Taos Real Estate

1) Results of last night’s P&Z Comm. Mtg., attached. NOTE: The next P&Z Special Meeting on the Taos SmartCode and its proposed implementation within the Town’s Chamisa Verde Subdiv. will be 5:30 p.m., October 15 at the Town of Taos Youth & Family Center, adjacent to the subdivision.

2) Taos Regional Water Plan Implementation Committee Meeting – Notes from 9/23/08 attached.

3) Calendar Items to Griffin: Submit now as far in advance as possible for inclusion in publications with LONG lead times.  Send to Peter St. Cyr, pstcyr@griffinassoc.com, (505) 319-3237.  PLEASE submit in the following format –

Information Needed (see example in shaded box below):

· State "One-time" or "Ongoing" and define ongoing details (i.e. Meets every Tues. & Thurs.)

· Event date

· Event title  (Not all Caps Please, i.e. Infant Massage Workshop)

· Event time (i.e.8-10am., 11am.-2pm., 4-5pm.)

· Event brief description, informative, avoiding promotional types of adjectives

· Event cost, if any, or state "free" or "donations welcome" (i.e. $20 per family)

· Event location, include city

· Event phone contact for more information

· Example Submission format:

· One time - April 17, 2009

· Infant Massage Workshop — 3:30-5:00pm. Elizabeth Rose and Kathleen Willow lead workshop for new parents, pregnant parents, and those adopting. Learn how to massage your baby with a present mind, relaxed body and open heart. $20 per family. BODY, 333 Cordova Rd., Santa Fe.

· 505-986-8189.

4) 9 – 11 a.m., October 9 (NEXT WEEK), Griffin Quarterly Marketing Meeting, Town of Taos Council Chambers

5) Taos Tourism Coverage Clips

Southwest Airlines’ Spirit inflight magazine, see page 3 of attached article.  400,000 circulation.

Taos “Top Chef” -- Chef Hosea, 34 from Taos, New Mexico, makes it into the cut for "Top Chefs" competition -- http://www.seriouseats.com/2008/10/new-top-chef-season-five-tv-ted-allen.html

Top 10 with Sherman Travel and MSNBC.com -- Subject: Llama-trekking featured in Top 10 article – 4 million-plus subscribers

“I recently ran llama-trekking in Taos as one of our Top 10 picks for Fun Fall Foliage Adventures (the listings appear in alphabetical

order).  Here's the link for the syndicated version of our article on MSN:  http://travel.msn.com/Guides/article.aspx?cp-documentid=648786

It will also be running on MSNBC.com this week, and went out as the featured article in our e-newsletter today, Sherman's Top 25, which

goes out to 4 million subscribers.  Enjoy the press - hope it brings some good business & recognition your way!"

Kind regards,

Elissa Richard

Editor, ShermansTravel Media, LLC

www.shermanstravel.com