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Making
The Connection
Building strong
partnerships is often the best way to improve communication
and create jobs in communities. The New Mexico State
Cooperative Extension Service conducted several research and
education projects with communities to save jobs, create new ones,
strengthen the tax base and improve business climate. In  Clovis,
extension educators helped facilitate communications between the city
council and a local developer to enable the development of a $1
million business complex housing six new businesses. In Roosevelt
County, participants credit their research and education program with
influencing the decision to base a milk-processing plant there. This
plant employs 15 people and created 300 more on-farm jobs and 126
jobs with a new trucking company. Torrance County’s extension staff
helped find suitable land and water for a 40-acre greenhouse
facility, creating 75 local jobs.
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