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Regional Development Corporation
2209 Miguel Chavez Rd., Suite C
Santa Fe, NM 87505
(505)820-1226
(505)983-8654 fax
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"KEEPING IT GREEN "
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Events
REDI: Regional Economic Development Service Team
Begins June 5, 2008 and every Thursday thereafter. For additional information:
Cecilia Ciepiela
(505)276-4683
REDI: Human Capital Team Meetings
Begins June 4, 2008 and every Wednesday thereafter. For additional information:
Sharon Shaffer
(505)608-1212 or
REDI: Infrastructure Regional Expert Team
Begins June 10, 2008 and every Tuesday thereafter.
For additional information:
Gus Cordova
(505)692-0327 or
REDI: Public Policy Team
Begins June 5, 2008 and every Thursday thereafter.
For additional information:
Fred Brueggeman
(505)660-3388 or
Starting and Growing a Food Production Business
June 17, 2008
for additional information:
Vicente
(505)455-5068 or
Call for Artisits Event
June 28, 2008
for additional information:
Dena Aquilina
(505)989-9934 or
The Next Big Idea:
A Festival of Discovery, Invention, & Innovation
July 19, 2008 Los Alamos
for additional information:
Jeremy Varela
(505)661-4844 or
MARKETLINK, a user friendly business skills training program
September 15, 2008
for additional information:
Bette Bradbury
(505)988-5030 or
Make a Million Conference
Inspiring 1 million women entrepreneurs
September 18, 2008
for additional information, please visit:
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We would like to Thank:
McCune Charitable Foundation
Thaw Charitable Trust
New Cycle Foundation
Messengers of the Healing Winds
Skylark Foundation
for partnering with us in New Mexico's renewable energy efforts.
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New Mexico Youth Entrepreneurship Network coordinated by Regional Development Corporation and NM Small Business Development Center Network
Governor Bill Richardson Signs Proclamation in Recognition of National Entrepreneurship Week.
A 40+ member New Mexico Youth Entrepreneurship Network, coordinated by the Regional Development Corporation (RDC) and the NM Small Business Development Center Network had a successful meeting in Albuquerque during Entrepreneurship Week 2008. Events included our state's issuance of the first Governor's Proclamation celebrating National Entrepreneur Week. New Mexico joined several other progressive states across our nation and the National Consortium for Entrepreneurship in recognizing the importance of entrepreneurship.
Lt. Governor Diane Denish, pictured above, joined the Youth Entrepreneur Network and the Statewide DECA Conference student leadership who issued the proclamation. Our appreciation goes to all the members of the Statewide Youth Entrepreneurship Network, Statewide DECA and the Lt. Governor for making this a special event and to insure that New Mexico was among the leadership "firsts" in recognizing the contributions of small business to the health and vitality of New Mexico!
For more information regarding the Youth Entrepreneur Network contact Scott Beckman, RDC Program Manager for Empowering your Business Spirit, (505)989-8004 or scott@rdcnm.org. Please visit www.bizport.org for additional program information. |
| REDI May Day Consensus |
 Regional Development Corporation Program Manager David Griscom leads an industry cluster discussion around Renewable Energy and Green Energy.
The path towards a regional economic development strategic plan for the four county area of Los Alamos, Rio Arriba, Santa Fe, and Taos, just became clearer with a successful regional stakeholder consensus meeting on May 1 at the Ohkay Owingeh Conference Center. Under the RDC's leadership, over 50 regional community and business leaders, including elected officials, county/city administrators, and representatives from key constituencies such as educators, small business owners, and Los Alamos National Laboratories, met for over four hours to evaluate which industry clusters in Northern New Mexico offer the greatest opportunities for economic development during the next five years. The highest ranked industry clusters were: 1. Renewable Energy, 2. Technology, 3. Value-Added Agriculture, and 4. Entertainment. Key goals of the strategic plan are diversifying NNM's economy and creating a truly regional approach to economic development. In the past, each community developed its own economic development plan without any coordination with other municipalities. Now the seven participating entities may evaluate opportunities that benefit the entire region.
During the next three months, Regional Expert Teams will be formed to identify specific projects that can be developed during the next five years. The Regional Expert Teams have been formed around four economic development strategic areas that will form the foundation of a twenty five year plan. The four economic development strategic areas--pillars of economic development foundation--are Economic Development Services, Human Capital, Infrastructure, and Public Policy. The RDC, as prime contractor, will work closely with its key partner, North Central New Mexico Economic Development Department, in this second phase of the strategic plan to establish legislative and funding strategies for all identified projects. This strategic economic development plan is being funded by the County of Los Alamos under its "Progress through Partnering" initiative.
