Alamogordo is the center of Otero County, New Mexico, USA. A town in the Tularosa Basin in the Chihuahuan Desert, bordered on the east by the Sacramento Mountains and to the west by Holloman Air Force Base. The population is 30,403 at the 2010 census. Alamogordo is known for its relationship to the Trinity test, the first explosion of atomic bombs.
Humans have lived in the Alamogordo area for at least 11,000 years. This settlement, established in 1898 to support the construction of El Paso and Northeastern Railroad, is an early example of the planned community. The city was founded in 1912. Tourism became an important economic factor with the creation of the White Pasir National Monument in 1934. During the years 1950-1960, Alamogordo was the unofficial center for research on pilot safety and the expanding US space program.
Alamogordo is a charter city with a council-manager form of government. The city government provides a large number of recreational and recreational facilities for its citizens, including large parks in the city center, many small parks scattered throughout the city, golf courses, Alameda Park Zoo, network of walkways, Alamogordo Public Library, and senior citizen centers. Gerald Champion Regional Medical Center is a joint non-profit military/civilian facility that is also a hospital for Holloman.
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History
The Tularosa Basin has been inhabited for at least 11,000 years. There are signs of previous occupants in the area such as the Clovis culture, the Folsom culture, the Archaic period people, and the Formative stage. Mescalero Apache had lived in Tularosa Basin when Spain came in 1534, and Oral history of Mescalero said they always lived there. The Spaniards built the chapel at La Luz (about 5 miles (8.0 km) from the future location of Alamogordo) in 1719, although La Luz was not completed until about 1860.
Alamogordo City was founded in June 1898, when El Paso and Northeastern Railroad, led by Charles Bishop Eddy, extended the railroads into the city. Eddy influences the design of the community, which includes wide roads and tree-lined irrigation channels. Charles Eddy's sister, John Arthur Eddy, named the new town of Alamogordo ("big cotton tree" in Spanish) after a bunch of cotton trees he remembered from the Pecos River area. When Alamogordo was laid out in 1898, the east-west streets were labeled numerical, while the north-south roads were named after the state. Currently White Sands Boulevard is then called Pennsylvania Avenue.
Several government buildings in Alamogordo were built by the Progress Administration, a government program created in 1935 in response to the Great Depression. These include the Otero County Administration Building at 1101 New York Avenue, a Pueblo-style building originally built as the main US Post Office in 1938. The building is listed in the National Register of Historic Places. The main portico door featured a fresco by Peter Hurd completed in 1942. The Post Office moved in 1961, and the building was used by a succession of Federal agencies and was known as the Federal Building. The last Federal agency he occupied was the US Forest Service which used it as the Lincoln National Forest base until October 2008, when the agency moved into a newly built building. The ownership of the building was transferred to the Otero County government and many government offices were moved from the Courthouse to the new Administration Building in February 2009. Alamogordo briefly made international news in late 2001 when Christ Community Church held public books in Harry Potter Series, and some other series, on December 30th.
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Geography
In 2010, Alamogordo had a total area of ​​19.3 square miles (50.0 km 2 ), all land. The city is located at an altitude of 4,336 feet (1,322 m) on the west side of the Sacramento Mountains and on the eastern edge of Tularosa Basin. It lies within the gap of the Rio Grande and in the northernmost part of the Chihuahuan Desert. Low tectonic activity in the Tularosa Basin. The native plants of this region are typical of the foothills of southern New Mexico and include the creosote shrubs, mesquite, saltbush, cottonwood, desert willow, and many species of cactus and yucca.
Tularosa Basin is an endorheic or closed basin; that is, there is no water flowing out of it. Because of this and because of the geology of the region, water in the basin is difficult: it has a very high total soluble solids concentration, over 3,000 mg/l. The National Desalination Research Facility of Tanah Payau Water, a Reclamation laboratory conducting research and development on brackish water desalination, is located in Alamogordo. The gypsum crystals of the White Pasir National Monument are formed on Lake Lucero. Water flows from mountains carrying dissolved gypsum and collected in Lake Lucero. After the water dries, the wind takes the gypsum crystals and passes them over the basin.
