North Central New Mexico Economic Development District

North Central New Mexico Economic Development District, operating as the NON Metro Area Agency On Aging, is a U.S. local government Council of Governments entity based in Santa Fe, New Mexico that serves an eight-county region including Colfax, Los Alamos, Mora, Rio Arriba, San Miguel, Santa Fe, Sandoval, and Taos Counties. As a regional planning organization, the District functions as a comprehensive economic development and community services provider, leveraging federal grant funding to address regional economic challenges, infrastructure needs, workforce development, housing safety, and disaster recovery initiatives across northern New Mexico.

Through its federal grant award history, North Central New Mexico Economic Development District has demonstrated substantial capacity across multiple service domains and funding agencies. The organization has received economic development technical assistance grants from the Department of Commerce Economic Development Administration totaling over $2.3 million, including awards for Comprehensive Economic Development Strategy development, disaster recovery coordination for counties impacted by 2022 wildfires and flooding in Mora, San Miguel, and Colfax Counties, and downtown Santa Fe building renovation to serve as the organization's headquarters. The District has partnered with the Northern New Mexico Workforce Integration Network and Santa Fe Community College on a $12.7 million workforce development initiative creating pathways into healthcare and construction sectors for Latino, Indigenous, and formerly incarcerated populations through partnerships with employers such as Holy Cross Hospital, Presbyterian Hospital Espanola, and construction firms including Arpad Builders and Bradbury Stamm Construction. Through the Department of Agriculture Rural Business Cooperative Services, the organization has administered rural business development grants totaling approximately $161,295 to promote sustainable economic development and support small and emerging businesses. Additional awards include $859,529 from the Department of Transportation's Federal Highway Administration for the Safe Streets and Roads for All program targeting comprehensive roadway safety improvements and pedestrian/bicyclist safety initiatives, $149,875 from the Rural Utilities Service for community facilities technical and training services, and lead-based paint hazard reduction and older adults home modification programming through the Department of Housing and Urban Development's Office of Healthy Homes and Lead Hazard Control. The District also received a sub-grant award from the New Mexico Department of Homeland Security and Emergency Management for Mora County hazard mitigation planning, demonstrating its role in regional disaster preparedness and resilience efforts.