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Learn about ‘angel’ investing in NM

Interested in being an ‘angel’? What’s an angel? That is the international term for an individual, family or family office making investments into early-stage businesses. New Mexico Angels — the state’s only group of individual accredited angel investors focused on funding early-stage companies in the Southwest — has opened enrollment for its 2023 Angel Training Club. The program offers everything you wanted to know about angel investing, but were afraid or didn’t know to ask.

Interested investors are invited to join the first two sessions at no cost on March 1 and March 8. Following the free sessions is a 6-week program for new, aspiring and experienced angel investors seeking the knowledge and skills to evaluate investment opportunities with New Mexico’s most dynamic businesses.

The six-week program runs from March 15 to April 19, with a special culmination event on April 27. The financial requirement is $500 or join New Mexico Angels as a member or sponsor. The goal is for attendees to apply their new knowledge and invest at least $10,000 in New Mexico startups in 2023. The sessions will run from 4 to 5:15 p.m. and are held both on Zoom or in person at Albuquerque’s BioScience Center.

For more information or to register, visit nmangels.com/angelclub/

Delinquent property tax auctions set

SANTA FE—The Taxation and Revenue Department has scheduled delinquent property tax auctions in Guadalupe, Valencia and Bernalillo counties.

The state attempts to collect

delinquent property taxes when counties are unable to do so. If the state is unable to collect the delinquent taxes, the subject properties are auctioned for sale.

Auctions have been scheduled in the following counties.

■ Guadalupe County. When: 10 a.m., Tuesday, March 14, 2023. Where: 130 South 4th Street, Santa Rosa.

■ Valencia County. When: 10 a.m., Wednesday, March 15, 2023. Where: 444 Luna Ave. SE, Los Lunas.

■ Bernalillo County. When: 10 a.m., Tuesday, March 21, 2023. Where: 415 Silver Ave. SW, Albuquerque.

More information, including terms of the auction sales, is available on the Delinquent Property Tax Auctions page at tax.newmexico.gov. Announcements of future auctions also will be available there.

Registration begins in person one hour before the auction starts and ends promptly at auction time. Bidders must be registered to participate.

Yellowstone Landscape recognizes NM personnel

Yellowstone Landscape’s Southwest Region won four awards at its national conference in January.

The Regional Sales MVP award went to Cody McNallen, construction business development manager. The Rookie Branch Manager of the Year went to Matt Yockonhawken. The Most Improved Branch went to Albuquerque’s Landscape Maintenance Branch. The Branch of the Year was awarded to the Landscape Installation Branch, the second time in four years that this honor has come to New Mexico.

Firm wins sustainable home building award

ICF, a global advisory and technology services provider, has awarded Spiegel-Kinsley Construction its top award in the High Performance New Homes Program, the custom builder announced in a news release.

Spiegel-Kinsley was awarded The Home With the Most KWh Savings for a home the company built at 1 Ocate Court in Placitas. The calculated annual savings is 6,201 kWh.

The nearly 3,000-square-foot home is all electric, has a tight building envelope with above-code slab, wall and ceiling insulation, a spray-foamed attic with additional batt insulation, a heat pump water heater, as well as two 18+ SEER heat pump systems.

Spiegel-Kinsley is building 11 custom homes in Placitas. The goal is for every home built to be net-zero: where the home produces more energy than it consumes.