Press Releases

In the spirit of baseball season, take time to show some team spirit to our local small businesses. This is key to relationship-building, success in building our local economy and creating jobs. It’s difficult to understate all the changes the business landscape has seen in the past few years, yet...Continue Reading

Housing and tourism are key issues driving community and economic development in Gallup and the surrounding region. The City of Gallup recognizes how housing and tourism impact the regional economy, and it has a team which works closely together and with partner organizations for this important work. Economic development...Continue Reading

In Economic Development, there have traditionally been three legs of the stool that professionals have focused on including: Business Retention & Expansion, Business Attraction, and Entrepreneurship.    This article focuses some time on entrepreneurial development that typically represents the biggest driver of economic activity in the United States.  According to...Continue Reading

Greater Gallup Economic Development Corporation (GGEDC) Executive Director Patty Lundstrom traveled to National Harbor, Maryland to attend the 2023 SelectUSA Investment Summit, which ran from May 1-4, 2023. The summit is the top event in the United States for Foreign Direct Investment (FDI) promotion. Connecting investors, companies, economic development organizations (EDOs)...Continue Reading

The New Mexico Economic Development Department (EDD) works with the City of Gallup and McKinley County to Use Our Home Field Advantage to Grow the Gallup-McKinley County Economy through assisting businesses and communities in a broad variety of economic development needs. EDD does this through forming relationships and partnerships. The...Continue Reading

By Rose Eason, Executive Director, gallupARTS It’s the bottom of the ninth. The bases are fully loaded. Player number 8 steps up to bat. She swings. She strikes. And it’s outta here! Pardon the obligatory baseball metaphor in honor of “Using Our Home Field Advantage to Grow the...Continue Reading

By Patty Lundstrom, CEcD, Executive Director of Greater Gallup EDC Babe Ruth once said, “Every strike brings me closer to the next home run.” Recently, a former president of the International Economic Development Council (IEDC) commented that economic developers “have the best profession on the planet. It’s always...Continue Reading

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...Continue Reading

  GGEDC enthusiastically welcomes Keegan McKenzie-Chavez to the Region 1 NM Economic Development Department team. She joins Lorraine Ruggles in serving NM's most dynamic northwest region even better! EDD doubles its ability to assist local businesses and communities through its professional cadre of regional representatives SANTA...Continue Reading

New Mexico and three neighboring states remain in the race to win federal funding for a regional hydrogen hub after receiving a favorable assessment of their initial proposal. The U.S. Department of Energy issued its first responses Dec. 22 regarding proposals, or “concept papers,” that states submitted in early...Continue Reading

SANTA FE, N.M. – New Mexico Economic Development Cabinet Secretary Alicia J. Keyes announced today that seven community-based Economic Development Organizations (EDOs) around the state have been recognized for state certification by providing a high level of expertise and technical support to their communities. Economic Development Deputy Cabinet Secretary Jon Clark...Continue Reading

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...Continue Reading

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...Continue Reading

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...Continue Reading

Gallup, NM – Patricia Lundstrom, Executive Director of Greater Gallup Economic Development Corporation (GGEDC), will attend a trade show and an international business conference in early November with the objectives of showcasing Gallup-McKinley County, NM to national and international companies and investors, learning about state-of-art food and beverage processing, and...Continue Reading

During the beginning of October at the International Economic Development Council (IEDC) 2021 Annual Conference, Excellence in Economic Development Awards were given to the world’s best economic development programs and partnerships and the year’s most influential leaders. The Greater Gallup Economic Development Corporation (GGEDC) won a Gold Rank in the...Continue Reading

Gallup, N.M. – Executive Director, and member of the NM Legislature Patricia Lundstrom (D-Gallup) joined with N.M. Senator Heinrich and U.S. Dept. of Energy Secretary Granholm on Thursday, August 19th, 2021 for a site tour in Farmington, NM. Lundstrom released the following statement; “New Mexico has relied upon large coal-fired...Continue Reading

TBIC and Navigator Consulting announced GGEDC is among the first eight in the U.S. to receive the Foreign Direct Investment Qualified Community Certification – June 2019 [GALLUP, NM, August 2021] — GGEDC Executive Director Representative Patricia Lundstrom announced Trans-Atlantic Business Investment Council (TBIC) is awarding the Foreign Direct Investment...Continue Reading

Gallup, NM – Michael Sage, Deputy Director for Greater Gallup Economic Development Corporation (GGEDC), recently received the Developer of the Year Award at the NM IDEA Annual Membership Meeting. Michael received the award as a result of his advocacy for struggling McKinley County businesses during the 2020 COVID-19 pandemic...Continue Reading

Gallup Land Partners Donates Right of Way to Spur Economic Growth (Gallup, New Mexico) -- The New Mexico Department of Transportation and McKinley County have begun a complete reconstruction of Carbon Coal Road located north of the City of Gallup, utilizing $23M in state capital outlay appropriations. To be...Continue Reading

May 9th – 15th is being recognized as Economic Development Week across the country. Economic Development Week was created by the International Economic Development Council (IEDC) in honor of its 95-year anniversary as the largest professional membership organization for economic developers. The economic development efforts provided by economic...Continue Reading

- MAY 9-15, 2021 - Greater Gallup Economic Development Corporation joins the City of Gallup and McKinley County together with cities and counties nationwide to increase awareness of jobs and career development programs that enhance local economic impact. Gallup, NM – The Greater Gallup Economic Development Corporation (GGEDC),...Continue Reading