ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (KRQE) – It’s still anyone’s guess if the New Mexico State Fairgrounds will move from the middle of Albuquerque, but outside experts studying the idea are now sharing what they’ve found so far and why it could make the case for a major redevelopment.
“We’ve learned what we knew and that is that the area around the fair is economically depressed,” said Martin Chavez, New Mexico State Fairgrounds Initiative.
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That clear picture of what the State Fairgrounds and the surrounding neighborhood are like comes from the group the state has tasked with figuring out if EXPO New Mexico should be redeveloped, an idea Governor Michelle Lujan Grisham launched late last year…