NMRA Receives PNM Centennial Grant!

The MainStreet Façade Squad is at it again in Roswell, New Mexico thanks in part to a grant from the New Mexico Resiliency Alliance in partnership with the McCune Charitable Foundation and the New Mexico MainStreet Program! MainStreet Roswell received $5,000 in matching funds from the Resilient Communities Fund in 2017 for design initiative to make façade improvements to three buildings in the 200 block of North Main Street in Roswell's "Alien Zone." Technical assistance for the project has been

The New Mexico Resiliency Alliance is proud to highlight the great strides that have been made by Carrizozo Works, Inc. and their local partners in Carrizozo, New Mexico. In 2015, Carrizozo Works, Inc. was the recipient of technical assistance from the New Mexico MainStreet Program via the Frontier Communities Initiative as well as a 2015 Resilient Communities Fund grant for façade improvements at two historic businesses in the town's central commercial district.   Known locally as the “Eat and

The New Mexico Resiliency Alliance (NMRA) will make seventeen awards from its Resilient Communities Fund in 2017. Awards supply matching funds for locally-driven economic development projects statewide, ranging from downtown façade improvements to business development planning. The Resilient Communities Fund is the NMRA’s flagship grantmaking program, providing project support to community-based economic revitalization activities in New Mexico’s rural and underserved communities. Since 2014,

The New Mexico Resiliency Alliance is excited to announce its Annual Day of Giving, which will be held this year on ​May 2, 2017! This is our biggest fundraising event of the year. The Annual Day of Giving is vitally important to sustain our annual operating fund and is a perfect opportunity for individual donors to make donor-advised gifts to community-based economic development projects in rural and underserved communities statewide through our Resilient Communities Fund project pipeline!

The New Mexico Resiliency Alliance is excited to announce that it has once again been awarded a grant from the McCune Charitable Foundation in 2017! The generous award will be put to good use in providing funds to locally-driven economic development projects in rural and underserved communities statewide. Our technical assistance partner will once again be the New Mexico MainStreet Program - a vital collaboration that results in the leveraging of resources towards community revitalization. Since

The New Mexico Resiliency Alliance is pleased to announce a ​General Call for Applications for small grants through its ​Resilient Communities Fund! The Resilient Communities Fund is the flagship grant making program of the New Mexico Resiliency Alliance. In partnership with the McCune Charitable Foundation and the New Mexico MainStreet Program, NMRA has awarded $125,000 in small grants to 35 local organizations in rural and underserved communities statewide. Funding supports locally-driven,

In 2016, Manzano Mountain Art Council received funding from the New Mexico Resiliency Alliance's Resilient Communities Fund for Monte Alto Plaza in Mountainair, NM. This "placemaking" project aims to design and build a town square that will provide a gathering and entertainment space for residents, visitors, travelers and vendors. The site on a municipally-owned lot adjacent to the Salinas Pueblo Mission National Park Visitor Center sits in the historic commercial center of Mountainair,

In 2016, the Resilient Communities Fund made an award of  $5,000 to El Valle Youth Farm to Market project in Villanueva, NM. The award was matched with technical assistance from New Mexico MainStreet's Frontier Communities Initiative and locally by $5,000 cash and over 700 hours of volunteer time. Below is an excerpt of an article by YFTM participants, Sophia Gallegos and Rebecca Chavez. Photo by Eileen Mulvihill. YFTM Goals The Youth Farm to Market (YFTM) is a program that teaches children,

Today is #GivingTuesdayNM! Today, people all over the world are coming together to celebrate nonprofits and the impact they have in their communities! Today, you can join the movement! Today, and through December 31st, you can help the New Mexico Resiliency Alliance raise funds to ensure that we can continue to have an impact on New Mexico’s rural and underserved communities in 2017. In just three years since launching the Resilient Communities Fund in partnership with the McCune Charitable