The Los Alamos Retiree Group is a civic minded group of retired Laboratory employees that is constantly looking for projects to better the community.

 

The LRG may not be the best organization to have an outing to pick up trash around the Los Alamos Resevoir and so the idea of welcoming visitors to the city was attractive. They have already received some Red Cap head cover. They have accepted the promise to wear the cap downtown and to engage any tourists they meet.

 

In speaking to the Board of Directors, I noted that the town needs more eating places as one board member expressed it, “If I come to Los Alamos on a weekend, I can’t find anything open to get a good meal.” There are no downtown shops to buy souveniors.

 

Although the town is surrounded by Indian, Spanish and Mexican cultures there are no shops nor anything related to the history of the Manhattan Project evident.

 

At the Bradbury and History museums some tourist momentos can be purchased, but there needs to be more locations and items of interests for tourists. There was once the Wooden Indian shop owned by Ed Grothus but when Ed passed away the shop passed, too.

 

If the Los Alamos Laboratory Retiree Group takes on the effort to help build a local tourist industry that will be a large step forward. And not yet retired employees can help them. Our retirees are a valuable resource.

 

The first batch of 50 Red Caps has been passed out to people who wiill use them to encourage tourists to come back and bring friends and family. We have a lot to offer in terms of history and science.