Bachechi Open Space is adjacent to the Rio Grande Bosque and Rio Grande Valley State Park. Bachechi was formerly known as Sullivan’s Stables where a commercial equestrian operation was located since the mid-1970s.

Prior to equestrian activities, the property was a private farm where alfalfa and chickens were raised. The Bachechi family is part of Albuquerque’s interesting history of Italian immigration. Family patriarch, Oreste Bachechi, Carlo’s father, built the Kimo Theatre in downtown Albuquerque back in the mid-1920s.

Miscellaneous debris, the former Bachechi family home, and dilapidated barns and stables have been removed from the land since the County purchased the property. The property has undergone environmental assessment and clean-up efforts to remove contaminated soil from underground storage tanks that leaked. Contaminated soil has been removed from the property and the NM Environment Department continues to monitor the site quarterly with groundwater monitoring wells. This monitoring will occur until steadily decreasing levels of naphthalene fall below the federal standard. No further site remediation or monitoring will be required.