Revitalizing the centrally located and historically significant Albuquerque Rail Yards has been one of the core priorities of the Chamber and other groups seeking a transformed downtown. So it is a welcome and exciting development that the City of Albuquerque’s Metropolitan Redevelopment Agency has issued a Request for Expression of Interest in the Northern Entrance […]
In a guest column in Sunday’s Albuquerque Journal’s opinion section, Chamber President and CEO Terri Cole and Downtown Transformation Bold Issue Group Chair and New Mexico Mutual CEO Norm Becker forcefully made the case for Albuquerque to prioritize a single-site, low-barrier homeless shelter to address one of the city’s most pressing concerns. The opinion piece
Albuquerque went to the polls last week to vote on a wide variety of bond questions and candidates for City Council and the APS school board, and Chamber-backed funding for important infrastructure, community development, and public safety projects in Albuquerque – none of which will raise taxes and all of which benefit the city and
Earlier this week, the Chamber hosted a reception to hear from Governor Michelle Lujan Grisham on a range of topics, including fiscal and economic development updates stemming from her first legislative session as Governor and her vision for health care, education, and public safety in New Mexico. Governor Lujan Grisham’s speech was followed by a question
More than 200 people joined the Chamber last week at the second annual TAPINTOABQ event at the Downtown Albuquerque Rail Yards to sample offerings from breweries and restaurants across the city and see for themselves one of the key targets of the City and the Chamber’s downtown revitalization efforts. “I hope you share my optimism
Chamber’s Second Annual TAPINTOABQ at the Rail Yards! Read More »
Last week, the Chamber’s 2018-2019 Leadership Albuquerque cohort heard from developers, business leaders, city officials, and non-profits as they traveled across Downtown Albuquerque as part of ‘Downtown Transformation Day’. Topics that were covered in the wide-ranging day included ongoing efforts to tackle the city’s homelessness problem, the creation of a new downtown public safety district,
