Newsletter - Albuquerque's Innovation District Update

By City Alive

January 30, 2020

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Albuquerque's Innovation District

Eight years ago an innovation district in Downtown Albuquerque was an idea. We had taken a trip to Florida to observe one in the wild and had some concept sketches. But the vision to create a compact, accessible, and technically-wired corridor to support the growth of startups, entrepreneurs, and students was still a dream.

Today, that dream is an expanding reality. The area between Central and Lomas, Downtown and the University has been significantly transformed. From new mixed-use housing, office, and retail spaces (notably in the new Innovate ABQ and One Central sites), to an unprecedented co-location of UNM, CNM, and outreach offices for our national labs—a lot has changed.

The emerging story of Albuquerque's Innovation District shows what's possible when public, private, and philanthropic partners come together.

When we join forces, we are capable of transforming the fabric of our city to support local entrepreneurs as they pursue their dreams.

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The stories below highlight a couple of the great supports available to entrepreneurs in the Innovation District.

FUSE Makerspace: multimillion dollar machines for all

By City Alive

The FUSE Makerspace is revolutionary for entrepreneurs and creators in Albuquerque. For those that use it, FUSE is often the difference between being able to make something yourself locally and having to outsource production—or not being able to make it at all.

What's Happening at FUSE?

TREC - retirees from the labs doing their part

By City Alive

Robin Brule, VP of Community Relations at Nusenda Credit Union and Chief Strategist at City Alive

You’ve probably known one or two science or tech workers who take up woodworking, distilling, or some other technical pastime in retirement because they can’t just turn off. A couple of retired Sandians have started a group of highly skilled retirees out of WESST to share their knowledge, skills and expertise with local businesses—for free.

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The top 10 things you didn't know about innovate abq

By City Alive

Innovate ABQ, a seven-acre campus located at Central and Broadway, is envisioned as a home to more than 600,000 square feet of laboratories, apartments, startup offices, makerspace and business incubators. It already has a lot going on:

Connecting the Dots...

City Alive is a collective impact initiative, meaning we bring people together from all different walks—from government and philanthropy, to business and education leaders, to heads of nonprofits—to support the people who are growing jobs right here at home. We got our start, in large part, through the dream of Albuquerque's Innovation District and many of our partners have played key roles in making strides over the last eight years.

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