Piedra Lumbre Visitors Center Master Plan, New Mexico Land Grant Council

Authors

Moises Gonzales
Geoffery Adams

Files

Description

The Purpose of the Piedra Lumbre Visitors Center Master Plan is to provide findings regarding the existing site conditions of the center as well as inventory the physical structures located on the site. The Resource Center for Raza Planning located in the School of Architecture and Planning at the University of New Mexico was contracted by the New Mexico Land Grant Council to provide technical planning and design services in the area of land use planning, economic development, and architectural design. The Scope of work for the Piedra Lumbre Visitors Center was to develop a master plan for the former Piedra de Lumbre Wildlife Center located on U.S. Forest Service land encompassing 40 acres of land and included the following tasks:

Economic Development analysis for adaptive re-use for economic development by local community land grants,

Analyze the structural integrity of the existing buildings within the study site and their potential uses,

Develop a Master Plan for the site based on economic analysis

Hold a two public meetings with community land grant and forest service staff to provide input into the Master Plan,

Facilitate Community Land Grant Stakeholders such as the Coyote Ranger District of the US Forest Service and Land Grant

Communities made up of the Abiquiu, San Juaquin del Rio Chama, Juan Bauptista Valdez, Tierra Amarrilla, as well as heirs of the Piedra Lumbre Land Grant,

and Provide recommendations for withdrawal of the Piedra Lumbre Visitor from the forest service for a community development public purpose.

Publication Date

6-2016

Disciplines

Urban, Community and Regional Planning

Comments

The mission of the Resource Center for Raza Planning (RCRP) is to provide community development, design, and natural resources planning assistance to traditional Chicano communities of New Mexico. The goal of RCRP is to maintain the sustainability and survivability of our traditional communities by promoting the integration between the University of New Mexico and local communities. We are a technical research center housed in the School of Architecture and Planning and the University of New Mexico.

Recommended Citation

Gonzales, Moises and Geoffery Adams. "Piedra Lumbre Visitors Center Master Plan, New Mexico Land Grant Council." (2016). https://digitalrepository.unm.edu/rcrp_projects/1