In greater Albuquerque, a ripe opportunity for growth exists within the bioscience cluster. With a strong density of intellectual capital assets, greater Albuquerque holds nearly 60% (57.9%) of all bioscience cluster employment within the state of New Mexico. Regionally, this cluster is supported by deepening innovations in healthcare delivery, research and development, medical laboratories, as […]

The Albuquerque Regional Economic Alliance (AREA) invites you to join us for our 2023 Annual Dinner and 505 Awards to celebrate and best and brightest in economic growth for our region. The theme of our dinner this year is AREA 51, it will be out of this world! Registration is available here!

Building a Regional Economy Focus on Entrepreneurship: Shopping and Growing Locally As the year comes to a close, AREA wants to celebrate some of the best ideas happening in our entrepreneurial community. As a special thank you to our partners and supporters, we're opening the doors to our offices to showcase our work spaces, along […]

Join us for a lunchtime Zoom webinar for employer training on AREA's FREE jobs board, featuring some new search tools to help you promote flexible and remote work opportunities to talent. Ask questions of AREA staff as well as the program developer themselves, TrueJobs! Register online via zoom https://us02web.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_fdPM4PcsTVOeBOn0QRRU2Q

AREA and CBRE is celebrating the launch of the 2024 Greater Albuquerque Industry and Talent Profile Report! This dynamic document is a fantastic snap shot of some of our region's greatest strengths and opportunities, while also serving as a tremendous recruiting tool for business and workforce. OUR NATIONAL FEATURED SPEAKER: Darin Mellott - Vice President […]

CLICK HERE TO REGISTER ONLINE TODAY Investors and key community leaders and partners: PLEASE JOIN US FOR an important update and engaging discussions regarding key priorities for regional economic development. This program will begin with a luncheon with national site readiness experts as keynote panelists: James Blair -  NAVIGATOR CONSULTING Mr. James Blair is the […]

We are excited to launch this series of virtual training programs aimed at reaching a wider audience of companies at one time to provide information on the Job Training Incentive Program, WIOA resources, small business support and assistance through groups like WESST and SCORE, and the free resources and tools that AREA provides such as […]

Join us for AREA's Quarterly Investors Luncheon with guest keynote speakers addressing case studies in transformational large scale community investment projects in successful markets. In addition, take advantage of the option to come early for an Albuquerque Business First New Mexico Forward Phoenix Panel discussion. Karla Moran, Economic Development Manager, Salt River Project Karla Moran […]

The 2024 Annual Dinner and 505 Awards will celebrate the best and brightest in economic growth for our region! This event is currently SOLD OUT. To be added to a wait list (for notification no later than Nov. 10) please reach out to Randi Jones at rjones@abq.org. For information on the event and awardees, visit […]

We are excited to launch this series of virtual training programs aimed at reaching a wider audience of companies at one time to provide information on the Job Training Incentive Program, WIOA resources, small business support and assistance through groups like WESST and SCORE, and the free resources and tools that AREA provides such as […]

Thank you for joining us! Please check out photos from the evening's festivities courtesy of Liz Lopez Photography!