At the next Regent’s meeting in Albuquerque on October 2, 2017, Western New Mexico University is planning to purchase a 9.68-acre parcel of property from the St. Francis Newman Center Parish. The property has been vacant and was planned by St. Francis for a church. The property is located west of the Guadalupe Montessori School. Access to the property is from Alabama Street, which comes directly into the north side of the WNMU campus. The cost is $121,000.

WNMU’s plan is to develop the property into one or two directions. The first is to create a research park. This would allow WNMU to forge links between New Mexico's educational institutions, and business, industrial communities, and government. This would also help promote the economic development of Silver City. The second direction is to develop the property into student or faculty housing. It’s possible that it may develop into a mix of the two planned uses.

Alfred Milligan
Silver City NM