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Doña Ana County official touts 2025 projects, pledges water and infrastructure investments for 2026
Summary
An agency official for Doña Ana County highlighted 2025 achievements — including Project Jupiter, a new emergency operations center, expanded fire-rescue staffing and broadband expansion — and pledged "tens of millions" for water security and investments in housing and infrastructure in 2026.
An agency official for Doña Ana County delivered a brief address summarizing the county's 2025 accomplishments and laying out priorities for 2026, including investments in water security, housing and infrastructure.
The official said the county focused on public safety last year, "breaking ground on a state of the art emergency operations center and expanding 24 7 fire rescue staffing to keep our families secure," and highlighted a major private investment. "We made history with Project Jupiter, the largest private investment in New Mexico's history, a multibillion dollar leap that positions Santa Teresa as a global hub for the digital age," the speaker said, adding the project will create "thousands of jobs" and pledging to "hire Doña Ana first" where possible.
The address also emphasized digital access work. "We bridge the digital divide, bringing high speed broadband to our rural neighbors because in 2025, opportunities should not depend on your ZIP code," the official said, presenting broadband as a county priority for equity and economic opportunity.
Looking to 2026, the speaker framed county priorities as "sustainable growth" centered on "water, housing, and infrastructure," and said the county plans to invest "tens of millions into water security, protecting our most precious resource while modernizing the systems that sustain our colonias and growing neighborhoods." The official described revitalization projects funded by voter-approved Go Bond proceeds as part of that effort.
The remarks were delivered as an overview and contained no formal votes or new ordinances. The address closed with a call for collective effort: "Together, we aren't just following a map. We're building the destination."
