Lordsburg-Hidalgo Chamber Posts Spring Events Calendar, Opens Best of Hidalgo Nominations

The Lordsburg-Hidalgo Chamber of Commerce has posted information about its community awards program and its events calendar for the coming months, and the chamber’s event calendar lists the annual awards and directs residents to nominate local. The Visitlordsburg pages on the chamber site include a repeated banner reading “# Nomination forms are officially open!” and point visitors toward PDF nomination forms and an alternate entry method.

The chamber site describes the Best of Hidalgo Awards Ceremony in community terms: “The Best of Hidalgo Awards Ceremony is for the residents, businesses, community and organizations that have done great work for the community here in Hidalgo County. These awards are to recognize the work these organizations, businesses, and volunteers do that keep the county running. They strengthen the community, and they serve the County tirelessly.” Those passages appear on the Visitlordsburg pages that outline categories and nomination steps.

Visitlordsburg lists the awards categories by name: Citizen of the Year, Member of the Year, Business of the Year, Youth Volunteer of the Year, Organization of the Year, “Beating Heart”, and Volunteer of the Year. The site instructs readers to “Find the description for each Category in the links above in the ‘Click here for the nomination forms PDF’ buttons.” In addition to linked PDFs, the site offers an alternate submission option: “If you wish to not fill out a form above but would like to nominate for a category or categories, please enter in the information below.” The site transcript shows the phrase “# Nomination forms are officially open!” repeated multiple times, including duplicated lines with formatting artifacts.

The Visitlordsburg copy confirms the awards’ public-nomination model and annual cadence: “The awards occur every year where the public nominates who they think should win.” The chamber post and Visitlordsburg pages, however, do not provide a ceremony date, time, venue, ticketing information, or nomination deadline. The original report cited with the posting likewise refers only to information for the “coming months” and does not supply specific spring calendar dates.

The chamber website also hosts a Hidalgo County Memorial Wall search function with the label “Search and honor those remembered on our memorial walls.” A test search on the site returned the message “Search Results” followed by “No results found” and the guidance “Try adjusting your search or filter to find what you're looking for.”

Practical details for anyone seeking to nominate or inquire are available on the Visitlordsburg contact block: office at 206 Main Street; PO Box 699; Lordsburg, NM 88045; phone (575) 542-9864; email visitlordsburg@gmail.com. Posted office hours are Monday through Thursday 10:00 a.m. to 3:00 p.m. and 4:30 p.m. to 6:30 p.m., and Friday 10:00 a.m. to 3:00 p.m., with a site note that “Our business hours may vary depending upon field work and events, please check our Facebook page for current hours.”

To submit a nomination, use the “Click here for the nomination forms PDF” buttons on the chamber’s Visitlordsburg pages or enter nomination information in the site’s alternate entry field; for additional assistance call (575) 542-9864 or email visitlordsburg@gmail.com. Copyright on the Visitlordsburg site is listed as “Copyright © 2023 Lordsburg · Hidalgo County Chamber of Commerce.”