Why Community Greening?
Columbus, New Mexico is a small village located on the Southern edge of Luna County three miles from the border of New Mexico and Mexico. Columbus has a population of 1,846 (2005), with 85.3% being of Hispanic heritage and 25.5% having non-Hispanic heritage. Columbus is one of the economically poorest Villages in New Mexico with a median household income of $13,300, (the average income per household in New Mexico is $37,492), and Luna County has 32.9% of the population who live below the poverty level (14.0% of these folks have income that is below 50% of the poverty level). The median age of residents living in Columbus is 28.2 years and many of these people have young children who attend elementary school in Columbus. High school students are bused to Deming (30 miles one way). The Village is building a new elementary school for the students, and this project will make it possible to network with the staff, students and families to plant additional trees around the play ground as wel
