Living Designs Group has been named one of the top 100 Co-op opportunities through the University of Cincinnati:

For my first co-op, I ventured to the great southwest-- specifically to Taos, NM. I spent the summer working for [Living Designs Group], an architecture firm in Taos that specializes in quality design with integrated waste water treatment, solar energy use, and other environmentally friendly architecture techniques. The project that I spent most my time working on is a four-story commercial/ residential building in Santa Fe. The design is beautiful, and the building will have a waste-water treatment facility on site. How cool is that!

A portion of Paseo del Pueblo Sur in Taos, NM was selected by the EPA to receive assistance with Smart Growth planning - to include recommendations for ways to "plan for growth in ways that sustain environmental and economic progress and create a high quality of life."

From the EPA website:

The localities were selected from a nationwide application process. In this first round, the locations range from cities to an inner suburb to small towns. We will organize multi-disciplinary teams who will provide direct technical assistance as specified by the community.

The communities selected are:

Taos, New Mexico: This town of 4,700 people is seeking assistance to obtain community input on design and development issues along the 3.3-mile Paseo del Pueblo Sur (State Highway 68) corridor. With the community input and the team’s assistance, Taos will create plans, policies, and codes to foster development in the corridor that reflects the unique character of Taos, stimulates economic development, and improves environmental quality.

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