KUNM Call In Show 2/5 8a:
New Mexico's economy is heavily reliant on government jobs, tourism and oil and gas revenues. It's stagnant now and many forecasts predict more of the same. What are lawmakers in Santa Fe proposing to stimulate business activity and job growth? Are any NM communities demonstrating economic success, and what can we learn from them?
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Guests:
Terry Brunner, Director, USDA of New Mexico, Rural Development Group
Jeff Mitchell, Director, UNM Bureau of Business and Economic Research
Jim Peach, NMSU Professor of Economics
Related Links:
- New Mexico Economic Development Department's Main Street Program
- USDA investment in New Mexico for 5-year period, FY 09-13
- Legislative Council Service Report on Closing Funds, 2013
- Communities that have passed a Local Economic Development Act.
- Creative New Mexico