Climate
Alamogordo has BWh or a hot desert climate uses (KÃÆ'¶ppen with hot summers and mild winters) Low rainfall and is usually limited in the rainy season from July to September, when half a year rainfall the regular of 10.96 inches or 278.4 millimeters would occur - although in December 1991 it was seen 5.45 inches or 138.4 millimeters.The wettest year of the calendar was 1941 with 21.87 inches or 555.5 millimeters and the driest year 1952 with 4.85 inches or 123.2 millimeters, while the wettest month was recorded September 1941 when 6.94 inches or 176.3 millimeters fell, September 1941 also saw the largest daily rainfall in Alamogordo with 2.60 inches or 66.0 millimeters fall on the 22nd of that month.
The temperature outside the monsoonal storm is very hot during the summer: 94.8 days exceeding 90 ° F or 32.2 ° C and temperatures as high as 110 ° F or 43.3 ° C occurred on June 22, 1981 and July 8, 1951 During the winter, the days are very light and bright, but the cold nights, with temperatures of 32 ° C or 0 ° C are achieved at 73.6 in the morning during the average winter, although only seven in the morning have ever descended into or below 0 Â ° F or -17.8 Â ° C, with the coldest temperature recorded at Alamogordo being -14 Â ° F (-25.6 Â ° C) during a major cold wave on January 11, 1962. Snow is extremely rare, with an average of no more than 4.1 inches or 0.10 meters and the median is very close to zero. The highest snowfall in a single month was 10.0 inches (0.25 m) in December 1960.
Demographics
In the 2000 census, there were 35,582 people, 13,704 households, and 9,728 families living in the city. There are 15,920 housing units. City's racial makeup is 75.4% White; 5.6% African Americans, 1.1% Native Americans, 1.5% Asia, 0.2% Pacific Island, 12.1% of some other races, and 4.2% of two or more races. Hispanic or Latino from any race is 32.0% of the population.
There were 13,704 households in which 36.3% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 55.6% were married couples living together, 11.7% had non-husbands female households, and 29.0% were not family. 25.2% of all households are made up of individuals and 8.8% have someone living alone 65 or older. The average household size was 2.57 and the average family size was 3.07.
In urban areas the population is spread by 28.7% under the age of 18, 9.2% from 18 to 24, 29.7% from 25 to 44, 19.9% ​​from 45 to 64, and 12.7% 65-year-olds or more. The median age was 34 years. For every 100 females, there are 97.6 males. For every 100 women age 18 and over, there are 94.1 men.
In 1999, the median income for a household in the city was $ 30,928, and the average income for the family was $ 35,673. Men have an average income of $ 28,163 compared to $ 18,860 for women. The per capita income for the city is $ 14,662. About 13.2% of families and 16.5% of the population are below the poverty line, including 23.9% of those under the age of 18 and 11.8% of those aged 65 and older.
Alamogordo and Otero County July 1, 2008, the population is estimated at 35,757 and 62,776 respectively by the US Population Census Population Estimation Program.
Economy
Alamogordo is the economic center of Otero County, with almost half the population of the Otero Regency living within the city limits. Alamogordo currently has very little manufacturing and has primarily service and retail economy, driven by tourism, major military installations nearby and concentration of military retirees. In 2006, per capita income in Otero County was $ 22,377 compared to per capita income in New Mexico of $ 29,346.
Economic history
Alamogordo was founded as a city company to support the construction of El Paso and Northeastern Railroad, part of a transcontinental train that was being built at the end of the 19th century. Initially the main industry was logging for rail links. The founders of the railway were also eager to find a big city that would survive after the train tracks had been completed; they formed the Alamogordo Improvement Company to develop the area, making Alamogordo the first example of a planned community. Alamogordo Upgrading Company owns all the land, walks the streets, builds first houses and commercial buildings, donates land to a college, and places limited agreements on any deed prohibiting the making of, intoxicating, or selling liquor.
