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State Offers Over $1.6 Million to 8 Companies for Job Training
February 29, 2024SANTA FE, N.M. – The Job Training Incentive Program Board approved $1,628,287 of funding in February to assist eight New Mexico companies in the training of 94 employees, New Mexico Economic Development Department Acting Cabinet Secretary Mark Roper...
Carlsbad’s Pearl of the Pecos Arts & Cultural District Granted State Authorization by the New Mexico Arts Commission
February 15, 2024Santa Fe, N.M. – After completing the Arts & Cultural District (ACD) Start Up Benchmarks, Carlsbad’s Pearl of the Pecos (POP) ACD has been granted State Authorization, the tenth New Mexico community to achieve this designation. State-Authorized...
State Awards SBIR/STTR Grants to 7 Innovative Businesses
February 13, 2024SANTA FE, N.M. – The New Mexico Economic Development Department, through its Office of Strategy, Science and Technology (OSST), has awarded SBIR/STTR Matching grants to seven companies to support innovation development and jumpstart commercialization.
State Awards Funds to Increase Food Security in New Mexico
February 12, 2024SANTA FE, N.M. – The New Mexico Economic Development Department (EDD) announced that 21 projects in 19 communities across New Mexico are recipients of the FY24 round of Healthy Food Financing Awards.
Cinelease Picks New Mexico for Major Expansion
February 12, 2024ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. – Gov. Michelle Lujan Grisham and executives at Cinelease, Inc. and Cinelease Studios announced today that the entertainment service company has chosen its Albuquerque site for a new investment and significant expansion.
EDD Ready to Assist New Business In Development of a Roswell Manufacturing Center
February 8, 2024ROSWELL, N.M. – The New Mexico Economic Development Department (EDD) has provisionally awarded economic assistance to an Austin-based company to open a modular home manufacturing center in a long-closed building at the Roswell Air Center.
State Economic Assistance Supports Integrated Cannabis Business
February 5, 2024CLOVIS, N.M. – The New Mexico Economic Development Department (EDD) has granted assistance from the Local Economic Development Act (LEDA) job-creation fund to Vana LLC, a women- and family-owned cannabis manufacturing business. Vana, established in...
New Mexico MainStreet Designates Lordsburg and Revitalize San Pedro Partnership as New Accelerator Programs
January 31, 2024Santa Fe, N.M. – Today, New Mexico MainStreet (NMMS) welcomed Lordsburg Economic Advancement Project (LEAP) and Revitalize San Pedro Partnership (ABQ) as new Accelerator programs, a pathway for communities to achieve Main Street America affiliation....
Environment Department issues Request for Information to develop Strategic Water Supply
January 22, 2024SANTA FE — Following Gov. Michelle Lujan Grisham’s announcement at the 2023 United Nations Climate Change Conference in Dubai and as highlighted in the 2024 State of the State Address delivered earlier this week, the New Mexico Environment Department...
First 2024 Job Training Awards Announced
January 18, 2024SANTA FE, N.M. – The New Mexico Economic Development Department (EDD) has kicked off 2024 Job Training Incentive Program (JTIP) awards by approving over $1.3 million in funding to support the workforce training of 87 New Mexicans in various aspects of...