From: Andrew Lenderman [mailto:alenderman@bernco.gov]
Sent: Thursday, February 04, 2016 6:14 PM
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Subject: BernCo News Release: Celebrate Nob Hill's 100th Anniversary Friday at 4 p.m.
For Immediate Release Feb. 4, 2016 | Contact: Andy Lenderman O. (505) 314-0403 C. (505) 414-0485 |
Celebrate Nob Hill’s 100th Anniversary Friday at 4 p.m.
Commissioner Hart Stebbins, neighborhood leaders welcome community to join celebration
Bernalillo County – Commissioner Maggie Hart Stebbins and the Nob Hill community will celebrate the 100th anniversary of Nob Hill Friday with a ceremonial refiling of the first plat map that laid out the development a century ago.
Neighborhood leaders, Commissioner Hart Stebbins, descendants of Nob Hill founder D.K.B. Sellers and the community will refile the first Nob Hill plat map at 4 p.m. Friday in the Bernalillo County Clerk’s Office, 1 Civic Plaza NW, on the 6th Floor. Col. D.K.B. Sellers, pictured below, filed the first plat map on Feb. 7, 1916.
This event is free and open to the public. Refreshments will be provided.
“I'm pleased to welcome the entire community to celebrate the 100 year anniversary of Nob Hill, a vibrant and thriving destination with strong community roots in the heart of Bernalillo County,” District 3 Commissioner Maggie Hart Stebbins says. "Thanks to the Nob Hill Neighborhood Association and our Nob Hill Main Street Association for all of the hard work they’ve done to highlight this historic occasion and promote our Nob Hill neighborhoods and small businesses.”
Courtesy Albuquerque Museum
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About Bernalillo County
Bernalillo County is 1,160 square miles and is New Mexico’s most populous county with more than 674,000 residents. Bernalillo County government provides a wide range of public services to residents who live in Albuquerque, Los Ranchos and Tijeras and the 111,000 residents who live outside the village and city limits in the unincorporated areas of the county. Bernalillo County employs approximately 2,500 people and has an annual operating budget and capital investments of more than $500 million. Elected officials include five county commissioners, assessor, clerk, probate judge, sheriff and treasurer.