Bizport is a collaborative of business assistance organizations, lenders and educational institutions committed to providing easy access to free services and for potential and practicing entrepreneurs, entrepreneurship and financial literacy education for youth and adults, and outstanding information on the importance of small businesses to the economic health of Northern New Mexico for regional policymakers.
Listed on this page, you will find contact information for our partners and a brief description of what they offer. Please contact them directly with your queries and they will be able to assist you with your needs.
ACCION New Mexico
20 First Plaza NW, Suite 417
Albuquerque, New Mexico87102
Phone: 505 243-8844
Toll-free: 800 508-7624
Fax: 505 243-1551
Contact: ltrojahn@accionnm.org
ACCION New Mexico is a nonprofit organization that increases access to business credits, makes loans, and provides training to enable entrepreneurs to realize their dreams and be catalysts for positive social and economic change.
2209 Miguel Chavez Suite C
Santa Fe, NM. 87505
Contact: David Griscom
Phone: 505.820.6267
Free service designed to provide engineering assistance and speed the transfer of space technology to the private sector.
325 Paseo de Oñate
Española, NM87532
Contact: Diane Bowman, Executive Director
Phone: 505-747-3577
The Española Valley Fiber Arts Center is a unique resource for fiber artists and those who find beauty in the fiber arts. Providing the community with classes and workshops the Center is a special place where people of all ages and backgrounds are brought together by their interest in the fiber arts.
Contact: Olivia Martinez
Phone: 505-753-8950
Espanola and Rio Arriba County non-profit economic and community development project -oriented organization providing support and linkages to EDS partners, City of Espanola, Rio Arriba County and surrounding Pueblo Communities.
Las Vegas San Miguel Economic Development Corporation
P.O. Box 85
Las Vegas, NM87701
Contact: Dr. Sharon Caballero
Phone: 505-454-0739
LVSMEDC is a public/private corporation focused on helping new home grown businesses, the retention and expansion of existing businesses and attracting targeted businesses in our area. Our three prong approach is designed to help everyone from a new entrepreneur to the seasoned business person with the combined resources of the educational institutions, city/county government and the multitude of member businesses.
LunaCommunity College
366 Luna Drive
Las Vegas, NM87701
Phone: (505) 454-2582
Toll Free: (800) 588-7232 ext. 1759
Fax (505) 454-5326
Contact: Don Bustos, Director; Melissa Gold, Business Specialist; Dorothea Delgado, Administrative Assistant
Phone: 505-454-2582 or 1-800-588-7232 ext. 1759
We are committed to providing quality direct assistance, entrepreneurial education, and resource links for potential and existing small businesses to strengthen the economy of New Mexico.
Mailing Address: SFSBDLF
c/o The Loan Fund
PO Box 705
Albuquerque, NM87103
Toll Free: (866) 873-6746
Phone: (505) 243-3196
Contact: George Kenefic
Phone: 505.243.3196 or toll free 866.873.6746
MCDLF is a private, non-profit organization that provides loans, training and technical assistance to business owners and non-profit organizations throughout the state. Our services support the efforts of low-income individuals and their communities to achieve self-reliance and control over their economic destinies.
NMSU-A, 2400 N. Scenic Drive
Alamogordo, NM88310
Contact: Roberta Rios
Phone: 505-983-4615
Through the NMSU-Coop, County Agents can bring university specialists to local audiences or they themselves can teach a wide variety of topics. They are also able to serve in roles such as facilitators, communicators and collaborators of change and in organizational development. Agents serve all of New Mexicos Indian Nations and rural and urban communities. Trained volunteers are used extensively to deliver programs.
P.O. Box 5115
Santa Fe, NM87502
Phone: 827-7313 | Fax: 827-7414
Barbara Deaux, Executive Director
Contact: Barbara Deaux, Fred Brueggeman
Phone: 505-827-7313, 505-660-3388
NCNMEDD is a council of governments providing intergovernmental planning and cooperation among the counties of Taos, Colfax, Mora, San Miguel, Santa Fe, Rio Arriba and Los Alamos, and the municipalities, Pueblos and tribes and other governmental entities within that geographical area. Services include regional planning, infrastructure development, small business loans, and funding for services to the elderly.
