Saturday, May 14, 2022
News
Gallup, NM. On May 9-14, 2022, the Small Business Development Center at UNM Gallup celebrates 2022 Economic Development Week "Building on Our Assets” with our community. Economic development is the core of well-being and quality of life for communities across the United States. Locally we have many economic hometown heroes, those are our entrepreneurial outperformers that far exceed impact on the local economy by introducing innovative technologies, products and services. Further, small business development is a critical component in bringing new investments that fuel a community’s economy.
Collaboration with economic development partners is also critical. Our statewide NMSBDC Network has collaborate...
Friday, May 13, 2022
By Francis Bee, Executive Director, Gallup Business Improvement District (Gallup BID)
Downtown Gallup is an attractive and sustainable center of civic life, the arts, and cultural experiences for community activities that celebrate its multicultural heritage. It offers opportunities for prosperity with strong connections to its authentic culture and history that embraces diversity. Gallup supports a balanced mix of uses and services for people living, working, visiting, and enjoying downtown.
Gallup Business Improvement District’s (BID) long running successful improvement programs including the BID sign grant reimbursement program and fac?ade improvement program, continue. BID-managed outdoor events, including the monthly Arts Crawl events and th...
Monday, May 09, 2022
Building on Our Energy Assets: How the Prewitt Industrial Cluster Will Become a Hub of Hydrogen Generation and Development Gallup and McKinley County are gearing up for a lead role in the emerging hydrogen revolution.
When Escalante Generating Station (EGS) in Prewitt burned its last coal in the fall of 2019, the future for McKinley’s economy looked bleak. McKinley Paper Company no longer would have access to steam it needed from the electrical plant - without state help in the form of a Local Economic Development Assistance (LEDA) grant - and Peabody Energy’s El Segundo mine would lose a primary customer...
What is Economic Development Week? And How Are Gallup & McKinley County, NM Observing it this Year?
Friday, May 06, 2022
Economic development is at the core of well-being and quality of life for communities across the United States. It is a group of policies, programs, and activities that seek to create and retain jobs and ultimately facilitate economic growth. Each year, the 2nd week in May marks Economic Development Week. Created in 2016 by the International Economic Development Council (IEDC), the week serves to increase awareness of local programs that create jobs, advance career development opportunities, and improve communities’ quality of life everywhere.
Over the last six years, GGEDC has observed the week with various activities and events. This year, w...



