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March 13, local leaders, business owners, and community members gathered for a meeting hosted by NCNMEDD. This critical discussion was part of a broader initiative to shape the economic future of the NCNMEDD region.

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Community leaders, business owners and educators were invited to city hall on Tuesday to share a meal as well as ideas on how Las Vegas’ economy can be supported for the next five years.

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Richard Simmons’ decisions over the past couple of decades put him in and out of the prison system more than a half dozen times and led to his addiction. But on Thursday, sitting in a corner of the New Mexico Reentry Center, a nonprofit focused on housing and job placement for formerly incarcerated people, Simmons had a revelation. “I went to prison my senior year in high school. Finding a job with a record (like mine) feels impossible,” said Simmons, 55, tears in his eyes. “But I don’t have another one in me to go back. I’ve been seven times.”

It's no secret traffic and pedestrian safety isn't at a high level in Taos and Taos County, where motorists often struggle to see faded median lines and pedestrians lack sidewalks. The same is true of Taos Pueblo, where most of the Tribe's millennia-old foot trails turned wagon trails turned roads have never been paved or equipped with drainage features.

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Find the recorded training for the Government Results and Opportunity funding here: https://youtu.be/W8tFLRJhmeo.

Learn about housing funding from NM Mortgage Finance Authority