Grants Recreation Economy for Rural Communities
Ten communities will be partners in the inaugural round of Recreation Economy for Rural Communities planning assistance:
Outdoor Recreation Asset Atlas Project. NM MainStreet and NMORD collaborative to help communities document recreational opportunities, infrastructure needs, and capacity to support outdoor recreation development.
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Recreation Economy for Rural Communities is a new planning assistance program to help communities develop strategies and an action plan to revitalize their Main Streets through outdoor recreation.
Outdoor activities are increasingly popular across the United States. Communities can take advantage of this trend to revitalize Main Streets. By conserving forests and other natural lands and making them available for outdoor recreation, small towns can boost air quality and water quality and focus development downtown. Promoting outdoor recreation can also create jobs and offer new opportunities for people to connect with the natural world. Activities that can foster environmentally friendly community development and Main Street revitalization through conservation and sustainable use of public or private forests or other natural resources include:
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Adventure Gallup & Beyond
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For over 20 years, the COG has been leading to develop adventure tourism as an economic driver and participates with Adventure Gallup & Beyond in this endeavor.
Here is the 10-year Economic Impact Study that COG did to showcase the impacts:
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NM OUTDOOR RECREATION DIVISION
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Outdoor Recreation Division Publishes Cradle-to-Career Strategy for New Mexico Outdoor Industry. Document outlines funding resources and strategies to develop access to the outdoors and outdoor recreation careers within the state.
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