County to hold meetings on spaceport tax district

Doña Ana County will hold three public meetings next week to solicit input on whether it should enter into an agreement with Sierra County to form a regional spaceport taxing district.

The district can be created now that both counties’ voters have agreed to raise the gross receipts tax to help fund the construction of Spaceport America. It must be created before the money, which is critical to the spaceport’s future, can be spent.

Creating the taxing district requires approval by both counties’ commissions.

The public meetings are as follows:

• May 22 at 6 p.m. at the Hatch Valley Community Center, 835 Highway 187 in Hatch.

• May 23 at 8 a.m. at the Doña Ana County Government Center, 845 N. Motel Blvd. in Las Cruces. The meeting will be held in the commission chambers.

• May 23 at 6 p.m. at the City of Sunland Park Council Chambers, 1000 McNutt Road in Sunland Park.

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