This EDA investment supports laguna economic advancement, LLC with creating a comprehensive economic development strategy (ceds) to assist the city of laguna with on-going economic development and…

This $330,000 Economic Development Administration project grant supports Laguna Economic Advancement, LLC in developing a Comprehensive Economic Development Strategy (CEDS) for the Pueblo region in New Mexico. The CEDS will assist the City of Laguna and its six villages in ongoing and future economic development efforts, as well as help mitigate economic disruptions from the COVID-19 pandemic and build resiliency against future shocks. Delivered under the Economic Adjustment Assistance program, the CEDS will provide a roadmap for long-term prosperity and job creation through economic diversification. Awarded on June 28, 2022, the grant enables Laguna Economic Advancement to create a strategic plan to achieve sustainable economic growth for the Pueblo area's 77 square mile region.

This EDA investment supports laguna economic advancement, LLC with creating a comprehensive economic development strategy (ceds) to assist the city of laguna with on-going economic development and establishing a plan for future economic development for the pueblo region in new mexico. The pueblo has six villages within a 77 square mile area, laguna, mesita, paguate, encinal, paraje/casa blanca, and seama. Such planning will help the region create a strategy to mitigate the economic disruptions caused by the covid-19 pandemic and build resiliency in the event of future economic disruptions. Once completed, the project will provide the region with a roadmap to achieve long-term prosperity and growth, to help spur job creation and diversification of the local economy.