Economic Development

Albuquerque Economic Development, Inc. (AED)
www.nmsitesearch.com
(800) 451-2933
The Albuquerque Economic Development is the "One-Stop" source for all Albuquerque Metro information. AED is a private, non-profit membership organization working exclusively to recruit quality companies to the Albuquerque metropolitan area.

Albuquerque Hispano Chamber of Commerce (AHCC)
www.ahcnm.org
The new Barelas Job Opportunity Center provides customized training opportunities. Currently the training includes advanced computer training, entry level basic-job skills, entry level basic-job skills, middle management professional training, and a variety of business seminars. Focus of efforts will be in the downtown, Barelas and south valley communities.

Albuquerque Technical Vocational Institute (TVI)
www.tvi.cc.nm.us
TVI offers a variety of job training, college credit, preparatory and adult education courses as well as customized workforce training. TVI has about 20,000 students four campuses in the metro area. The TVI Workforce Training Center provides innovative, customized training, skill development, and business consulting in order to foster and enhance economic development.

Association of Commerce and Industry of New Mexico (ACI)
www.aci.nm.org
The Association of commerce and Industry of New Mexico is the statewide, legislative advocate of business interests. ACI is accredited by the U.S. Chamber of Commerce to serve as the State Chamber.

Bureau of Business and Economic Research (BBER)
www.unm.edu/~bber
The Bureau of Business and Economic Research (BBER) at the University of New Mexico conducts economic and demographic research and analysis for the State of New Mexico. The BBER also maintains a major depository of socioeconomic data (the Data Bank) for the State. This depository includes an extensive decennial census collection, along with a wide assortment of other economic and demographic information. In addition, information is disseminated through various publications, including a monthly statistical report (New Mexico Business--Current Economic Report) and the ongoing Census in New Mexico series.

Economic Forum
abec.unm.edu/Economic_Forum
(505) 883-2505
The Economic Forum mission is to organize and work with the most effective combination of leadership from business, government and education for the purpose of achieving objectives that improve the economic welfare of Albuquerque, Bernalillo and New Mexico. For more information visit Economic Forum under ABEC partners.

Greater Albuquerque Chamber of Commerce (GACC)
www.gacc.org
Provides information regarding Albuquerque; publishes an annual "Economic Profile"; compile an annual Metro Business Survey to assess the needs across all sectors of the general business community; serves as an information clearinghouse for economic and demographic information.

Middle Rio Grande Business and Education Collaborative (MRGBEC)
www.mrgbec.org
Is the regional School-to-Work Intermediary which connects Business and Education for the Middle Rio Grande Corridor extending from Belen to Cochiti, Laguna to Moriarty. MRGBEC serves as the Youth Council and administrative entity under the federal Workforce Investment Act.

Next Generation Economy, Inc.
(505) 843-4043
Has identified clusters of geographic concentrations of industries that will help the central New Mexico region to address its economic challenges. The emerging industries identified are: Aerospace and Electronic Systems, BioTech and Bio Med, IT/Software, Microsystems, Optics and Photonics, Artisan Manufacturing, and Tourism. Next Generation Economy is identifying the action initiatives needed to grow and sustain the clusters. For more information call (505) 843-4043.

New Mexico Department of Labor
www.dol.state.nm.us
Provides services to employers and jobseekers in addition to providing labor market information and a series of publications.

New Mexico Economic Development Department
www.edd.state.nm.us
Provides business development information about New Mexico. Site includes information about New Mexico and has its various divisions; Trade, Space commercialization, Film, Housing, Border Development, Economic Development and Science and Technology.

New Mexico High Tech Job Forum
www.nmtechjobs.org
Technology Ventures Corporation is a sponsor of the New Mexico High Tech Job Forum as a free service to foster New Mexico's technology based job growth. Job seekers can post resumes, search for a new job and reference a valuable list of high tech career links. New Mexico technology employers also can post job openings and review qualified resumes.

Technology Ventures Corporation
www.techventures.org
Technology Ventures Corporation was founded by Lockheed Martin as a non-profit, 501(c)(3) tax exempt corporation to commercialize technologies from our national laboratories and research universities, and to create jobs. TVC serves as a facilitator, helping entrepreneurs develop business cases around technologies and obtain funding from across the country for New Mexico business formations.