Contact: Ron Martinez, Director NNM ENLACE and Gear Up; Dr. Marcia Brenden, ENLACE/ Gear Up
Santa Fe Community College
6401 Richards Avenue
Santa Fe, NM87508
Phone: 505-747-7238
A multiyear initiative to strengthen and increase educational and entrepreneurial opportunities for students so they complete high school, enter and complete college. ENLACE will increase entrepreneurship awareness and skills among youth in the EBS area. ENLACE will educate teachers in entrepreneurial and numeracy best practices. Our goal is to institutionalize through policy entrepreneurship education in the EBS district schools.
6401 S Richards Ave
Santa Fe, NM87508
Contact: Lou Schreiber
Phone: 505-428-1617
Work force training customized for businesses, government agencies and nonprofit organizations. Santa Fe Community College offers customized training to meet the unique needs of local employers in business, industry, and nonprofit and public-sector agencies and organizations. The college has state-of-the-art computer labs and conference facilities to support training activities.
6401 S Richards Ave
Santa Fe, NM87508
Contact: Michael Mykris, Director
Phone: 505-428-1343
The Santa Fe Small Business Development Center's professional counseling services are strictly confidential and available free of charge to small business owners and prospective small business owners. Counseling services available through the SBDC include but is not limited to Business Planning; Accounting and Record Keeping; Loan Applications; Management Advice; Marketing; and New Business Start-up Information.
1332 Gusdorf Rd
Taos, NM87571
Phone: 505-747-2236, 505-737-5651
19 centers Statewide are committed to providing quality direct assistance, entrepreneurial education, and resource links for potential and existing small businesses to strengthen the economy of New Mexico. SBDC at NNMC In Espanola & Taos
Contact: Julianna Barbee, Director, Ida Carrillo, Associate Director, Gary Bouty, Business Analyst, Rita Sandoval, Business Support Specialist
2209 Miguel Chavez Suite C
Santa Fe, NM. 87505
Contact: Scott Beckman
Phone: 505-989-8004
RDC is a private, non-profit economic development corporation in north central New Mexico.
PO Box 853
Taos, NM87571
Contact: Victoria Santistevan Gonzales
Phone: 505-770-1079
Facilitation
7001 NDCBU
Taos, NM87571
Contact: Executive Director
Phone: 505-758-2103
Fax: 505-758-2054
Taos Business Alliance (TBA) is to stimulate and guide a long-range economic development initiative for the Taos region including business recruitment and job creation, business expansion and entrepreneurial development, community development projects, and education and training in economic development issues. TBA is a 501-c-6 membership organization formed in March, 2000.
1021 Salazar Rd.
P.O. 1389
Taos, NM. 87571
Contact: Mercedes Rodriguez, Marlene Torres
Phone: 505-758-8731
Since its inception in 1987, TCEDC has worked to pursue economic development that is culturally & historically appropriate & sustainable. TCEDC develops alternatives to structural poverty, dead end jobs, and the chronic unemployment affecting the local people of Taos County and Northern New Mexico.
1814 Plaza
Las Vegas, NM87701
Contact: Carla Gomez, Board Member
Phone: 505-387-2247
Tapetes de Lana is a non-profit organization created to help rural residents in North Eastern New Mexico by offering employment opportunities, while maintaining traditions and family values
TSAY Corporation of San JuanPueblo
Contact: Ron Lovato
Phone: 505-747-0700
Tsay is a federally chartered 100% Native American Company, owned and operated by the Pueblo of Ohkay Owingeh (formerly San Juan). Tsay is engaged in multiple business industries in Northern New Mexico. Tsay welcomes development initiatives and business opportunities
Contact: Bette Bradbury
Phone: 505-988-5030
WESST Corp is a non-profit organization that provides comprehensive business skills training to New Mexico artists and other small business owners. We offer a 16 week in-depth series called "Market Link's Perfect Pitch." Our loan fund has loaned over $1 million to small business owners since 1989.