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Volunteer crew and Tresco maintain popular Dona Ana County Scenic Overlook rest area
Summary
A presenter toured the Scenic Overlook rest area in Dona Ana County and spoke with long-time attendant Rudy Padilla about plantings, public uses, and Tresco’s role employing people with disabilities to maintain the site.
Anita Skipper, a presenter, visited the Scenic Overlook rest area in Dona Ana County, N.M., and interviewed Rudy Padilla, a long-time rest-area worker, about the site’s maintenance, history and public use.
Why it matters: The overlook, also called by some locals the "Recycle Roadrunner," functions as a roadside rest stop along Interstate 10 near Las Cruces and draws travelers, school groups, musicians and occasional wedding parties; local maintenance practices and the involvement of Tresco and TrescoWorks support both visitor amenities and employment for people with disabilities.
Rudy Padilla, identified in the recording as a rest-area worker, described landscape work…
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