Community leaders in T or C and Elephant Butte are optimistic about their ability to work together for mutual benefit. We intend to work together. We've discovered that by partnering, we go farther and faster. Federal funding for the construction was obtained by the South Central Council of Governments. We also obtained funding for a construction trades program.
Students are already in that program, helping to build the school itself.
With help from local banks, they're also building a house that will be sold. We're hoping to use that money to build the next house. The focus of the vocational center is on technical training, with programs in computer sciences, automotive mechanics and a nursing program in conjunction with Western New Mexico University in Silver City. Two and a half million gallons of hot mineral water flow from the springs around T or C every day, according to Lee Foerstner, T or C Chamber of Commerce board member. Foerstner owns one of the town's eight commercial hot springs, and believes that hot water is the key to the area's economic revival.