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A DAY TO LEARN: Leadership Albuquerque tackles energy and national defense with PNM, Affordable Solar, Chevron and Kirtland Air Force Base

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On Jan. 15, Leadership Albuquerque participants had the opportunity to learn about New Mexico’s role in energy and national defense. The day started at the Greater Albuquerque Chamber of Commerce boardroom. Participants then made their way to the Air Force Research Laboratory and Phillips Space Conference Center, located on Kirtland Air Force Base. David Campbell, […]

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Essential Education: Chamber backs APS financial literacy course — and it passes unanimously

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On Jan. 15, the Albuquerque Public Schools Board of Education approved new high school requirements that include a financial literacy course in order for students to graduate. Del Archuleta, chairman of the Greater Albuquerque Chamber of Commerce’s Education Bold Issues Group, testified via Zoom during the meeting in favor of the board passing the requirement.

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GAINING RECOGITION: Albuquerque Reads spotlighted in New Mexico Educational Retirement Board newsletter

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Albuquerque Reads continues to get noticed. To end 2024, the Chamber’s literacy program was featured in the New Mexico Educational Retirement Board’s newsletter, called ERB Connect. Albuquerque Public Schools site coordinators have been hard at work creating engaging lessons and a comfortable community environment for our students and tutors to excel in while building reading

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COLLABORATING FOR CHANGE: Greater Albuquerque Chamber of Commerce co-writes op-ed on growing housing in city

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City council passed an ordinance which eases restrictions on housing developments in some parts of town. On Jan. 5, Terri Cole, Greater Albuquerque Chamber of Commerce president and CEO, signed on to an op-ed that ran in the Sunday Journal regarding the City Council working on a housing ordinance. At the Jan. 6 meeting, council

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TURN THE PAGE: ABQ Reads continues to increase literacy, seeks tutors to grow program

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ABQ Reads is in full swing coming into the new year. Albuquerque Public Schools site coordinators have been hard at work creating engaging lessons and a comfortable community environment for our students and tutors to excel in while building reading skills. For the fall semester, to help build home libraries, ABQ Reads donated eight books

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TAKING A STAND: City Council approves ordinance on vacant Downtown properties

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The City Council also approved an ordinance requiring vacant properties in Downtown Albuquerque to be registered with the city and pay a fee starting July 1. The ordinance passed with a 7-2 vote. The proposal — known as Downtown Vacant Premises Ordinance — impacts all property owners on Central from east to west from First

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