Roswell economy is stable

STRUGGLES WITH THE ECONOMIC CRISIS AND THE STATE AND THE CITY OF ALBUQUERQUE DEAL WITH BUDGET PROBLEMS ONE CITY IN NEW MEXICO SAYS IT S DOING JUST FINE — AT LEAST FOR NOW KATIE RYAN IS LIVE IN OUR ROSWELL BUREAU WITH THAT STORY — KATIE THANKS NICOLE–AFTER GOING TO STORES MUSEUMS AND RESTAURANTS IN ROSWELL BUSINESS– FOR THE MOST PART– IS STABLE COMPARED TO THE REST OF THE COUNTRY HERE ON MAIN STREET PEOPLE ARE SPENDING MONEY ACCORDING TO BOUTIQUE OWNER RUTH GONZALES BUSINESS IS UP FROM 2007– it s been good we re beating last year and so we re pretty pleased WITH THE HOLIDAYS COMING UP GONZALES SAYS THEY RE GETTING BUSY as a matter of fact we ll probably end up hiring someone closer to Christmas especially during weekends ONE OF ROSWELL S BIGGEST ATTRACTIONS–THE UFO MUSEUM–AVERAGES 250 GUESTS PER DAY WITH VISITORS FROM ALL OVER THE COUNTRY people are still spending money We re still doing well in the gift shop We re doing very well with our small admission charge There s no difference with the museum We re really happy with what we re doing this time of year VISITORS FROM OUT-OF-STATE ARE EVEN SHOCKED AT ROSWELL S ECONOMY i was surprised it seems that everything from where i m from houses and homes are in foreclosure and the economy is struggling but here it really seems to be doing well which is a nice surprise I CHECKED IN WITH CITY LEADERS — THEY TELL ME SALES TAX REVENUE IS ACTUALLY UP A LITTLE BIT SINCE JULY BUT THEY HAVE A FEELING REVENUES IN OCTOBER MAY BE DOWN STILL — THEY DON T FORESEE ANY BUDGET PROBLEMS i think Rowell s economy is going to be fine We re going to have our ups and downs but right now we re doing fine ACCORDING TO CITY OFFICIALS ROSWELL S UNEMPLOYMENT RATE IS 3 6 PERCENT THAT S LESS THAN TWO-THIRDS OF THE NATIONAL AVERAGE LIVE FROM ROSWELL KATIE RYAN EYEWITNESS NEWS FOUR