Mayor Chavez is hosting a People to People at Cottonwood Mall on Saturday April 5, 2008 from 11am to 1pm in the center court lower level. “City Hall service should not be confined to City Hall walls,” Mayor Chavez stated.

People to People is an event designed to be an open, informative forum for conversation and to help you, your family and your neighborhoods. All the city’s directors and department heads will be attending, including the Chief Administrative Officer, Parks & Recreation Director and Solid Waste Director, and all the other Department heads.

Here is your invitation for your family and friends, and more importantly your neighborhood.

We hope to see you on Saturday, April 5, and if you should have any questions please feel free to call 311.

Join Mayor Marty for the 16th Annual Heart and Stroke Fun Walk on Saturday, March 29, 2008 at the Albuquerque Academy’s Scenic Walk Trail.

Registration is at 9:00 am the Opening Ceremonies are at 9:45 am and the Walk Starts at 10:00 am. The money raised from this event will support vital research, community education, and advocacy efforts aimed at fighting heart disease and stroke in New Mexico.

Start! Living a healthy life! Just follow the quick and easy steps to sign up online at www.heartwalk.kintera.org/albuquerque or call 505-353-5800.

Albuquerque Mayor Martin J. Chávez has been named to the top ten Mayors of North America, which is selected annually by the World Mayor project. The annual project seeks out mayors who have vision, passion and skills to make their cities amazing places to live in, work and visit.

Mayor Martin Chávez said he was honored and humbled by the nomination. “While I am extremely thankful for the nomination, the honor belongs to Albuquerque alone. I’m so proud of what Albuquerque has accomplished.”

Citizens will be invited to choose the city leader they believe to be worthy of the title of World Mayor 2008. Individuals can vote here.

Today Mayor Chavez announced that the El Vado Motel has been saved from demolition and the City of Albuquerque has been granted access to the property to begin the preservation of the historic hotel that has been noted by many Route 66 historians as a treasure. “For anybody that understands the history of Route 66, this is one of the great facilities, great structures architecturally in the history of Route 66,” said Mayor Marty Chavez.

The City as well as dispatching inspectors to secure the property (fenced and boarded up) since recent vandalism had occurred, advanced a sum of $680,000 by the City of Albuquerque to the District Court Registry for the City’s purchase of the property. Both parties, the City and the property owner, will provide appraisals for the El Vado Motel.

"Today we work to protect our future by preserving our past," stated Mayor Chavez.

Mayor Chavez joined local leaders and representatives from SCHOTT for the breaking of ground for the company’s new manufacturing facility. The site, located in Mesa del Sol, will produce both photovoltaic (PV) modules and receivers for concentrated solar thermal power plants (CSP). Production is expected to begin as early as spring 2009.

The manufacturing facility will at first employ around 350 people, and will have about 200,000 square feet. SCHOTT Solar will invest approximately $100 million to start production in New Mexico.

“With the addition of Schott Solar, an internationally recognized leader in the alternative energy industry. Albuquerque continues to be the city that many national businesses and technology publications consider one of the best in the nation for business expansion and technology professionals,” said Mayor Chavez.