Zozobra is a monster. Make no mistake about it. He stays in hiding all year long, feeding on and gaining power from our failings, misdeeds and sadness. But at the end of each Summer, we get a chance to cast out the darkness. 

The Burning of Zozobra is a totally unique cultural event staged annually by the Kiwanis Club of Santa Fe on the Friday of Labor Day weekend. The burning serves as an exciting and fiery finale to the last days of Summer. This year, the 97^th Burning of Zozobra will take place on September 3^rd at Ft. Marcy Park in Santa Fe.

Design is well underway for the Valencia County Transit Facility, the soon-to-be home of Rio Metro’s bus services in the county. Rio Metro has been hard at work with the Village of Los Lunas and consultants Bohannan-Huston and Studio Southwest Architects to design an inviting and energy-efficient facility for our staff, drivers and the public near the intersection of NM 6 and NM 47.

The centerpiece of the VCTF will be an 8,000-square foot office building styled after the metal-roofed agricultural buildings found up and down NM 47. The building will house the dispatchers and supervisors who coordinate rides, and will also provide Rio Metro’s drivers with the locker, exercise, and break rooms that can make a hectic day a bit easier to manage.