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Rio Rancho is 1,600 businesses short โ€” and the Chamber wants a formal deal to fix that

By Kevin Hendricks, The Paper. Part 4 of 4 in “Rio Rancho’s Economic Playbook,” a series on the city’s economic development strategy. Every day, 47,000 Sandoval County residents drive out of town for work โ€” and take $3.1 billion in annual payroll with them. Rio Rancho Regional Chamber of Commerce President Jerry Schalow says that […]

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Sandoval Economic Alliance claims nearly 1,500 jobs and $2 billion in output โ€” and its biggest 2026 win isnโ€™t counted yet

By Kevin Hendricks, The Paper. Part 3 of 4 in “Rio Rancho’s Economic Playbook,” a series on the city’s economic development strategy. The Sandoval Economic Alliance has assisted 20 economic development projects since 2020, helped generate nearly 1,500 jobs and produced what it calculates as a nearly 400% return on the city’s investment. And its […]

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City Centerโ€™s big bet: Rio Rancho pitches 43 acres as the regionโ€™s next employment hub

By Kevin Hendricks, The Paper. Part 2 of 4 in “Rio Rancho’s Economic Playbook,” a series on the city’s economic development strategy. For years, City Center was the punchline โ€” a mostly empty stretch of land off King Boulevard that even boosters struggled to defend. Economic Development Manager Alberto Solis says that’s about to change. […]

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Should voters fund campaigns for county officials? Voters will get to decide this November

By Kevin Hendricks, The Paper. — Bernalillo County residents will get to decide in November whether their tax dollars should help fund county campaigns โ€” a move commissioners say is aimed squarely at kneecapping the influence of big donors and corporate PACs. The Board of County Commissioners voted unanimously June 23, to advance a package […]

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