Governor Bill Richardson is all over town today, Wednesday, August 18th. First, he is scheduled for the Taos Plaza at 12:30 to announce stimulus funds for the region. Then, at 2pm, the Governor is expected at the ribbon cutting for the Grand Opening of The Taos Clinic for Children and Youth, next to Holy Cross Hospital.

Although the building was completed in a matter of months, it took $1 million of the Governor’s discretionary funds, $100,000 of Representative Bobby Gonzales’ discretionary funds and a lot of hard work. The Town, the Chamber, the Hospital, local pediatricians, Christopher Madrid, Don Francisco Trujillo and many others pushed for five years to make the clinic a reality. It’s already open and working to serve nearly 20,000 children and youth within its reach.