Regional Economic Development

Opinion: Closing Tourist Centers Bad Follow to New Mexico True Campaign

New Mexico’s tourist centers are the state’s welcome mat to visitors. They are our first impression and we all know about those. It is understandable [...]

Can blackberries and tilapia help New Mexico’s small farmers thrive?

Greenhouses, inexpensive hoop houses and other burgeoning methods of organic production are helping people like Bustos produce a lot of food on small plots of [...]

Free Admission to National Parks Aug 25-28

  In a boon for New Mexico's tourist economy, the centennial of the National Park Service will be celebrated with a three day waiver of entrance fees. [...]

LEDA program boosts local economic development

LEDA allows local governments to invest public money in private business ventures that benefit the community in specific ways, such as job creation. The New [...]

Female entrepreneur conference at NMSU

ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. — New Mexico State University’s Arrowhead Center and WESST will hold the WE Mean Business conference aimed at female entrepreneurs next [...]

New Mexico MainStreet announces grants awarded to improve gathering spaces in historic districts

New Mexico MainStreet announced Thursday that the Embudo Valley Library and Community Center in Dixon, and the Manzano Mountain Art Council in [...]

New mobile app promotes New Mexico life

Two local entrepreneurs say they love New Mexico so much they decided to launch a new website and mobile app to highlight every day life in the Land of [...]

Input sought for economic development

A new regional economic development group has hit its latest milestone and needs input from the public on a draft plan before it is submitted to USDA Rural [...]

Microbrewery Moving Forward in T or C

In today's Herald: The microbrewery planned for T or C is moving forward, albeit slowly. State and federal licensing and technical planning considerations are [...]

Telling the story of film in N.M.

Ed note: How can we make Sierra County more attractive to the film industry? It’s no secret that in New Mexico’s dismal economic climate, the making of [...]