A recently converted hotel is now home for 76 formerly unhoused families.
State and local officials on Thursday celebrated the official opening of Ponderosa Place, which is owned and operated by Bernalillo County.
Sarah Spain, senior manager for the Bernalillo County Behavioral Health Authority, said the former Comfort Inn near Fourth Street and I-40 is a big upgrade for the county’s Family Wellness Shelter Program, which formerly housed only 24 families on smaller premises.
She said the families range in size from two to 9 people, with an average of four…