Living in Albuquerque: The Geography of Upward Mobility By City AliveOctober 15, 2019Share this…FacebookPinterestTwitterLinkedinThose of us living in Albuquerque are more than likely aware of the inequities in our city. Some neighborhoods have high graduation rates and good health outcomes, while others face challenges like high rates of poverty, teen pregnancy and illness. What factors influence these outcomes? And what can …
How Lilia and Silvia Beat the BanksBy City AliveOctober 15, 2019Share this…FacebookPinterestTwitterLinkedin“Banks don’t believe in food trucks,” says Lilia Avila. To the banks, it didn’t matter that business at the Fiesta Mexican Food Truck was booming. Demand for their catering events and homemade salsa was overwhelming, but their food trailer was too small to keep up. They wanted to upgrade. …
Grant Has Unexpected Results for ABQ’s Young Men of ColorBy City AliveSeptember 19, 2019Share this…FacebookPinterestTwitterLinkedinProspéro program in Albuquerque gets praise from the Obama Foundation A grant program out of Albuquerque is getting national attention for exceeding expectations. Not only did the Prospéro grantees meet their target goals, the unintended outcomes were even more surprising and impressive. “It’s the most effective …
Trust Is the Innovation We Need Most By John Freisinger, Executive Director, InnovateABQAugust 27, 2019Share this…FacebookPinterestTwitterLinkedinIn 2017, we completed work on the first phase of the anchor site for Albuquerque’s innovation district, InnovateABQ. Two years later, we’re now entering our second growth phase. We wanted to reexamine our progress, successes and failures, so we asked the community, “How can we …
Four Private Sector Collaborations Changing ABQ’s EconomyBy Lisa Adkins, COO and Director at FatPipe ABQAugust 7, 2019Share this…FacebookPinterestTwitterLinkedinAlbuquerque’s economy has been steadily improving, but I think we can all agree there’s still a lot to do: from creating more jobs to increasing take-home pay, to building a better environment to start and grow businesses. And while government, philanthropy and nonprofit …
The ABQ Equity Report is HerePhoto Credit: City AliveBy City AliveJuly 24, 2019Share this…FacebookPinterestTwitterLinkedinWhat would we gain by increasing equity? $11 billion to be exact. Here’s a sobering statistic: the Albuquerque metro economy would be nearly $11 billion stronger if we closed racial income gaps. Last year the W.K. Kellogg Foundation in partnership with PolicyLink and the Program for Environmental …
“Built For Us, By Us”Photo Credit: Albuquerque Community FoundationBy City AliveJuly 10, 2019Share this…FacebookPinterestTwitterLinkedinInstead of another parking lot, the International District is getting a new economic development center focused on supporting aspiring and established entrepreneurs. Q&A with Alex Horton, Director of the International District Economic Development Center Alex Horton graduated from Highland High School in Albuquerque’s International District in 2010. …
Using Data to Make Local Government More EquitablePhoto Credit: City AliveBy Brittany Ortiz | Deputy Director of the Office of Equity and Inclusion, City of AlbuquerqueJune 25, 2019Share this…FacebookPinterestTwitterLinkedinCity governments collect an immense amount of administrative data. Until recently, not enough of the data were used to improve the quality of policy-making and decision-making. In our increasingly data-driven world, municipalities …
City Alive Recognized InternationallyBy City AliveJune 13, 2019Share this…FacebookPinterestTwitterLinkedinCity Alive’s Connecting The Dots of Entrepreneurship video series just received a bronze Telly Award in the nonprofit social video category. The Telly Awards are the premier award honoring video and television across all screens and the series was recognized from over 12,000 nominations from all 50 states and 5 continents. The …
It Takes a Village — Lending and Its Role in Albuquerque’s Entrepreneurial EcosystemPhoto Credit: Mission Asset FundBy Sara Keller, Vice President of Community Relations, Southwest Capital BankJune 11, 2019Share this…FacebookPinterestTwitterLinkedinWhen you hear the words “Entrepreneurial Ecosystem” or “Access to Capital” or “Gig Economy” what do you hear? Jargon. Fluff. Buzz. What do you think? Not where I live. What access? …