Tourism became an important part of the local economy from the creation of the White Pasir National Monument in 1934. Construction began at the Alamogordo Air Field (Holloman Air Force Base today) in 1942, and the Federal government has become a strong presence. in Alamogordo since then. Education is also an important part of the local economy. In addition to the local school system, Alamogordo is home to the New Mexico School for the Blind and the Visually Impaired, founded in 1903, and a branch of New Mexico State University founded in 1958. The city's largest non-governmental company is Gerald Champion Regional Medical Center with 650 employees in 2008.
Military Impact
Holloman Air Force Base, located about 3 miles (4.8 km) west of the city limits, is Alamogordo's largest corporate resident, and has a major influence on the local economy. According to some estimates, Holloman contributes half of Alamogordo's economy. According to 49 Fighter Wing Public Affairs office, in January 2008 Holloman directly employed 6,111 personnel with gross salaries of $ 266 million. This indirectly creates 2,047 other jobs with a salary of $ 77 million. Estimates of the amount spent in the community, including salaries, construction projects, supplies, services, health care, and education, were $ 482 million.
An estimated 6,700 military retirees live in the area. Counting USAF and German Air Force personnel there are 1,383 active military and 1,641 military dependents living on the base and 2,765 active militaries and 2,942 military dependents living outside the base.
Future Combat Systems is a broad modernization project of the US Army. Most of the work will be done at Fort Bliss, with some in the White Sands Missile Range and some at Holloman Air Force Base. Alamogordo is expected to get some economic benefits because of its proximity to these three bases.
Economic development
The Otero County Economic Development Council is a non-profit organization founded in 1984. Its general focus is on job creation and recruiting and expanding business in Otero County, including helping them meet business rules in New Mexico and queuing for funding. His role was expanded in 2000, when Alamogordo passed the Gross Economic Development Tax. OCEDC continues to work to attract businesses, but now also helps develop incentive packages to be paid for by new taxes, and part of tax revenue is used to fund OCEDC operational expenditures. Formal economic development plans have been adopted by Alamogordo and by Otero County.
OCEDC has recruited several new employers using financial incentives. A 1-800-Flowers call center opened in November 2001 and received $ 1.25 million in city lease deductions, 50% reduction in property taxes from Otero County, and $ 940,000 in plant training funds from the State of New Mexico. The Sunbaked cookie cake factory opened in 2006 and received $ 800,000 in training incentives from the state. When the company went out of business in 2007, Marietta Baking took over the bakery factory and received interest-free loans, job training incentives, and partial forgiveness for job creation. PreCheck Inc.'s branch office, a company conducting background checks on health workers, opened in 2006. PreCheck received $ 2.4 million in high job creation tax credits, $ 1.5 million in job training subsidies, $ 1.5 million in capital expenditures for roads and infrastructure, allocation of $ 625,000 from City of Alamogordo for increased sewerage in the area, and 20.8 acres of land from the Heritage Group, developers.
The Otero County Film Office, an office of the Otero County Economic Development Council, promotes filmmaking in the Otero District by publishing potential local location and financial incentive programs for New Mexico films and by recruiting supplements for film production. It sponsors the Desert Light Film Competition for junior and senior high school students to encourage learning about the film industry. The 2007 film Transformers spent $ 5.5 million in New Mexico and $ 1 million in Alamogordo.
Art and culture
There are two groups of amateur theaters in Alamogordo. Alamogordo Music Theater produces two musical productions each year at Flickinger Center for Performing Arts. The NMSU-A Theater on the Hill produces an annual spring show for young audiences at the Rohovec Fine Arts Center at New Mexico State University on the Alamogordo campus, and the annual Fall show for the public.
Annual cultural event
The Earth Day Fair is held annually on the last Saturday in April at Alameda Park Zoo. It features butterfly releases, science fair, activities for children, and information booths from local health agencies and nonprofit organizations.
The Otero County Fair is held annually in early August at the County Fairgrounds on the corner of White Sands Boulevard and Fairgrounds Road in Alamogordo. It features rodeo, animal rate, food and game booth, and carnival rides. Nonprofits and governments organize information booths in exhibition halls.
The Kapaswood Art and Craft Festival is held every Labor Day Weekend at Alameda Park by Alamogordo Chamber of Commerce. This is primarily a place for vendors of handmade goods, but also features music, entertainment, and food.
