The Associated Press reported last week that the Valles Caldera Trust has leased a 15,000-square-foot, 25-bedroom building in Jemez Springs to serve as an education and conference center for the Valles Caldera National Preserve.
The 16-month lease, which will cost the Trust $111,000 annually, also includes an option for the Preserve to purchase the facility in the future if both parties agree. The complex is owned by the Catholic church’s Servants of the Paraclete congregation.
Preserve Executive Director Gary Bratcher stated that this facility will eventually be financially self-sustaining.
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