Editing Hatch, New Mexico (section)

==Economy==
The Hatch Chile Festival<ref>[https://hatchchilefestival.org/ "Hatch Chile Festival"]</ref> is an annual event that occurs each [[Labor Day (United States)|Labor Day]].<ref name="Archuletta"/> This event attracts people worldwide to a place known as the chile capital of the world. The small town has accommodated up to 30,000 people for this event. This small farming community is known worldwide for raising renowned chiles. By 2012, Hatch chiles were being marketed under their name in most major urban markets in the US. Other crops such as [[onion]]s, [[cotton]], and [[maize|corn]] are also raised there. [[Irrigation]] of local farms is accomplished by wells pumping ground water along with surface water [[Acequia|irrigation ditches]]. These divert water from the [[Rio Grande]] and two lakes approximately {{Convert|20|mi|km|abbr=on}} north of Hatch named Caballo ([[Spanish language|Spanish]] for "horse") and [[Elephant Butte Reservoir]] (named after a rock formation in the middle of the lake that looks similar to an elephant).

Hatch is {{Convert|40|mi|km|abbr=on}} northwest of [[Las Cruces, New Mexico]], on [[Interstate 25]], and {{Convert|34|mi|km|abbr=on}} south of [[Spaceport America]], a new purpose-built [[spaceport]] being built by the [[New Mexico Spaceport Authority]] (NMSA) with [[U.S. state|state]] and county funding.<ref name=ept20101023>
[http://www.elpasotimes.com/news/ci_16411102 New era draws closer: Spaceport dedicates runway on New Mexico ranch] {{webarchive|url=https://archive.today/20121210172846/http://www.elpasotimes.com/news/ci_16411102 |date=December 10, 2012 }} ''[[El Paso Times]]'', 2010-10-23, accessed October 25, 2010.  ''"two-thirds of the $212 million required to build the spaceport came from the state of New Mexico...  The rest came from construction bonds backed by a tax approved by voters in Doña Ana and Sierra counties.''"</ref> In 2012, the NMSA announced it would be building a spaceport visitor center in Hatch.<ref name=stn20120207>
{{cite news |title=Plan for "Spaceport America visitor experience" unveiled |url=http://hobbyspace.com/nucleus/index.php?itemid=35502 |access-date=February 8, 2012 |newspaper=RLV and Space Transport News |date=February 7, 2012}}</ref>