Downtown Matador getting ready to clean up with new laundromat

  • MATADOR MAYOR Pat Smith will soon add to his business operations in Matador with a coin-operated laundromat on Bailey Avenue.“I just want to do something helpful for the town,”he said. | CAPROCK COURIER
    MATADOR MAYOR Pat Smith will soon add to his business operations in Matador with a coin-operated laundromat on Bailey Avenue.“I just want to do something helpful for the town,”he said. | CAPROCK COURIER
  • Downtown Matador getting ready
    Downtown Matador getting ready
  • SADDLES TO SOAP The Matador Laundromat will be located in a building that was originally a saddle maker’s shop. Installation of the heavy-duty equipment began in mid-July, and by mid-August electrical, plumbing, and carpentry were nearly complete. | CAPROCK COURIER
    SADDLES TO SOAP The Matador Laundromat will be located in a building that was originally a saddle maker’s shop. Installation of the heavy-duty equipment began in mid-July, and by mid-August electrical, plumbing, and carpentry were nearly complete. | CAPROCK COURIER

    BARBARA BRANNON | CAPROCK COURIER

    It’s not an uncommon

    thing for a mayor to spearhead a citywide cleanup, but in Matador, Pat Smith is going into it in a big way.

    Smith has been working all summer to install a new selfservice laundromat in a historic Bailey Avenue building. The facility, which he expects to be complete within a few weeks, once equipment setup is done, will feature four washers (one h…