White Sands Balloon Invitational is held annually at the end of September. Hot air balloon launches from Riner-Steinhoff Soccerplex on First Street or from White Sands National Monument and floats above Tularosa Basin.
Oktoberfest is celebrated every year at the end of September, hosted by the German Air Force at Holloman Air Force Base. The public is invited, and the shuttle bus runs between Alamogordo and the base.
Visitors attractions
The New Mexico Museum of Space History is a state museum with the International Space of Fame.
Flickinger Center for Performing Arts, located at 1110 New York Avenue, is a 590 seat theater created in 1988 from a redesigned movie theater. It hosts live concerts and live theater performances by tour groups, and is a venue for local amateur groups Alamogordo Music Theater.
The Alamogordo Museum of History (formerly Tula Society of Historical Basin Tularosa) collects artifacts related to the history of Alamogordo and Tularosa Basin. This is a private museum, operated by the Tularosa Basin Historical Society. Among the important items in the collection are the 47-star US Flag; New Mexico is the 47th country accepted in the Union, and the US flag was created with 47 stars for just one month, until Arizona was accepted. The Museum store has a large collection of local history books. The Historical Society also published its own series of monographs on local history, Pioneer . The Museum had planned to move from its location at 1301 N. White Sands Boulevard to a historic brick building on the corner of White Sands Boulevard and Tenth Street in late 2008, but in July 2009 the plan was halted due to lack of money to renovate the building.
American Armed Forces Museum is a museum on Route 82 US near Florida Avenue which opened in 2011. It collects and displays all kinds of military memorabilia from all wars and military engagements.
The Shroud Exhibit And Museum, located at the White Sands Mall, features full-size back-lit transparency photography from the Turin Shroud, a religious relic believed by some as the burial cloth of Jesus Christ. They also feature a functioning VP8 Image Analyzer, the only one in the world where one can walk and interact with this old analogue computer. The city was founded in the same year (1898) that Secundo Pia took the first photograph of the Shroud that initiated a modern inquiry into the Shroud. This is highlighted in the museum. In 1977 in Albuquerque, they held a conference that produced a 1978 study of Shrouds with more scientists from New Mexico than any other state. The images shown are made from 1978 photographs made by Barrie M. Schwortz as part of the Shroud of the Turin Research Project (STURP). The displays include historical background materials, scientific information, kiosks with various information, videos available for viewing and exhibiting electronic image analysis of shrouds, among interesting artifacts.
The Alameda Park Zoo, the oldest zoo in the southwestern US, is located in the city. Some Union-Apache fighting takes place near Oliver Lee Memorial State Park.
The Toy Train Depot, the first railroad museum in New Mexico and the home of the American Ride Train Museum located at the northern end of Alameda Park, 1991 N White Sands Blvd, Alamogordo, NM 88310
Sports
The Alamogordo Dawgs Desert is an amateur football team that was formed in 2008. They are part of the New Mexico Football Alliance. The Desert Dawgs is set up as a limited liability company owned by Kenneth Mitchell, and has local sponsors underwriting fees. The team has an agreement with Alamogordo Public Schools where Desert Dawgs practice and play home games at the Tiger Stadium at Alamogordo High School and the school district receives 20% of the home gates. Tiger Stadium was nicknamed "The Dawg Pound" when Desert Dawgs played there. Some of the team members were pilots from nearby Holloman Air Base. The White Sands PupFish is the first professional baseball team in Alamogordo. They play in the Pecos League Professional Baseball Club and start in the 2011 season.
The Lady of the Mountain Run was held in December at Griggs Sportsplex. The race is comprised of half a marathon, 10K, 5K, or a corporate trophy relay, and raises funds for the NMSU-Alamogordo needs-based Lady of Mountain Scholarship Fund. Fun run/walks are very popular in Alamogordo, although most are a one-shot affair as part of some bigger events. One recurring event is Walk Out West, 1.5 miles (2.4 km) walking every October at Alameda Park Zoo. It combines fair health, live music, and fun shows for kids. A branch of this is Dance Otero, an informal approach to ballroom dancing as a form of physical exercise that meets throughout the year. Both programs are run through Otero PATH, a local nonprofit that promotes preventive measures for good health.
