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Challenges—and Opportunities—to Addressing Vacant Properties in Raton, New Mexico

Center for Community Progress

The end of its major coal mining industry , beginning in the 1950s to the closure of the final mine in 2003, could have been a death sentence for the city. The City of Raton passed a Vacant Building Registration Ordinance (VBRO) in 2021 and began using a case management software to track code enforcement data.

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