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Born and raised in Northern New Mexico, Jerard Carlos Vigil wants visitors to experience this part of the state like he did growing up. Vigil created Vigilante Guides LLC after he and his wife moved from Austin to Santa Fe. Vigil, who grew up in Chama, a small rural town …
The New Mexico Small Business Investment Corporation (NMSBIC) has allocated an additional $2.5 million to The Loan Fund, making its total investment to the nonprofit $37.5 million. The state legislature created the NMSBIC more than two decades ago when legislators decided to take a tiny percentage of a tax fund …
October 31 — The Loan Fund has made a record $5.6 million in loans and lines of credit and an additional $1 million loan so far in the last half of 2023 to New Mexicans creating an RV business, expanding trash services or counseling services in rural areas and small …
Chris and Krystal Chavez always wanted to own a business but weren’t sure what to go into. Chris, a former truck driver, wanted to work for himself but wanted to have flexible hours. During the pandemic, the couple started candle making and thought that might be a new venue to …
Holly Chavez created H2 Academic Solutions, a K-12th grade tutoring center, six years ago with a vision of helping Valencia County youth attain academic success. The Belen-based academic center also offers camps and intensive reading programs. While there is a cost for tutoring, Ms. Chavez, a former teacher, also created …
The New Mexico Small Business Development Center (NMSBDC) has kicked off a series of bilingual workshops for Spanish-speaking entrepreneurs. Dr. Marvin Lozano, author of “The U.S.-Latino Entrepreneur’s Guide to Balancing Business, Family and Culture,” and his wife, Dr. Miquela C. Rivera, are teaming up on some of the workshops to …
It was a desire to have their own private practice and bring much-needed collaborative services to Belen, a small town of 7,400 about 30 miles south of Albuquerque. Jennifer Tafoya-Trujillo, M.S., PA-C, who grew up in Belen, and Cassandra Otero, PA-C, who grew up in Los Lunas, both were in …
