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City Administration ....................................................... (505) 891-5002 the Future
City Clerk/City Councilor contact information ........... (505) 891-5004
Convention & Visitors Bureau ...................................... (505) 891-7258 In one of the most widely marketed land
Parks, Recreation and Community Services ............... (505) 891-5015 development programs of its time, the
Keep Rio Rancho Beautiful ........................................... (505) 896-8389 dream of escape to Rio Rancho estates
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Senior Services ............................................................ (505) 891-5018 and midwestern cities. Life in the suburbs
Rio Transit ..................................................................... (505) 994-1608 was attractive, but expensive, and the
Development Services .................................................. (505) 891-5005 opportunity to live in a community yet to
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Financial Services .......................................................... (505) 891-5010 tax and crime rates attracted 45,000
Fire and Rescue .............................................................. (505) 891-5912 investors from 35 states.
Emergency Management ............................................ (505) 891-3178 In the 1960s, the American Realty and
Human Resources .......................................................... (505) 891-5011 Petroleum Corporation (AMREP) acquired
55,000 acres of land northwest of Albu-
Library & Information Services ..................................... (505) 891-5013 querque, formerly the Koontz Ranch.
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Esther Bone Memorial Library .................................... (505) 891-5012 ly called Rio Rancho Estates, the sparsely
Mayor’s Oce ................................................................ (505) 891-5001 populated desert landscape became
present-day Rio Rancho. Residential
Municipal Court ............................................................. (505) 891-5999 building began in 1962, and many of the
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Utilities Operations and Environmental .................... (505) 896-8715 retirees. By the late 1960s, the communi-
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Utilities Services Division ............................................ (505) 891-5020 ment and a community clubhouse with a
After Hourse Emergency/Leak Report ....................... (505) 975-1581 swimming pool.
Police Department ......................................................... (505) 891-5900 In 1971, AMREP purchased and platted an
Administration ............................................................. (505) 891-5900 additional 35,000 acres. At 92,000 acres,
Rio Rancho Estates was now geographically
Animal Control ............................................................. (505) 891-5075 larger than the city of Albuquerque. A new
Code Enforcement ....................................................... (505) 891-5862 Ƥƒ ‹‰ ’”‘‰”ƒ ‘ơ‡”‡† low-interest
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manufacturing operations in Sandoval County. Rio
Rancho was incorporated in 1981, when population
had grown to just under 10,000 residents.
By 1990, Rio Rancho’s population had reached 32,551.
The City adopted its Home Rule Charter in 1992, and
the Rio Rancho Public School system (RRPS) was
formed in 1994. The city acquired the privately owned
Quality Commitment Integrity water and waste-water utility in 1995. Rio Rancho
Boulevard (NM Highway 528, a portion of which is
DISCIPLINES known as Pat D’Arco Highway) developed into the
Architecture Urban Design Program Management City’s primary north-south transportation and econom-
Engineering Landscape Architecture Construction Management ic corridor.
Planning High-Performance Design Frequently recognized in Money Magazine’s “Top 100”
list of Best Places to Live, Rio Rancho ranks highly in
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6501 Americas Parkway NE I Ste. 550 I Albuquerque, NM 87110 I 505.883.8114 access to jobs, economy and arts and leisure, in addition
333 Rio Rancho Drive NE I Ste. 101 I Rio Rancho, NM 87124 I 505.892.5141 to an exemplary school system and low crime rates. The
www.huitt-zollars.com early quality-of-life visioni s now a reality.

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