For more information regarding the REDI Program contact Monica Abeita, RDC Program Managerfor the Regional Econonmic Develoment Initiative, (505) 241-9196 or mabeita@rdcnm.org. Please visit nnmredi.org for additional program information. |
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NM Small Business Assistance Program |
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 Northern New Mexico Connect's New Mexico Small Business Assistance Program (NMSBA) hosted the Outstanding Innovation Celebration on May 1, 2008 at the International Folk Art Museum in Santa Fe.
The NMSBA recognized 235 NM small businesses that teamed up with Los Alamos and Sandia National Laboratories in 2007 to obtain the specialized scientific expertise needed to move their business projects forward. These projects were recognized for the outstanding innovation of the partnership between New Mexico small businesses and laboratory staff. The business and technical impacts will continue to be realized for years to come.
Eight projects were highlighted at the annual Innovation Celebration: New Mexico Chile Association (Las Cruces); a coalition of developers, realtors and nurseries represented by Waltman Chapman Builders, Chapman Realty and Payne's Nursery (Santa Fe); John Brown/La Salita Restaurant (Albuquerque); Affordable Alcohol Monitoring Systems, Inc. (Los Alamos); Armed Response Team (Albuquerque); irrigators in the Carlsbad Irrigation District (Carlsbad); Sunland, Inc. (Portales); and Archeobotanical Services (Abiquiu).
Created in 2000, NMSBA was approved by the New Mexico State Legislature as a gross receipts tax credit for national laboratories. Sandia National Laboratories began the NM Small Business Initiative and in 2006. Los Alamos National Laboratory was able to join the program, bringing additional and complementary scientific expertise to bear on business projects and enabling the program to better address business technology needs throughout the state. Mariann Johnston, Institutional Program Manager of Los Alamos National Lab oversees NMSBA. In the past seven years, NMSBA has benefited over 1500 projects.
The assistance is provided at no cost to the New Mexico small businesses. Businesses can receive up to $10,000 to $20,000 worth of scientific and engineering services depending whether they are an urban or rural company. NMSBA also funds projects for which laboratory staff has budgets of $50,000 or more. These larger projects are designed to create solutions that will benefit a broad range of businesses or an entire industry. Businesses may apply to the program through either Los Alamos or Sandia National Laboratories. NMSBA staff assesses each applicant's request and matches the need with the right laboratory staff expertise to find solutions.
For more information regarding the New Mexico Small Business Assistance Program, contact Cristi Sala, RDC Program Manager for Northern New Mexico Connect, (505)428-7762 or sala@rdcnm.org. Please visit nnmconnect.net for additional program information. |
| Renewable News |
 RDC's Green Energy NM Green Tags
A Green Tag is the bundle of pollution emissions offsets and other environmental benefits created by the generation of one megawatt hour (one thousand kilowatt hours) of renewable energy. That is approximately the amount of electricity the average American home uses in one month. A BEF Green Tag costs $20 and there is a minimum purchase of two Green Tags, or three Green Tags for monthly payment orders. In some cases Green Tags are purchased by utilities and bundled with their commodity (non-renewable) electricity and sold as green power.
A fractional Green Tag representing 1/10 of a "full" Green Tag. Mini-Green Tags are used for small retail purchases of renewable energy as a way to offset other activities. For instance, a person might buy a Mini-Green Tag to offset the emissions associated with their drive to and from their favorite ski area. Each Mini-Green Tag reduces 140 pounds of greenhouse gas emissions - enough to offset around 150 miles worth of air pollution caused from driving an average sized U.S automobile. A mini-tag costs $2 at the Pajarito Mountain Ski Area, Toas Ski Valleg, Pajarito Moutain Ski Area, and Angel Fire Resort will be selling mini-tags at their ticket windows this winters.
Green Energy NM's Green Tags are from a blend of new wind and solar facilities placed into service after May 1999 and mostly located in the Pacific Northwest. As new projects come online in NM, that balance will shift towards a blend that is weighted more heavily on NM projects, culminating ultimately in a 100% NM product. Our Green Tags are certified by Green-e, the leading national third-party certification for green power, and The Climate Neutral Network. All facilities have been reviewed and endorsed by knowledgeable, qualified environmental organizations. These groups include the Natural Resources Defense Council, the Northwest Energy Coalition, and the Renewable Northwest Project.
All of our net revenues from the sale of Green Tags are reinvested in the next generation of new renewable energy projects.
For more information regarding the Green Energy Program contact David Griscom, RDC Program Manager for Renewable Energy and Green Energy NM, (505)820-6267 or dgriscom@rdcnm.org. Marie Claire Voorhees, Program Coordinator for Green Energy NM can be reached at (505) 428-7764 or mcvoorhees@rdcnm.org. Please visit www.rdcnm.org for additional program information. | |
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