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Greater Gallup has Strategies and Support to Recover from Covid-19’s Setbacks

Tuesday, January 19, 2021

The U.S. Department of Commerce’s Economic Development Administration (EDA) has awarded a $600,000 grant to the City of Gallup, New Mexico, to support regional economic recovery strategies for healthcare and transportation industries. The project will be matched with $150,000 in local funds. The grant was funded by the CARES Act, which provided $1.5 billion to EDA for economic development assistance programs to help communities prevent, prepare for, and respond to coronavirus. “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,” say...

GGEDC Receives $1.25 Million Donation from Tri-State Generation & Transmission Association

Friday, January 08, 2021

Picture - Left to Right: Patty Lundstrom, Executive Director, GGEDC; Yogash Kumar, GGEDC Board Member (Ex-Officio); Mayor Louie Bonaguidi, GGEDC Board Member (Ex-Officio); Tony Tanner, GGEDC Board Member; Tommy Haws, GGEDC Board President; Tim Hoisington, Tri-State; Brian Rychener, Tri-State; Chock Black, Tri-State. Contribution to support economic transition following Escalante Generating Station retirement Gallup, NM - Greater Gallup Economic Development Corporation (GGEDC), a nonprofit leading economic development efforts for the greater Gallup area, received today a $1.25 million donation from Tri-State Generation & Transmission Association to help advance economic development efforts in the Gallup-McKinley County region to create good paying jobs for local residents...

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...

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...

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