The small farms, acequias, and the Bosque are our ancestral heritage.
For over 100 years, 4th Street has represented progress, growth, new development, and change.
Our traditions are vital but change is inevitable. How do we make decisions about the future of the North Valley in a way that reflects our history while making room for meaningful change?
Two North Valleys is a Playback Theatre gathering for Burqueños to come together, enjoy a meal, and share personal stories about living, working, moving through, and imagining the North Valley.
This is not a public meeting.
There are no speeches, no podiums, and no right answers.
Instead, community members will share their stories with High Desert Playback actors who will immediately bring those stories to life onstage, reflecting back what’s said with care, empathy, and joy.
Stories may touch on:
Belonging and displacement
Nature, access, and preservation
Development, housing, and affordability
Safety, traffic, and daily life on 4th Street
What feels worth protecting and what feels ready to change
City of Albuquerque Long Range Planning staff will be present to listen, not lead. Their goal is to gather insight that can’t be captured in surveys or comment cards, to honor lived experience as true expertise, and to use what they have heard to guide decisions that will make the North Valley more accessible to all of us.
Two North Valleys is a free, all ages gathering open to everyone in our community. However, we will center the voices of those who are usually left out of typical civic forums—queer and trans folks, Black and Indigenous folks, young people, poor people, renters.
Join us. Meet your neighbors. Tell your story. Show up and be heard.
🗓️Thursday, February 26, 2026
⏱️5:00-8:00PM
📍Nahalat Shalom, 3606 Rio Grande Blvd NW, Albuquerque, NM 87107
🌮Dinner provided by Three Sisters Kitchen
ℹ️FREE for All Ages. Dinner is served at 5PM. Playback Theatre starts at 6PM.
Registration is required at
https://www.highdesertplayback.com/events/two-north-valleys-a-playback-theatre-gathering-for-community-input
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