There are a number of annual sporting events. Tommy Padilla Memorial Basketball Tournament is an annual event held in March. This is an adult tournament that raises money for scholarships for Alamogordo high school students. Gus Macker's 3-on-3 Basketball Tournament is a national program that hosts tournaments at Alamogordo every year in May. Before 2008 it was organized by the Alamogordo Chamber of Commerce, and since then by Alamogordo City. City receives 72% of entry fees and 5% of gross proceeds taken by vendors. The event is held annually at Washington Park alongside Saturday in the National Parks and Armed Forces Day. In 2009 more than 233 teams participated in the tournament. Several golf tournaments are held annually at the Desert Lakes Golf Course, including the Robert W. Hamilton Charity Golf Classic.
Parks and recreation
Alamogordo has many small parks scattered throughout the city, and some larger parks. Mentioned here are some of the more famous parks.
Alameda Park is a city park located on the west side of White Sands Boulevard between Tenth Street and Indian Wells Road. Most of the park is shaded by cotton trees. At the southern end of the park is the Alameda Park Zoo and at the north end is The Toy Train Depot, a railroad museum and toy train.
Washington Park is a downtown park, bordered by Washington and Oregon Avenues and runs from First Street to Indian Wells Road. City Hall and several other city buildings are located in the park. At the north end of the park is the Children's Kingdom, a children's play area with a giant jungle gym.
There is a common athletic field at Jim R. Griggs Sports Complex, located on the corner of Florida Avenue and Fairgrounds Road, and the Travis C. Hooser Ballfield Complex (also called Walker Field) located on the corner of US Route 70 and Walker Road.
The Alamogordo Family Recreation Center, at 1100 Oregon Avenue, is a city-owned facility offering a lift room, a swimming pool (open seasonally) and a basketball center. There is an outdoor tennis court to the north of the building. The Alamogordo Senior Center is a city facility for senior citizens providing social centers and exercise rooms and serving meals and meals together at Meals on Wheels.
Desert Lakes Golf Course is a city-owned golf course located at the southern end of town on Hamilton Road on Desert Lakes Road. This is an 18 hole course. The clubhouse has a restaurant and a pro shop. There is a PGA golf pro who is on duty in the field.
Not inside the city but nearby there are several national and state parks. Oliver Lee Memorial State Park is about 10 miles south on Route 54 USA, offering camping, hiking and picnics. The White Pasir National Monument, US National Monument, is located about 15 miles (24 km) southwest of Alamogordo along Route 70 USA. This area is located in the valley of the Tularosa valley which is surrounded by mountains and consists of the southern part of the 275-square-milliliter (710 km 2 ) plane of white sand dunes consisting of gypsum crystals. The Lincoln National Forest, headquartered in Alamogordo, is a mountainous area that begins about 10 miles (16 km) northeast of Alamogordo and offers hiking, fishing, and camping. The Sidney Paul Gordon Shooting Range, located about 3 miles (4.8 km) north of the city on 19 Rock Cliff Road in La Luz, is a range that is overseen with rifles, pistols, and archery ranges. Some competitions are held in range every month.
Government
Alamogordo was founded in 1912. It is a charter city (also called a city of government houses), and its charter is incorporated as Part I of the Code of Procedures. It has a council-governmental administration form (called Commission/Manager in New Mexico). There are seven city commissioners, each chosen from the district within the city, with a staggering 4 year period. The city manager is considered the city's chief executive officer and is in charge of upholding and applying the directions and policies of the City Council. The mayor is a member of the City Council. In 2015, Susie Galea holds the position of the mayor.
Alamogordo's fiscal year ends on 30 June every year; So Fiscal Year 2008 runs from July 1, 2007, to June 30, 2008. The project budget of FY 2008 reached $ 61,454,402 and expenses $ 73,655,777. Source of city government revenue and their percentage of the total are: gross receipts tax (31%), various (23%), grants (22%), user fees (19%), and property taxes (5%).
