A city spokesperson for Socorro City summarized the municipality’s accomplishments and active projects during the new council’s first 100 days, saying the city secured approximately $5.4 million in grants and is moving forward on parks, street repairs, public-safety technology and community programs.

The spokesperson said the city has completed the foundation work for a Veterans Memorial and is advancing construction on a Bracero Museum at the Rio Vista Community Center. The city is finalizing its first-ever transit development plan and is preparing to host TEDx Socorro 2025 along the Mission Trail this fall.

The grants and funding breakdown cited by the spokesperson included $3.6 million for safe routes to school, sidewalks and safety upgrades covering nine campuses; $1.7 million for Moon Road complete-streets design; $50,000 for a criminal-justice program that will add an intelligence analyst to the police department; and $17,000 for a police athletics mentoring program serving about 60 youth. The spokesperson also said city staff have submitted an application for historic-preservation funding; the exact amount was not specified in the remarks (the transcript reads “another hundred $50,000”).

Public works activity listed by the speaker included cleaning more than 30 ponding areas, weed removal, two community cleanups, ongoing pothole patching and repairs, renovation work at Moon City Park, upgrades at Veterans Park, construction of a sandbag storage facility at the Rio Vista Community Center ahead of monsoon season and preparation for a street overlay on 12 streets. City staff also plan striping work for Rio Vista, Beaufort and Moon Road and reported initiation of inmate labor for community work projects.

The spokesperson described activity in community services and recreation: more than 1,200 senior meals served, 282 transports provided, over 60 wellness sessions, and the re-launch of a youth sports league. Regular events named included Winterfest, a Valentine’s senior luncheon and monthly “Socorro Sundays.” The city also offers weekly classes such as GED instruction, Zumba, yoga and boot camp.

On economic development, the spokesperson said Socorro’s foreign-trade zone is active with companies including Honeywell, Marsk and Ryder, two industrial parks under construction and a new industrial parcel referred to as “FTC 302.” The speaker named active projects including the Vovi Bridal expansion, the Passmore shared-use path and sidewalk phases 3 and 4. The city promoted online permitting through its planning department.

Public safety measures cited include deployment of license-plate readers, gunshot-detection systems and a dedicated crime analyst. The spokesperson said the department has responded to more than 31,000 service calls and cleared 788 cases in the first 100 days. Operations called Relic and BirdDog were described as addressing code issues and neighborhood cleanup with an educational rather than punitive approach.

Digital-access and administration initiatives described were a new online open-records portal, public-access kiosks, expanded citywide security systems, a soundproof space for virtual court hearings, a Municipal Minute vlog, and a forthcoming Exit 47 podcast. Social-media reach cited included about 326,000 Instagram impressions. Human-resources and clerks’ office changes included 11 new hires, finalized performance reviews and a digital records system and improvements to council chambers and agenda management.

The spokesperson closed by thanking the newly elected mayor, city leaders, council members and community partners and urged continued cooperation as projects progress. “Let’s continue moving forward, together, and keep building the future that Socorro deserves,” the city spokesperson said.