Corrales Main Street team proposes inventory and feasibility work for village properties

Representatives from Anthropopulus on behalf of the New Mexico Main Street program updated the council on a feasibility analysis of village‑owned properties and recommended a structured property inventory and assessment before pursuing additional public engagement or detailed design.

The consultant said the feasibility work reviewed building condition (including the Wells Fargo building), parking and connectivity among newly acquired parcels (Gonzalez, Anderson and Jones properties), and best practices for street and parking lot trees. The team recommended a three‑to‑four‑month inventory to document facilities, staffing and operational constraints so subsequent planning would be grounded in the village’s existing asset base.

"One of the recommendations that came out of that workshop was that the village conduct a basically like a village property inventory," the consultant said. She added that Main Street provides limited no‑cost technical assistance across more than 30 communities and that more rapid or deeper work could be done via a new service request or by hiring a private consultant.

Councilors urged the consultant to incorporate prior conceptual diagrams prepared by a volunteer architectural working group and asked for clearer timelines and budgets. Several councilors expressed interest in a resident planner or a half‑time staff planner to help coordinate multi‑site projects and avoid fragmented outcomes. The consultant said existing feasibility materials should be combined with the inventory and used as background for any future community meeting.

The council did not authorize new funding at the meeting; the consultant said the inventory is a distinct service request that must be scoped and approved before additional work begins.