Education
New Mexico State University Alamogordo is a two-year college founded in 1958. By 2016, it has about 1,800 students. There are two secondary schools, three secondary schools, and 11 elementary schools in the Alamogordo Public School District. Before 2008 there were two private schools in Alamogordo: Legacy Christian Academy and Father James B. Hay Catholic School. The third private school, Imago Dei Academy, opened in August 2008 and provides classical Christian education. Kindergarten until the eighth grade is taught with a plan to gradually expand to grade 12.
The German government operates the Deutsche Schule (German School) for the children of the German Air Force personnel stationed at the German tactical training center at Holloman Air Force Base. The New Mexico School for the Blind and the Blind is a public school located in Alamogordo.
The Alamogordo Public Library serves Alamogordo and Otero County. The library at New Mexico State University Alamogordo is also open to the public.
Media
The main newspaper in Alamogordo is Alamogordo Daily News (ADN), owned by MediaNews Group. ADN is published six days a week; on Monday, when it does not appear, the customer receives the El Paso Times . ADN also publishes Hollogram , a free weekly newspaper distributed at nearby Holloman Air Force Base and covers the incident at the base. There are no alternative newspapers published in Alamogordo but The Ink , the free monthly newspaper Las Cruces devoted to the arts, is distributed in the city. The municipality publishes City Profile , a monthly print newspaper sent to all households in the city and published electronically on the city's website, and Communiquà ©  © , a blog with city news.
One television station, KVBA-LP, broadcast from Alamogordo. It has a religious format, and a weekly local news magazine is broadcast Thursday through Saturday. Cable television service is provided by Baja Broadband.
There are two commercial radio broadcast companies, WP Broadcasting and Burt Broadcasting; each operating several stations in several formats. There are two "supported by listener" radio stations that do not include ads but are dependent on sponsors and donations. KLAG has a gospel music radio format and some live coverage of local events, including many long-distance broadcasts from civil events. KALH-LP is a low-power FM station that carries various radio formats, network news on its watch, and local news on a few hours. No station is an NPR affiliate. The local NPR outlet is KRWG-FM in Las Cruces, which reaches Alamogordo via local relay transmitters.
Several major films were filmed at or near Alamogordo. The 2007 film Transformers was shot primarily at the White Sands Missile Range, with additional shooting at Holloman Air Force Base, both in the Alamogordo region. The 2009 sequel Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen also prominently featured these two military bases. The 2009 film First Year was shot partly at the White Sands National Monument, near Alamogordo. Alamogordo is one of fourteen cities profiled in the 2005 documentary 14 Days in America . The Otero County Film Office stores a list of films that are partly or entirely filmed in Alamogordo and Otero County.
In May 2013, Alamogordo City Commission approved a deal for the Canadian film production company, Fuel Industries, to unearth the Atari TPA site. Fuel Entertainment partnered with Xbox Entertainment Studios and Lightbox to make a documentary about the massive 1983 game cemetery of the Atari game, said to be one of the biggest urban cultural game legends. On April 26th, 2014, video game archeologists began sorting through the rubbish of years from the old Alamogordo TPA. First batch of E.T. The game was discovered after about three hours of excavation, and hundreds of others were found in the mounds of garbage and dirt knitted by the backhoe. In an agreement between City of Alamogordo and Fuel Entertainment about the excavation, Fuel Entertainment will be given 250 games or 10 percent of what is found.
Infrastructure and transport
The city is accessible via three U.S. Highways. and scheduled commercial air services at Alamogordo-White Sands Regional Airport.
Main highway
The main intercity surface routes from Alamogordo are US Highways 54, 70, and 82, all of which are four-lane roads. The main north-south road within the city is White Sands Boulevard. Charlie T. Lee's Memorial Aid Route, designated as US Routes 54 and 70, was a bypass road built west of the city in 2001 to reduce congestion on White Sands Boulevard.
