The RDC

RDC receives $50,000 check

The RDC was pleased to receive a $50,000 Rural
Business Opportunity Grant (RBOG) from the
US Department of Agriculture (USDA) on October 9 from
USDA State Director Terry Bruner at a ceremony at
the Joseph Montoya Building in Santa Fe.

 

 

The RDC is a regional economic development organization focused on creating a diverse and sustainable economy, especially in Northern New Mexico.

The RDC is the regional economic development organization for Northern New Mexico, with a principal service area of Los Alamos, Rio Arriba, Santa Fe, Taos, San Miguel, Mora and Sandoval counties. The RDC also works statewide and outside of Northern New Mexico on select projects that fit its areas of expertise and philosophy.

The RDC oversees a number of small business orientated programs in Northern New Mexico, including Empowering Business Spirit Initiative (www.bizport.org), SATOP (Spacetechsolutions.com/nm), Renewable Energy program (REP), Northern NM Connect (NNMConnect.net) and Regional Economic Development Initiative (NNMREDI.org).

 

Rural Development

RDC formed a strategic partnership with NM Rural Development Response Council (NMRDRC) on Oct 1, 2009 to better serve rural NM communities, particularly those communities with a population under 15,000.
The NM Rural Development Response Council applies for and is granted monies to engage in rural development projects, including community assessment, community profile development, technical assistance, community development projects. More >>

SATOP

The Space Alliance Technology Outreach Program is a technology transfer program affiliated with NASA and provides free engineering expertise for any small business in the United States that has technical challenges.

Through partnerships with universities, national laboratories, NASA facilities, and private sector companies, SATOP is able to offer support to the small business sector in an effort to boost economic development. more>>

  
Northern New Mexico Connect

Northern New Mexico Connect is the principal economic development investment of Los Alamos National Security, LLC (LANS) and Los Alamos National Laboratory (LANL).

Our collection of coaching, networking, research, technical assistance and investment activities help businesses reach the next level of success and create an entrepreneurial culture in northern New Mexico.  More>>
 

  
REDI

REDI is one of Los Alamos County’s Progress through Partnering initiatives, and is funded by increased gross receipts tax revenue from the change in Los Alamos National Laboratory’s contractor status. REDI’s geographic area includes Los Alamos, Rio Arriba, Santa Fe and Taos counties.

REDI, through a Regional Economic Development Plan, will identify and begin to implement concrete economic development projects that will improve the economy and quality of life in the four-county region over the next 25 years. More >>

  
Renewable Energy

RDC's initiative in Clean Energy addresses both environmental and economic concerns in Northern New Mexico. RDC works to create strategic partnerships between the private and public sectors to enable more clean energy projects. It helps identify new or existing wind, solar, biomass, geothermal, and other clean energy projects throughout New Mexico and work with the local communities to implement their clean energy projects.
RDC also works with private sector oil and gas well operators in New Mexico to diversify their energy production More>>

  

The RDC thanks: