Get Involved

On Friday, March 26 and Saturday, March 27 your help and input is needed in the creation of a new vision for downtown. Everyone, young and old, is encouraged to help set the direction for downtown’s future at a community workshop on revitalizing downtown Silver City!

This Downtown Action Plan workshop begins with an overview and discussion of existing conditions at 6 p.m. on Friday, the 26th at Sixth Street Elementary School.   

Continuing on Saturday morning at 9 a.m., you will gather at the Silco Theater to brainstorm your ideas for renovating downtown.  A 7 p.m. presentation by the planning team will feature “The Best Ideas for Silver City Downtown,” a synthesis of some of the common ideas and priorities generated by you during the workshop.

Food and music will make this a great event for the whole family!  A special treat for workshop participants is a tour of the ground floor renovations of the Murray Hotel.

View Community Workshop Flyer

View Open House Meeting notice

On November 17, 2009 at the Silco Theater there was a community open house meeting where you met the consultant team and shared your concerns and aspirations for the downtown.  There will be other opportunities for you to be involved in developing the downtown plan. Watch for further details here. The consultant team is also working with a citizen Working Group that includes downtown stakeholders and businesses owners. The Working Group includes:

• Kurt Albershardt
• Laurie Bentley
• Susan Berry
• Juanita Escobero
• David Gershenson
• Lee Gruber
• Diana Ingalls-Leyba
• Nancy Johnson
• Karen Lauseng
• Faye McCalmont
• Frank Milan
• Peter Russell
• Luan Mitchell
• Evangeline Zamora