Routes 70 US and Route 54 US crossed across the northern and southern ends of the city. At the southern end of town, White Sands Boulevard is a major named road that blends with the Route Route Route Route 54/Charles T. Lee A.S., walking south to El Paso, Texas. In the southern part of the city, the US Route 70 is split from Route 54 USA in the southwest to Holloman Air Force Base, White Sands National Monument, White Sands Missile Range, and Las Cruces. At the northern end of the city, White Sands Boulevard and Relief Route Charles T. Lee became an Integrated US Route 54 and a US Route 70 that drove north to Tularosa. The 82 US route starts at the same point and leads east to Cloudcroft and the mountain community of Otero County, and then to Artesia. Meanwhile, in Tularosa, AS 70 and AS 54 both split where the US 70 leads east through the mountains, and heads for Ruidoso and Roswell, while the US 54 leads north toward Carrizozo and continues north until the east head again begins at Vaughn.
Other transportation
Alamogordo-White Sands Regional Airport is a municipal airport located in the Alamogordo area. It is mainly used for general aviation. No more commercially scheduled services from New Mexico Airlines, previously operated under subsidies from the Essential Air Services program.
Greyhound Lines offers an intercity bus service to Alamogordo. There is a daily shuttle van service between Alamogordo and El Paso International Airport.
Z-Trans is a mass transit system, providing paratransit and scheduled services in the city center and to White Sands Mall, Holloman Air Force Base and Inn of the Mountain Gods Resort & amp; Casino in Mescalero. Z-Trans is unusual in that it is privately owned (by Zia Therapy Center, a non-profit organization), although it gets some local and state subsidies.
Alamogordo city government built a network of bicycle routes and walking routes. More information and maps are in Alamogordo's Comprehensive Plan. The New Mexico Rails-to-Trails Association operates the Rails to Trails project to convert old rail beds into pedestrian lanes. The trailing system in Otero County, Cloud Climbing Rail Trail, is planned to eventually surround Alamogordo.
Utilities
Electric power is provided within the city by PNM Resources. PNM also provides electricity at Tularosa Basin, while Otero County Electric Cooperative, a member of the Tri-State Generation and Transmission Association and Touchstone Energy cooperatives, serves other areas of the region. Natural gas is provided within the city by the New Mexico Gas Company. Severn Trent operates a water and sewage treatment facility for Alamogordo City. Severn Trent maintains all water storage facilities, booster pump stations, city wells and wastewater treats to be reused by the city to water the park, Desert Lakes Golf Course and sold to construction companies for dust control. The country house has individual wells.
Alamogordo has a dark skyline to reduce the amount of light pollution in the night sky. Ordinance was passed in 1990 to promote the growth and scientific productivity of the Apache Point Observatory. The city street lamp is a high-pressure sodium vapor lamp.
Health Care
Gerald Champion Regional Medical Center is a public hospital with 99 non-profit beds serving the Alamogordo area. The hospital is a joint military/civil facility that is also a hospital for nearby Holloman Air Base.
The Otero County Public Health Council prepares an annual health profile with many facts and figures on health in the Otero District. Otero County is ranked at the top of the state's health rankings. New Mexico is almost at the bottom of the national rank, for example, at number 38 in the 2007 United Health Foundation report, but is slowly increasing (it was 40 in 2005). When the features that promote health are considered, rather than the health of the population, Alamogordo is classified as one of the 50 healthiest places to live in the United States, among six in New Mexico. Civilian movers such as the Chamber of Commerce publish this rank.
Famous people
Among scientists, Edward Condon, a physicist and former director of the National Institute of Standards and Technology, was born in Alamogordo. Alan Hale, an astronomer and co-inventor of Comet Hale-Bopp, grew up in Alamogordo and lived in nearby Cloudcroft.
Among politicians, Edwin L. Mechem, former governor and US Senator from New Mexico, was born in Alamogordo, as did Cindy Chavez, a former member of San Jose, California city council.
Edward Lee Howard, a former CIA case agent who allegedly gave secret material to Russia and then defected to the Soviet Union, was a native Alamogordo.
In sports, professional footballer Adam Frye, jockey Donna Barton Brothers, and former American professional football player, Conrad Hamilton, are all born in Alamogordo.
Alexis Duprey, crowned Miss New Mexico in 2013 and again in 2015, comes from Alamogordo. Mai Shanley, who became Miss USA 1984, represents the city as Miss New Mexico USA.
References
External links
- Official website
- Alamogordo Chamber of Commerce
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