

SATURDAY

The City of Albuquerque, Nob Hill Main Street and the New Mexico Jazz Festival present SUMMERFEST in NOB HILL! 7pm - 10:30pm

Multiple stages with over 30 live bands and entertainment, 3 car shows, tours of historic Nob Hill, kids events, "The Alternative to Typical Arts and Artisans markets", local businesses having side walk sales, and lots more will make Saturday a great day for the whole family. Ride the bus, pedal your bike or walk on over...plenty of parking nearby too!

Below is the performance schedule;

Main stage (Girard & Central)

7-7:45 pm: Kanoa Kaluhiwa’s Perceptions Septet Idris Goodwin

8-8:45 pm: Son Como Son

9-10:30 Los Pleneros de la 21

Stage 2 (Solano & Central)

7:15-7:55 pm: Baracutanga

8:15-9:00 pm: African Roots of Jazz Project

Side Stage (Amherst & Central)

7:10-7:50 pm: Selsun Blue Sidewalk Duo

8:10-9:00 pm: Rumbatronix: Luis Guerra & Camilo Quiñones

Side Stage (Tulane & Central)

7:10-7:30 pm: Jimmy Hamm & Kino Kopelov Kosmorganic Express

7:40-8:10 pm: Catfish & Plum

8:20-9 pm: Frank Leto Duo with Dan Ward

Parking: is available on the east and west end of Nob Hill and on the side streets (from Girard to Washington)

plus the ABQ Trolley Company will be providing all day shuttle service through the neighborhood for a $5 all day pass. Bus routes will be running a re-route around the event.

The 10th Annual Neon Cruise presented by the Old Route 66 Car Show Group will be parading into Nob Hill around dusk Saturday night with more classic cars filling the historic neighborhood.

Foot Race: Wrapping up the evening TCR productionswill be conducing the annual Nob Hill 5k run, this year starting at 11pm and going until 12:30am Sunday morning - a great way to beat the mid-summer heat. Click the link to register for the race.

Nob Hill Future Forum, Friday, July 16th

Time: July 16, 2010 from 12am to 2pm

Location: O'Niell's

Street: Central Ave and Washington

City/Town: Albuquerque

Website or Map: http://www.route66central.com

Phone: meyster1@comcast.net

Event Type: community, forum

Organized By: Nob Hill Main Street

Nob Hill Main Street will sponsor a forum to explore the future of Nob Hill's commercial district on Friday, July 16, at Noon. It will take place at O'Niell's on Central at Washington. O'Niell's will host a complimentary buffet.

Participants will explore the Nob Hill Highland Sector Plan of 2007; what it is intended to do and how it is being implemented. Discussion will be led by Phyllis Taylor of Sites SW who led the development of the plan and Juanita Garcia, Assistant Head of Zoning Enforcement, who managed development of the plan for the City and manages its implementation.

Main Street is an initiative of the National Trust for Historic Preservation that provides a community-driven methodology to revitalize older business districts.

Nob Hill Main Street is a locally created and controlled effort to use the tools that Main Street provides to foster actions that result in a future that benefits residents, merchants, property owners, and our entire community. Some of its long term goals are:

-Brand and promote Nob Hill on local and regional levels to make it a destination for residents and visitors. Create recurring events and special events that make Nob Hill a great place to live, work, and visit.

-Enhance the quality and function of the business district by developing long term solutions to infrastructure needs like parking and transportation, pedestrian safety, and walkability.

-Help merchants and property owners enhance the business district by preserving its unique architectural character and repurposing vacant or underutilized space.

-Make Nob Hill a sustainable community of significant economic, historic, and social value to the city and state.

The forum is open to all and should last slightly over an hour. You may direct questions to Gary Eyster at meyster1@comcast.net

Nob Hill Main Street in the New York Times and New Mexico Business Weekly

Last week, Governor Richardson came to Scalo's in Nob Hill and asked New Mexicans to spend $25 at 2 local stores this month. With the prevelance of local shops in Albuquerque, it is important to spend money there because the money stays in our communitiy and local economy.

I would also like to encourage folks to spend money in local shops, not only this month but year round. Local small business is a major part of our local economy and the strength of our local businesses translates to the health of our local economy. I am lucky to represent an area that consists of amazing local shops, restaurants, and other businesses in Nob Hill and the International District.

Gov. Richardson Asks New Mexicans to Shop Locally

By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
Published: December 3, 2009
Filed at 9:16 p.m. ET

ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (AP) -- New Mexico Gov. Bill Richardson on Thursday urged New Mexicans to spend $25 at each of two local stores this month, an initiative that could have a $27 million economic impact on the state in December.
Richardson, who spoke at a restaurant in Albuquerque's Nob Hill shopping area, said that for every $100 spent locally, $68 stays in that community. That compares to $43 remaining in the community for every $100 spent in national chain stores, he said.
Because small- and medium-sized businesses are prevalent in New Mexico, shopping locally would help the state's budget shortfall, Richardson said.
''This is a way we can pump tax money, gross receipts funds, into our state and at the same time make a difference and help our local businesses,'' he said.
While Albuquerque, Santa Fe and cities around the country have asked shoppers to spend their dollars at local stores, New Mexico's ''$25 2 Main Street'' campaign makes it one of few states -- alongside Vermont and Utah -- to offer a statewide push, said Stacy Mitchell, a senior researcher at the Institute for Local Self-Reliance.

from the New York Times, read the rest here.

