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How to Support Gallup & McKinley County Businesses on Small Business Saturday (Even While Sheltering in Place)

Thursday, November 19, 2020

Small Business Saturday has become an annual tradition that reminds the entire community to celebrate the wealth of locally owned businesses within our community. Our state may be on lockdown but we can still support them, and need to now more than ever. Local businesses make a significant impact on our economy. So significant that each dollar spent helps to create jobs at both that business and the ones who support them. In fact, every ten jobs created at a local business, support an additional seven jobs within the community (Small Business Economic Impact Study, 2018). Small Businesses Make a Sizeable Impact Accordin...

U.S. Department of Commerce Invests $600,000 in CARES Act Recovery Assistance to Support Regional Economic Recovery Strategies in Gallup, New Mexico, Opportunity Zone

Thursday, November 19, 2020

Contact: EDA Public Affairs Department, (202) 482-4085 WASHINGTON – Today, the U.S. Department of Commerce’s Economic Development Administration (EDA) is awarding a $600,00 grant to the city of Gallup, New Mexico, to support regional economic recovery strategies for healthcare and transportation industries. The project, to be located in a Tax Cuts and Jobs Act Opportunity Zone, will be matched with $150,000 in local funds. “This investment comes at a crucial time to help New Mexico and our nation’s economy come roaring back and provide a roadmap for hard-working Americans to access new opportunities,” said Dana Gartzke, Performing the Delegated Duties of th...

Economic Assistance Boosts McKinley Paper Mill

Tuesday, October 27, 2020

Major employer will retain 125 jobs with LEDA investment McKINLEY COUNTY, N.M. – Cabinet Secretary Alicia J. Keyes announced today that a long-time paper factory in McKinley County will receive economic assistance from the state so it can install new equipment and remain in business for the next decade, retaining at least 125 well-paying jobs. McKinley Paper has been reliant on the Escalante Generating Station for steam power. The 253-megawatt, coalfired power plant near Prewitt, N.M., operated by Tri-State Generation and Transmission Association, closed at the end of August as the facility exhausted its remaining on-site fuel supply. The State of New Mexico...

E&ENews: Energywire -- OIL AND GAS: Pandemic closures, bankruptcies rattle refining towns

Thursday, October 01, 2020

The future of the oil and gas industry arrived suddenly in Gallup, N.M. Marathon Petroleum Corp. announced in August it was closing its 27,000-barrel oil refinery just outside the small town in northwestern New Mexico. More than 200 full-time workers and dozens of contractors are expected to lose their jobs this fall. That could have a lasting effect in Gallup, which has a population of about 22,000. The refinery was a big contributor to local charities, and the good-paying jobs helped support restaurants and businesses in the town's historic business district on Route 66. Marathon is already offering to relocate som...

McKinley County CARES Act Small Business Grant Program

Thursday, October 01, 2020

Contact: Anthony Dimas, Jr. Office: County Manager’s Office anthony.dimas@co.mckinley.nm.us FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE McKinley County CARES Act Small Business Grant Program Application Opens Thursday, October 1, 2020 GALLUP, NM (September 28, 2020) – McKinley County is pleased to announce funding from the State of New Mexico for the Small Business Continuity Grant Program in the amount of $2,412,500.00. Through this program, McKinley County will offer a one-time grant up to $50,000 to qualifying small businesses and non-profits to cover costs related to business interruption caused by the required closures due to the coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic. These include, but are not limited to mortgages, rent, utilities, insurance, payroll...

Statement by House Appropriations Chair Rep. Patricia Lundstrom on Today’s State Revenue Forecast

Wednesday, September 30, 2020

Santa Fe, N.M. –Representative and Chairwoman of the House Appropriations and Finance Committee Patricia Lundstrom (D-Gallup) released the following statement regarding today’s Legislative Finance Committee (LFC) revenue forecast for the state of New Mexico. “While the forecast today was better than expected, we must move forward with caution,” said Representative and Chairwoman of the House Appropriations and Finance Committee Patricia Lundstrom (D-Gallup). “Uncertainty driven by volatile oil and gas prices, unknown future federal stimulus funding, and a pandemic that continues to depress consumer confidence is making it impossible to forecast where our state will be when the Legislature meets in January. What is clear i...

Tri-State working to ease plant closure

Friday, September 11, 2020

BY DUANE HIGHLEY TRI-STATE GENERATION AND TRANSMISSION CEO, WESTMINSTER, COLO. Since making our difficult decision in January to retire the Escalante Generation Station by the end of the year, Tri-State Generation and Transmission Association has been diligently working to address the challenges that accompany such a major change. Our focus has been on assisting our employees and the communities in the region that will be impacted. In late July, Tri-State hosted a virtual town hall meeting to update local elected and public officials and economic development professionals on our efforts. Our leadership team touched on a number of issues, including the efforts bein...

Why Companies Should Consider Onshoring in Gallup, NM

Wednesday, September 02, 2020

Gallup, New Mexico is ideal for manufacturing companies looking to onshore in the United States. This centrally located community is part of a manufacturing community that the CEO of Rhino Health, Mark Lee and partner Holland Sullivan called a ‘transportal’. Over 15,000 trucks pass through the area each day, in addition to the area’s significant rail activity. “It’s the beating heart of America’s logistics system,” said Sullivan. He cited one of the benefits of locating in Gallup as being able to be near major cities in California, yet without the traffic, congestion and delays. As a manufacturer of gloves for th...

Rhino Health is Bringing the Manufacturing of Surgical Gloves Back to the United States

Wednesday, August 05, 2020

Rhino Health is bringing the manufacturing of surgical gloves back to the United States - in Gallup, New Mexico. They plan to produce 1 billion gloves per year to start (less than 2% of the U.S. market, demonstrating a significant room for growth). The plant was planned prior to COVID-19 creating an additional demand for surgical gloves, and as CEO Mark Lee said, “It makes sense to make the gloves in America where the customers are.” Gallup is a ‘transportal’ Gallup, New Mexico is part of a manufacturing community CEO Mark Lee and partner Holland Sullivan calls a ‘transportal’. Over 15,000 truck...

The Greater Gallup Economic Development Corporations’ Industrial Workforce Program Launches New Microsite

Friday, June 05, 2020

GALLUP, NM-- The Greater Gallup Economic Development Corporations’ Industrial Workforce Program recently launched a redesigned website to further strengthen its online presence and promote business attraction and workforce development. “We are excited to launch this new website that has a fresh look that will make navigating much more efficient,” said Johnny Gonzalez, Workforce Development Manager. Having this functional microsite that informs the public and employers what The Greater Gallup Economic Development Corporations’ Industrial Workforce Program does and who it serves will give them the directional feed and ability to address needs and questions in a timely manner. It will also make one-on-on...

The Greater Gallup Economic Development Corporations’ Industria Workforce Program Launches New Microsite

Friday, June 05, 2020

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