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Article: Rio Rancho, N.M., Mayor Envisions City Getting Bigger than Albuquerque.
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- Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News
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- November 4, 2003
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By Diane Velasco, Albuquerque Journal, N.M. Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News
Nov. 4--RIO RANCHO, N.M.--Jim Owen oversees the fastest-growing city in New Mexico. But the mayor of Rio Rancho, City of Vision, bluntly contends, "The city's vision has been myopic."
Owen is facing the dual challenge of accommodating today's growth while planning 30 years into the future.
Owen envisions: A city of 300 square miles, three times today's size, unified by a transportation network.
Thriving technology parks providing jobs so residents will no longer do their morning exodus to Santa Fe or Albuquerque.
Multiple shopping centers to ...