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. …
Welcoming New Leaders to City AliveJanuary 24, 2019 Last month we announced our new goal: Working together to close the gap in business ownership and leadership with a focus on people of color. To make sure that we live up to this goal in the years to come, we’ve added pivotal leaders in Albuquerque to our team. City Alive’s leadership …
The Street Food Institute – Welcoming a New Group of Entrepreneurs By Tina Garcia-Shams, Executive Director, Street Food Institute | July 5, 2018 The restaurant industry in New Mexico has over $3.5 million in annual sales and employs over 90,000 people, about 12 percent of employment in the state. In terms of Albuquerque’s economic health, the food industry is a …
