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View Our Facility

The Roswell Convention and Civic Center can accommodate all varieties of events such as conventions, meetings, banquets, trade shows, festivals, weddings and much more.

RFD in the Community

Learn about how the Roswell Fire Department gets involved in the community.

Follow Us on Facebook

Find our page on Facebook @RoswellParksandRec. Keep up with recent events, updates and everything going on with the department. Like and share our page.

Maintaining High Standards

• Code of Ethics (PDF)
• Canons of Police Ethics (PDF)

Every Third Friday: PreKritters

Bring your small ones to PreKritters at Spring River Zoo. We’ll go 9 a.m.-10 a.m. on the third Friday of every month with an animal-themed craft and story hour that includes an encounter with one of our educational animals. Each program is $12.6...

Zoo Memberships

Spring River Zoo memberships are now available. Regardless of the membership level, the membership will pay for itself if you visit at least once a month. 

Browse different membership options here. Annual memberships start as low at $35 for senior...

RFD offers fire safety and prevention tips, reminders

The Roswell Fire Department reminds people of the importance of making a home fire-escape plan and practicing it with everyone in the household. Everyone needs to be prepared in advance so they know what to do when the smoke alarm sounds. Keep these tips ...

Tree and shrub seedlings to be offered to local residents

The City of Roswell’s Keep Roswell Beautiful program will help local residents celebrate Arbor Day by again handing out tree and shrub seedlings for citizens who wish to plant them in their yards or other properties.

The Arbor Day Seedling Giveaway is sche...

City Council approves Chad Cole as new city manager

The Roswell City Council on March 9 approved the mayor’s appointment of Chad Cole as Roswell’s new city manager. The vote at the regular City Council meeting was 8-1 in favor of hiring the Roswell native as the next city manager.

Cole a...

Members sought for Drought Contingency Plan Task Force

The City of Roswell and its Water Maintenance and Transmission Department are seeking two residential water customers and two business water customers to serve on the Drought Contingency Plan Task Force. They will serve along with representatives from the...

Police Chief Smith very glad to have been part of RPD

SeeRoswell app available

The City of Roswell has developed an app designed to be a useful tool for tourists and other visitors making their way around town and visiting the local attractions, as well as filling out their trip plans with shopping, lodging and dining options.&n...

Tax information for lodging establishments

Water-line replacement on Cherry Street

Traffic will be impacted on a section of Cherry Street for the next few months as a water-line project takes place between North Garden and North Atkinson avenues. The project to replace the water line that runs beneath Cherry Street is scheduled to begin...

Citizens can share concerns with city through online FixIT Form

Have you recently come across a significant pothole on a city street? Did a property overgrown with weeds catch your eye? Do you know of a vehicle that appears to have been abandoned and remains sitting on public property? The City of Roswell wants to kno...

Community Video Tour

Roswell is home to 48,754 people (as of 2015) and centrally located in the Pecos Valley, nestled below the most southern outskirts of the Rocky Mountains, and serves as the hub of Southeastern New Mexico. Watch the video tour and learn about Roswell.

City Performance Survey

This survey is an opportunity for Roswell residents and business owners to tell the city how it is doing in taking care of the needs of the community. All citizens are asked to contribute their thoughts by completing the survey.

Indoor pool closed for extended period

The Roswell Recreation and Aquatic Center’s indoor pool, which was closed Feb. 8 following the discovery and confirmation of a mold issue, will remain closed for an undetermined period of time as the necessary steps are taken to rectify the prob...

Winter/Spring Guide 2023

Join us for classes, programs and activities.  

RPD veteran Joe Smith appointed interim chief

Longtime Roswell Police Department member Capt. Joe Smith has been appointed the department's interim chief. 

Mayor Tim Jennings named Smith to serve in RPD's top law enforcement-commissioned position while the city conducts a se...

RPD personnel honored for live-saving actions and excellence in serving department and community

The Roswell Police Department honored many of its members during a Feb. 28 awards ceremony recognizing a variety of achievements and actions during the past year of 2022. 

RPD congratulates the following on their well-deserved awards, promotions a...

Chief Smith very glad to have been part of RPD

RPD seeing positive trends in crime stats

Free service checks up on residents who live alone

The Good Morning Call program was instituted by the Roswell Police Department to provide a daily telephone call to individuals who live alone and want the reassurance of knowing they will be contacted each day to make sure they are okay. The service is fr...

Protecting yourself against scams

The Roswell Police Department Criminal Investigations Division offers the public these tips regarding telephone and email scams:

• Entities providing services to you, such as government agencies, will never call or email you and request payment using gift ca...

Keeping you and your vehicle safe and secure

The Roswell Police Department Criminal Investigations Division offers the public these vehicle security and safety tips:

Taking precautions to protect financial-account information

The Roswell Police Department urges citizens to be aware of the threat of debit- and credit-card “skimming” and take precautions to prevent becoming a victim of these criminals who often use deceptive technology to steal card information in order to illeg...

Neighborhood Watch available to Roswell residents

BookList offers review source for new books

Booklist Reader is a sharable digital magazine featuring reader recommendations for all ages.  The lists showcase books of high-interest, and are themed throughout the year.  

This service is provided FREE to the patrons of Roswe...

Library of Congress Hispanic Reading Room

If you are interested in a particular region encompassing the geographic areas of the Caribbean, Latin America, Spain, and Portugal, then select one of the 36 guides offered through this incredibly diverse and well-researched Library of Congress website. ...

Books Again

Operated by Friends of the Roswell Public Library, Books Again, is a used bookstore with books for at least 75% off original price. Sale items every month.
Books Again is at 308 N. Richardson Ave. Open Tuesday-Saturday, 10 a.m.-4 p.m. Call 575-627-6179.

Tree and shrub seedlings to be offered to local residents

The City of Roswell’s Keep Roswell Beautiful program will help local residents celebrate Arbor Day by again handing out tree and shrub seedlings for citizens who wish to plant them in their yards or other properties.

The Arbor Day Seedling Giveaw...

Kids can ‘Stampede’ through Spring River Zoo April 8

There is going to be a stampede at Spring River Zoo, but it’s not the animals that will be stampeding. The zoo will host a Kids Stampede on Saturday, April 8, that will offer children ages 12 and younger the opportunity for a fun half-mile run t...