Read the New Mexico Business Weekly arcticle here.

15th Annual Nob Hill Holiday Shop and Stroll

Click here for more info from Duke City Fix. We'll see you there!

Councilor Rey Garduño Featured on Duke City Fix

The Crosswalk Wars: Garduño Steps In

• Posted by Johnny_Mango on August 25, 2009 at 7:30am
• View Johnny_Mango's blog

NOB HILL--City Councilor Rey Garduño has entered the fray of what might be called The Crosswalk Wars of Nob Hill. He is about to introduce a resolution in the City Council that would establish two more traffic signals, one at Central and Wellesley. and the other at Central and Morningside. A City Council resolution would be a way to out-flank the city administration which says that any more signals in Nob Hill are not warranted.

If ever a city street needed a crosswalk more than Nob Hill's Central Ave., I would be hard pressed to name it. It is one of the busiest streets for both vehicles and pedestrians in the entire state. Yet there is but one designated crosswalk of any kind between Richmond and Washington, a distance of almost exactly one mile. That crosswalk is the stoplight at Central and Carlisle.

Read the rest here.

Pedestrian Lighting in Nob Hill

Below are a couple of photos from my walk around the eastern part of Nob Hill this morning. Pedestrian lights are being installed from Jackson to Morningside along Central. Phase 2 would continue the lighting westward to Girard.

If you have questions or comments regarding the lighting, I would love to hear them.

Pridefest Weekend

Last night at Morningside Park in Nob Hill, City Councilor Rey Garduño spoke to the crowd at the LBGT candlelight vigil.

Here is the schedule of events for the rest of the weekend, provided by Self Serve in Nob Hill.

Friday, June 12
4:30- 7 pm ABQ Dyke March returns! details at firewomyn.com
5:00 - 10:00 p.m. Attractions, Booths, Pride Concert; Expo New Mexico
8 pm at Exhale: See Shannell from RuPaul's Drag Race, Burlesque, Drag and more! 21+ buy tickets now!

Saturday, June 13
10:30 a.m. Pride Parade- Watch at Self Serve with DJ Nicolatron, meet new friends, byo breakfast and beverages, water and sunscreen provided.
10:30 a.m.-8:00 pm Self Serve is OPEN for business! Stop in after the parade... and visit our Pridefest booth
11:00 a.m. - 6:00 p.m. Pridefest; Expo New Mexico, Visit the Self Serve Booth!
8 p.m. Fire Womyn Dance Party at Black Bird Buvette with Outdoor Stage! 509 Central Ave NW btw 5th & 6th,
See beatboxer Saywut, September Smith and more! details at firewomyn.com

Sunday, June 14
7:30 pm NM Gay Men's Chorus Concert: As Gay as it Gets
For more info and tickets, go to abqpride.com

Thursday 6/11, Dedication of GLBT Memorial Sculpture in Nob Hill

from Democracy for New Mexico

From Albuquerque Pride: Every year the Albuquerque Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual and Transgender (GLBT) community commemorates pride and identity with Pridefest. Pridefest is comprised of a wide variety of events including pageants, concerts, family activities, dancing and the most fun parade in all of New Mexico. The first Albuquerque Pridefest event took place in 1977 with fewer than 100 participants. Last year an estimated 30,000 people attended the three‐day Pridefest which is run and organized by Albuquerque Pride, a not for profit organization. Continue reading here.

Thursday schedule of Pride events:
6:00 PM: Morningside Park GLBT Memorial Art Sculpture Dedication
6:30 PM: Pride Candlelight Vigil
9:00 PM: Reception at Albuquerque Social Club

Additional Pridefest events will take place Friday and Saturday, June 12-13. Click for a complete schedule of 2009 Pride events.

Nob Hill is Awarded the Main Street Program

The MainStreet Program is coming back to Historic Nob Hill. The New Mexico MainStreet Program is a grassroots economic development program that assists communities in revitalizing their traditional commercial neighborhoods and is a division of the New Mexico Economic Development Department.

After an extensive application process, Secretary Fred Mondragon came to Scalo's and awarded Nob Hill as an addition to the New Mexico MainStreet Program.

On Thursday May 28, 2009 the Nob Hill Neighborhood Association will be hosting a meeting to share how this will help revitalize Nob Hill. It will be held at Emmanuel Presbyterian Church from 6:30 to 8:30.

Nob Hill Outreach Event Thursday Night (3/26) at O'Neill's

from Nob Hill Neighborhood Association

At this month's outreach event (3/26), the Nob Hill Neighborhood Association brings you presentations from the Nob Hill Merchant Association about its recent application for Main Street Program funding from the State of New Mexico and the City of Albuquerque's Solid Waste Department about upcoming changes in solid waste collection. Each presenter will discuss how their program/department will impact the neighborhood and take questions. As always, there will be food provided by the Association and a cash bar provided by O'Neill's Pub.

photo from Jessica Dooley on Flickr

Tonight! Nob Hill Shop & Stroll

The 14th Annual Holiday Shop & Stroll is being held tonight in Nob Hill from 5-10 pm.

Grab your gift list, grab some dinner, and SHOP LOCAL!

Also, take advantage of the City's FREE parking for the Holiday Season.

For more info click here.