Portales, New Mexico

7 CIVIL AND MUNICIPAL VOLUME 3, ISSUE 5 about this. We need more fun and we need more kindness and, again, that’s why I really love the community because people are very, very kind. Strangers hold the doors open for people, they are always willing to step in when families need it and it’s really a great place to be.” The city’s skate park was part of the sale of the property and they’ll look to create another in the near future, probably in a park with their mile-long paved trail. They plan to add lighting to the trail and will open their redeveloped community pool this year. One of the largest employers for the area is the Roosevelt General Hospital – the city just annexed its more than 36-acre property into the town and opted to zone those lands commercial to build the medical industry in Portales. The hospital has applied for a LEDA grant to help it very close to opening The Portales Fun Center. The city offered up its former recreation center, which closed during the pandemic, to house the entertainment facility. It will offer families and people of all ages many opportunities for enjoyment, laughs, and respite with its virtual golf and multi-sport area, 14-lane bowling alley, a skating rink, arcade, pool tables, shuffleboard, and Dickey’s Barbecue restaurant. The Nixons plan to open the more than $2 million facility in the fall, and soon after will install a patio for the restaurant and axe-throwing facilities. The center was made possible with a $270,000 grant from the Local Economic Development Act (LEDA) through the Roosevelt County Economic Development Centre. Austin acknowledges, “We don’t have a lot of options for youth, so that’s what’s promising