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WELCOME TO HIGHLAND BUSINESS AND NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATION  WEB SITE

Working with our WHOLE neighborhood -- homeowners,  renters, businesses and local school -- the Highland Business and Neighborhood
Association (HBANA) strives to create an atmosphere of cooperative  opportunities that will enhance pride in living and working in a safe, attractive and vibrant community.     Many of the homes in our area were built in the late 1940’s, at which  time was considered the eastern outskirt of Albuquerque. 
Highland High School was only the second public high school to be built  in Albuquerque in the early 1950’s.   Zia Elementary School came later and shares in the use of the Zia Public  Park.  Our neighborhood’s claim to  a portion of  Historic Route 66  (Central NE from Washington Street to San Mateo Boulevard) recently became more  significant with local and national attention given to the upgrading and  beautification of the Route 66 brand.

 Living in one of Albuquerque’s older and aging areas has  many challenges including protection of our property values by keeping up the  condition and appearance of our homes and business establishments.  An active neighborhood association, working cooperatively with the whole community, can help to control the overall appearance and attractiveness of our  area through the vigorous enforcement of zoning codes.  A strong and active neighborhood association is vital to the enforcement  of city zoning codes that meant to protect property values in your neighborhood. 
 

The neighborhood association is also involved with  various city and county agencies providing assistance to neighborhoods.  For example, over the years HBANA has  established an excellent working relationship with the Albuquerque Police Southeast Area Command.  Various  members of your board, past and current, meet frequently with city and county  council members for the purpose bringing attention to needs in our neighborhood  including damaged or deteriorating infrastructures, allocation of street signs,  unkempt alley ways, weed annoyances and variances of building construction.  
 

The HBANA annual Newsletter and Annual General Meetings   have been HBANA’s main avenues of reaching out to our community.   Reaching out to our community will now be further enhanced through the  HBANA Web Site.   It is the sincere  hope of the board of directors that 2012 will see an increase in active
participation.  We need your  presence and participation in the effort to keep our neighborhood safe,  attractive and vibrant.  Working  together, we can create a more united front in developing solutions to problems  that affect our community.  Please  join us today in that effort.

  
Olivia  Jaramillo
2012 HBANA  President

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