The challenge of growing a business on the Navajo reservation
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Starting a business is always challenging — but Native American entrepreneurs face unique challenges on tribal lands. Continue Reading
Farmington works to revitalize Main Street, the city’s ‘heart’
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How does a community built on doing one thing well foster economic change and tenable growth? This community is beginning to form an answer of its own. Continue Reading
Navajo Nation seeks small-business sustainability
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Farmer Stacey Jensen is envisioning a market on the North Leupp Family Farm. Continue Reading
Could Navajo businesses stabilize a boom-and-bust economy?
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The Navajo Nation government has created a $20 million fund to help small businesses get started. Continue Reading
Grassroots community development group strives for lasting change
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In South Dakota, the Oglala Lakota people have created for themselves an organization to address a wide array of economic, health and cultural challenges. Continue Reading
To build healthier communities, some tribes look away from IHS
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A growing number of tribes are deciding that managing their own clinics and behavioral health programs will help. Continue Reading
Immigrants find their place in Luna County
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An influx of immigrants has translated into job growth, but the picture in Luna County isn’t all rosy. Continue Reading
Breweries patch the gaps between oil booms in southeastern NM
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Rural towns explore ways to diversify their economies, from tourism to hospitality. Continue Reading
Where’s the young West?
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Here’s a look at a few rural communities of all sizes – from tiny Camas County, Idaho, to booming Franklin County, Washington – that are attracting young people in surprising ways. Continue Reading
Why save small towns?
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Economies of scale make it difficult to maintain the essentials of living in rural places. Continue Reading
Brewery helps breathe life into downtown Truth or Consequences
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Now the question for this offbeat, impoverished town is how to attract other entrepreneurs – and keep them. Continue Reading
We can turn New Mexico around
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The secret to success — both for individuals and society — isn’t really a secret. It’s a good education. Continue Reading
Progressive policies are to blame for Las Cruces’ unemployment rate
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We’ve settled for this for far too long. To make it simple, our city leaders have failed us. Continue Reading
Media covers NMPolitics.net’s spaceport series
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Several news organizations have reported on NMPolitics.net’s recent investigative series on Spaceport America. Continue Reading
Cautious optimism about Spaceport America
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In spite of the hope I found, the public shouldn’t trust the spaceport without financial transparency. I won’t. Continue Reading