This presentation was part of the Growing Entrepreneurial Communities Summit, a practitioner-focused summit designed to help economic development and small business practitioners effectively create economic growth through entrepreneurship in local communities. The 2018 Summit, subtitled Entrepreneurship on the Edges, focused on providing information and practitioner insight in how to effectively develop disadvantaged urban and rural communities using entrepreneurship-led development strategies.

1. Urban Core Communities on the Edges
Albuquerque, New Mexico
Growing Entrepreneurial Communities Summit
April 25 – 26, 2018

3. What is a city?
A physical geography.
A large group of people who live
in proximity to one another.
A collection of buildings, roads
and other infrastructure.
A governmental body with
various departments.

4. Place Matters, History Matters, Culture Matters
Early Pueblo Settlements
Colonization
Statehood & Post-WWII

6. Strategies
• Develop the ecosystem of support
• Meet people where they are
• Build economic engagement

7. “Innovation
District”

8. “Color Theory”:
• ~$1.5 million/year for 4 years
• Molino Project
• Community Navigators
• Family Economic Engagement
• Prioritizing the people who are
farthest from wealth and power
• Barelas/South Valley, Downtown,
Transit corridor, International
District
• Compelling existing programmatic
elements from strong
grantee/partners
Albuquerque Arts & Culture District
American Indian Chamber
Barelas Community Coalition
Encuentro
Family Independence Initiative
HomeWise
Native American Community
Academy
Native Realities, LLC
New Mexico Community Capital
Roanhorse Consulting, LLC
Siembra Leadership High School
Small Business Resource
Collaborative
South Valley Economic
Development Center (SVEDC)
Three Sisters Kitchen
UNM Innovation Academy
WESST

9. Thank You