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American's Discover Columbus Everyday
 "Retreat!"
is the word which has
defined The Village of
Columbus since it was put on
the map March 9th, 1916, by
Pancho Villa and his raiding
Villistas, as they were
being chased back into
Mexico by General Pershing
and the young George Patton.
Nowadays Columbus is a
retreat from the daily
pressures of a fast paced,
dog-eat-dog world we're
living in. The Village of
Columbus offers the weariest
of souls a real opportunity
to rejuvenate, relax,
re-center, and to quite
literally "Get away from
it all".
 Those
that live in, or frequent
Columbus, know the daily
entertainment is provided by
the spectacular desert
views, wildlife and flora,
all seen through nature's
magnificent lighting
display. It begins with the
peaceful dawning of the
morning orb, to the
high-noon sun, and on to
amazing purples, blues and
pinks of the late afternoon
twilight hour, then merging
into breathtakingly
expansive sunsets. Finishing
nightly with awe striking
moonscapes and the glory of
the stars that can be seen
down to very horizon of the
desert floor itself.
 As
you travel to Columbus, you
will begin to feel the cares
and tares of the world peel
away along the drive. When
driving from the west you
can
drop down from Interstate 10
in Arizona and wind down to
the southern border of the
United States taking the
time to visit the historical
towns of Tombstone and
Bisbee and then continuing
on to Columbus by
mid-afternoon, or stay on
I-10 for about 90 minutes
after crossing the
Arizona/New Mexico border
until reaching Deming, NM
and then taking the thirty
minute drive south on
Highway 11 to our village.
Those traveling from the
east can also take the I-10
through to Deming, or you
can shave off a full hour by
rerouting in El Paso to the
Pete Domenici Highway
finding the Hwy 9 route to
Columbus straight across the
open range that will give
you desert views of Mexico
on your left and New Mexico
on your right. Regardless of
your chosen path, all roads
will lead you directly to
the crossroads of highways 9
and 11. Otherwise known as
the Village of Columbus.
Click here for info
about our amazing connection
with 9/11/2001.
 Another
unique way to arrive to
Columbus is
from the air. Columbus
has several landing strips
and because of our 360 days
of sunshine, Columbus sports
two private Airparks (one
has a full size Jenny
replica functioning as the
runway windsock), where
pilots and aviation
aficionados build homes and
hangers to garage their
planes and other flying
machines.
 For
many retirees, driving down in your RV or
planning to join other "snowbirds" who have
migrated to the warmer climate of Columbus
during the winter months is a yearly "flight"
landing in the
Pancho Villa State Park
located at the border of
Mexico. The park exhibit hall and historic
structures capture the history of the Pancho
Villa Raid and historic Camp Furlong. The large
campground offers utility hookups for campers
with RVs, and a playground for the kids.
 Otherwise
you'll want to check-in to
Los Milagros Hotel for
the most comfortable and
home felt accommodations
Columbus has to offer. They
offer free travel advice and
help across the border or
professionally guided tours
for those that want an
insider’s view to the area.
Whether you are here on
business or pleasure you
will find Los Milagros Hotel
to be a great resource for
local information and
planning.
 While
moving at a slower pace, and
living the simple life is
what you'll enjoy the most
during your visit, there are
some sights to see and
enjoy. You can leisure
around the village or
meander through our
historical walking tour
(Each station is marked with
an etched plaque providing
pictures and info), you can
linger about our two museums
dedicated to the old train
depot and the old military
base known as Camp Furlong
(Housed in the State Park).
and inspect the old Columbus
jail.
 The
more adventurous can hike,
bike ride, climb the local
mountains, study the local
and migrating birds, or
photograph the natural
desert flora and fauna. In
Columbus the term "Rocker"
isn't about longhair
screaming guitar players,
here it's about combing
Rockhound State Park or
the open desert floor for
natural rocks, agates,
quartz crystals, turquoise,
geodes, and some even stake
claims and prospect for
gold.
 Be
sure to make time to travel
just 3 miles south to the
border and visit the sleepy
village of
Palomas, Mexico where
tourists love to spend time
shopping and eating fine
Mexican cuisine at the
famous Pink Store, while
other visitors come here to
avail themselves of the low
price, high quality dental
and optometrist practices.
You can also fill your
prescriptions at a fraction
of the cost!
So give yourself a break,
and retreat-a-week in the
Village of Columbus soaking
in the soothing warm sun,
and breathing our clear
high-desert air. Who knows?
You may just want to stay,
and that's exactly how most
our newcomers find
themselves living here.
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Land + Wind + Sun +
Water + Port of Entry =
Opportunity!
Low cost land and real
estate, 360 days of sunshine, the absence of natural
disasters, and New Mexico's only 24/7 Port of entry,
livestock border crossing stockyard, and the Free Trade
Zone available in our Mexican sister-town of Palomas,
makes Columbus the perfect location for your ranching,
farming or manufacturing operations.
Although
the actual village limits of Columbus are small, they do
include a largely undeveloped Industrial Park and
opportunity for much needed services like a grocery
store, 24 hour gas and convenience station, Senior
Citizen retirement communities, and a host of other mom
& pop operations.
Scheduled
for groundbreaking in 2013, a brand new state of the art
Port of Entry facility will be built making the Columbus
P.O.E. the crown jewel of all P.O.E.'s in the U.S. and
expanding the import/export capabilities through Mexico.
This news should set off alarm bells for those in the
trucking industry to start jockeying for position to
build trucking services and logistic centers.
Columbus
has another opportunity for those with the
entrepreneurial spirit that made Tombstone, Arizona a
mecca for tourist and history buffs. If you can imagine
how a little gunfight was worth millions in tourist
dollars, imagine the possibilities of recreating the
historic raid, gunfights, and ransacking of the village
in 1916 by Pancho Villa, aye, aye, Aye!
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 Luna
County Economic
Development Website
 New
Mexico Border Authority Columbus 24/7 Port of Entry Page
Maquiladora Opportunities
A maquiladora or maquila
is the Mexican name for
manufacturing operations
in a free trade zone (FTZ),
where factories import
material and equipment
on a duty-free and
tariff-free basis for
assembly, processing, or
manufacturing and then
export the assembled,
processed and/or
manufactured products,
sometimes back to the
raw materials' country
of origin. Currently
about 1.3 million
Mexicans are employed in
one or more of
approximately 3,000
maquiladoras.
Local
Farming & Green Energy Operations
Carzalia Valley Produce - Chile,
Onions, & Pecan Farms
Thinking
about starting or relocating your
business in Columbus?
Please
send all inquiries for assistance &
contact info to
ColumbusNM@gmail.com
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