February 12, 2026
State program set to benefit Old Town Albuquerque, Hobbs, Placitas and Los Ranchos SANTA FE — The New Mexico Economic Development Department will provide free professional technical assistance to four communities to strengthen their local economies through its New Mexico MainStreet program. The Project-Based Initiatives program provides technical support for…
February 12, 2025
Santa Fe, N.M. — The New Mexico Economic Development Department (EDD) and New Mexico MainStreet (NMMS) accepted project proposals from the City of Aztec and the Town of Edgewood for NMMS’s Frontier, Rural, & Native American Communities Project-Based Initiative. NMMS’s Project-Based Initiatives provide free professional technical assistance to community economic…
May 2, 2023
Santa Fe, N.M. – New Mexico MainStreet (NMMS) accepted seven new community economic development projects as part of the Frontier & Native American Communities (FNAC) and Urban Neighborhood Commercial Corridor (UNCC) Initiatives. Selected communities will receive NMMS professional services and technical assistance to implement their project within 12-18 months. Projects must…
November 14, 2022
Submit Community Economic Development Projects for Consideration by January 20, 2023 Santa Fe, N.M. – New Mexico MainStreet (NMMS) is now accepting applications for new community economic development projects as part of the Frontier & Native American Communities (FNAC) and Urban Neighborhood Commercial Corridor (UNCC) Initiatives. Selected communities will receive NMMS…
April 29, 2022
Santa Fe, N.M. – Today, the New Mexico Resiliency Alliance (NMRA), in partnership with the McCune Charitable Foundation and New Mexico MainStreet (NMMS), announced sixteen NMMS-affiliated communities have been awarded Resilient Communities Fund grants. Grants support economic development projects and leverage local resources to engage volunteers and complete an impactful…
July 30, 2021
Six Frontier & Native American Communities and Four Urban Neighborhood Commercial Corridor Projects Selected in Competitive Application Process Santa Fe, N.M. – New Mexico MainStreet (NMMS) accepted ten new community economic development projects for the Frontier & Native American Communities (FNAC) and new Urban Neighborhood Commercial Corridor (UNCC) Initiatives. Both…
March 26, 2021
Frontier & Native American Communities and Urban Neighborhood Commercial Corridors Can Apply by June 16, 2021 Santa Fe, N.M. – Today, New Mexico MainStreet (NMMS) announced that applications are being accepted for new community economic development projects under the Frontier & Native American Communities (FNAC) and Urban Neighborhood Commercial Corridor…
November 26, 2019
SANTA FE, N.M. – New Mexico MainStreet (NMMS) has accepted economic development projects from five rural communities as part of the Frontier & Native American Communities Initiative: Picuris Pueblo, Pueblo of Laguna, Pueblo of Pojoaque, the Village of Folsom, and the City of Lordsburg. These communities receive professional services and…
July 18, 2019
Applications due by September 13, 2019 Santa Fe, N.M. – New Mexico MainStreet, a program of the New Mexico Economic Development Department, today announced that it is accepting applications for the sixth round of the Frontier & Native American Communities Initiative. The initiative is project-based and provides support to rural…
May 23, 2018
Santa Fe, N.M. – Today, New Mexico MainStreet announced that the communities of Cimarron, Conchas Dam, Rodeo, and Taos Pueblo have been selected to participate in MainStreet’s Frontier Communities Initiative. The Frontier Communities Initiative is project based and designed to serve New Mexico’s rural communities, less than 7,500 in population,through…
