NCNMEDD Comprehensive Economic Development Strategy
NCNMEDD’s Community Development team is hard at work shaping the 2026–2030 regional Comprehensive Economic Development Strategy (CEDS).
Check out the North Central New Mexico 2026–2030 CEDS Data and Goals Dashboard!
This interactive tool includes up-to-date county and regional data on demographics, workforce, housing, and economic indicators. It also provides:
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Baseline data to support grant applications and planning efforts
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ICIP project lists by county and entity, including short descriptions
The CEDS is a community-driven blueprint for growing the regional economy. EDA uses the CEDS to guide their strategic investments in our region. North Central uses the CEDS planning process to coordinate and align our program of work with local, regional and statewide economic development plans.
What’s Next?
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May 20, 9am-11am: Tribal CEDS meeting at the Santa Claran, 406 N. Riverside Drive, Espanola, NM 87532. Breakfast included. REGISTER for online participation.
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Upcoming: Final stakeholder meeting in rural Sandoval County
These events will conclude the public engagement phase of the CEDS process.
📣 Coming Soon: An online survey inviting input from those unable to attend in person.
📝 Draft Plan Coming This Summer - NCNMEDD will release a draft CEDS plan for public review later this summer.
For details and more information please contact Felicity Fonseca.
We thank all who are participating in your respective county’s meeting. Your input is vital to shaping the future of regional economic development.
We thank all of our local government officials and community members who assisted with the development of this document.
Click the image above to download our CEDS
County Meetings for Area Sector Analysis Process (ASAP)
As part of the process of developing a Comprehensive Economic Development Strategy (CEDS) for our region, NCNMEDD held virtual Roadshow meetings for each county to review targeted industry clusters. Our partners at the Western Rural Development Center have generated industry cluster lists based on the results of asset surveys and community preference surveys.
ASAP Slides
The Area Sector Analysis Process (ASAP) is an award-winning process to use in collaboration with community leaders in targeted, sustainable, economic development.
ASAP assists communities by identifying: community goals and priorities for economic development; community assets that will help achieve the community’s goals and priorities; industry needs and factors important for locating their operations in a community; and businesses that are consistent with the community’s goals and priorities. Each link provides the slides presented during the county meetings including the poll results.
County Industry Reports
Each of the County Industry Reports below include the data for each of the NAICS4 Industry sectors and their corresponding Desirability and Compatibility Scores
Video Recordings of County Meetings
Each of the links below are the recordings of each county meeting held to review the ASAP results. Each meeting consisted of a presentation portion, sector ranking by meeting participants, and a discussion section. Unfortunately, due to technical difficulties the meeting recording for Sandoval county is unavailable, for notes on this meeting please contact our office.
For questions about the CEDS or the ASAP process, please contact Felicity Fonseca at (505)356-9098.