Blight battle: Committee taking beautification steps
CNJ staff photo: Tony Bullocks The Keep Clovis Beautiful committee installed welcome signs at all four main entryways to Clovis. Freedom New Mexico Clovis Mayor Gayla Brumfield wants the city to make a...
View ArticleBlight battle: Some ‘used to’ blight
CNJ staff photo: Kevin Wilson Paula and Jesse Baca said a lot has changed since they moved to the 200 block of Cameo Street a half-century ago. “We had a nice neighborhood at one time,” Paula Baca...
View ArticleBlight battle: Clovis not alone in fight
By Kevin Wilson: CNJ staff writer A business wants to locate in your city. Like most businesses, it wants land cheap. In most cases that means land outside the core city. The business buys, the city...
View ArticleBlight battle: Proposed ordinances met strong resistance
CNJ staff photo: Sharna Johnson County Commissioner Frank Blackburn said a proposed county ordinance will focus on health and safety. By Sharna Johnson: CNJ staff writer Margaret Dindinger was...
View ArticleBlight battle: Codes born from citizen concerns
By Sharna Johnson: CNJ staff writer Clovis city leaders can’t remember a time when there wasn’t some kind of ordinance on the books controlling the condition of private property. “You can go back to...
View ArticleBlight battle map
Rose Riley is one of the more vocal area residents calling for cleaning up Clovis. In October, Clovis News Journal staff asked her to point out properties along Clovis’ entryways she considers...
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From the editor’s desk: Happy 100th birthday, house
The Perez home By David Stevens Editor Fidel and Teresa Perez are thinking about hosting a birthday party. Their house at 306 E. Ninth St. in Clovis, is 100 this year. Attorney J. S. Fitzhugh built the...
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