7.5.2022 Weekly Chamber Chat
Weekly Chamber Chat for July 5, 2022
NEW SALES TAX FOR ARTESIA & EDDY COUNTY
Don’t forget to update your rates!
Sales and services made inside Artesia city limits is 7.7708.
Sales and services made in Eddy County, but outside the city limits, is 5.8333.
FOOD TRUCK EATS & ADOBE ROSE DRINKS
We’ve partnered up with Adobe Rose to be able to offer something fun and different for lunch. Here’s how it will work. We’ve lined up various food trucks to be parked in the Adobe Rose parking lot on Fridays and Mondays for lunch. You simply go by at lunch (anytime from 11:00 am – 3:00 pm), decide which food truck you would like to eat at, then grab a table on the patio or inside to eat. Adobe Rose will be open, but just for drinks only!
CLAYS CRUSHER
Saturday, August 27, 2022 at the Eddy County Shooting Range! We are gearing up for our 14th Annual Clays Crusher fun shoot!! It’s the biggest fundraiser of the year for Artesia Chamber of Commerce and we have some pretty awesome things in store for this year. Sponsorships are available or just come out and shoot! Click here to register!
ARTESIA AQUATIC CENTER
Summer Splash Camps – a weeklong youth camp filled with fun, friends, swimming and games. M-Th from 7:30 am – 3:30 pm for ages 5-11 at it’s $150 per child. For to register or for more info call 575.746.8525.
Dates are:
Week 1: June 13 – 16
Week 2: June 27-30
Week 3: July 11-14
Week 4: July 25-28
ARTESIA ARTS COUNCIL
*Summer Art in Science on Wednesdays inside the Ocotillo Performing Arts Center *details here.
*Grab a sack lunch from home or restaurant and stop by the Ocotillo to eat and watch the Comedy Troupe put on a quick show for you for free and you’ll still get back to work on time! Wednesdays in July, 12:00 pm – 1:00 pm.
ARTESIA MAINSTREET
Thursday, July 21 from 5:30 – 7:30 pm is Hot Summer Nights presented by Artesia MainStreet. Join us downtown (1st through 7th Street) for food trucks, vendors, retailers open late and lots of fun!!
ARTESIA HISTORIAL MUSEUM & ART CENTER
The Artesia Historical Museum and Art Center will be displaying the Fashionable Founding Fathers exhibit until September 30 in the Art Center. This display is open from 10:00 AM to 1:00 PM and 2:00 PM to 4:00 PM, Tuesdays through Saturdays. This is a showcase of menswear in 1905, the year Artesia became a town and is FREE to the public. For more information, contact the museum at (575) 748-2390 or at artesiamuseum@artesianm.gov.
ARTESIA PUBLIC LIBRARY
The Artesia Public Library will be presenting its “Oceans of Possibilities” Summer Reading Program during the months of June and July. There will be reading programs, events, and prizes for all ages (Children, Teen, & Adult).
Artesia Public Library Calendar of Events
UNITED WAY OF EDDY COUNTY
Friday, July 8 at 8:30 am in the Faith Baptist Church Parking lot will be the monthly drive through food distribution from United Way of Eddy County. *NOTE – They are looking for volunteers to help hand out the food. If you can help, please call Jamie 575.887.3504.
EDDY COUNTY FAIR
Tuesday – Saturday, July 26 – 30, 2022 at the Eddy County Fairgrounds! Check out the daily schedule here. But be sure to come out for Faith & Family night Thursday , Bullriding and Aaron Watson Concert Friday and the livestock sale Saturday evenings.
KIDS KOLLEGE
July 25-29 – ENMU-R is inviting all kids ages 4-13 to join them on campus for a fun Kids Kollege. More details on the classes here – preregistration is required . Contact Vickie Thomas at 575.624.7164 for more information.
WADZ 4 WARRIORS CLAY SHOOT
Saturday, August 13, join ConocoPhillips as they host their annual Clay Shoot to benefit SENM Veterans Transportation Network. Held at the Eddy County Shooting Range and it’s filling up fast. Register here.
ABC & 123 PRESCHOOL
Contracts for the 2022-2023 school year are now being accepted at ABC & 123 Preschool. Call Carrie McCaleb at 575.703.6304 for the contract and for more information.
Jessica Bollema
Communications Coordinator
Artesia Chamber of Commerce
575.746.2744 (office)
artesiachamber.com
Facebook: @ArtesiaChamber
