About


About


About

City Alive was a six year collective impact initiative in Albuquerque, New Mexico that supported prosperity, equity, and economic justice and worked to embed these values across Albuquerque’s entrepreneurial ecosystem. From 2014 to 2020, City Alive engaged over 100 nonprofit, business and community leaders across dozens of organizations and institutions. All partners committed to City Alive’s shared vision, putting equity and economic justice at the center of conversations, programs, and policy change across our economy.

City Alive was not about economic development as usual. It was where government and philanthropy and the business, education and nonprofit sectors joined forces to grow our economy and overcome major economic hurdles together.

Through it, Albuquerque made significant progress. The City Alive initiative played a key role in accelerating our city’s recovery from the 2008 recession and it embedded a pervasive culture of entrepreneurship and inclusion that will continue to play a transformational role in our city.

REVIEW THE CASE STUDIES FOR INITIATIVE HIGHLIGHTS

City Alive was a six year collective impact initiative in Albuquerque, New Mexico that supported prosperity, equity, and economic justice and worked to embed these values across Albuquerque’s entrepreneurial ecosystem. From 2014 to 2020, City Alive engaged over 100 nonprofit, business and community leaders across dozens of organizations and institutions. All partners committed to City Alive’s shared vision, putting equity and economic justice at the center of conversations, programs, and policy change across our economy.

City Alive was not about economic development as usual. It was where government and philanthropy and the business, education and nonprofit sectors joined forces to grow our economy and overcome major economic hurdles together.

Through it, Albuquerque made significant progress. The City Alive initiative played a key role in accelerating our city’s recovery from the 2008 recession and it embedded a pervasive culture of entrepreneurship and inclusion that will continue to play a transformational role in our city.

REVIEW THE CASE STUDIES FOR INITIATIVE HIGHLIGHTS

Leadership Partners
(all cohorts from 2014-2020):

GOVERNMENT

Bernalillo County
City of Albuquerque
Sandia National Labs

EDUCATION

Central New Mexico Community College
Cultivating Coders
Mission Graduate
Street Food Institute
University of New Mexico

FINANCIAL

Nusenda Credit Union
Southwest Capital Bank
Wells Fargo

PHILANTHROPY

Albuquerque Community Foundation
McCune Charitable Foundation
W.K. Kellogg Foundation

PRIVATE SECTOR

App City Life
Comcast New Mexico
Fat Pipe and BioScience Center
Technology Ventures Corporation

COMMUNITY

ABQid
Albuquerque Hispano Chamber of Commerce
Innovate ABQ
Native Realities
Partnership for Community Action
Roanhorse Consulting
South Valley Economic Development Center
WESST


Leadership Partners
(all cohorts from 2014-2020):

GOVERNMENT

Bernalillo County
City of Albuquerque
Sandia National Labs

EDUCATION

Central New Mexico Community College
Cultivating Coders
Mission Graduate
Street Food Institute
University of New Mexico

FINANCIAL

Nusenda Credit Union
Southwest Capital Bank
Wells Fargo

PHILANTHROPY

Albuquerque Community Foundation
McCune Charitable Foundation
W.K. Kellogg Foundation

PRIVATE SECTOR

App City Life
Comcast New Mexico
Fat Pipe and BioScience Center
Technology Ventures Corporation

COMMUNITY

ABQid
Albuquerque Hispano Chamber of Commerce
Innovate ABQ
Native Realities
Partnership for Community Action
Roanhorse Consulting
South Valley Economic Development Center
WESST