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Founded in 1991 by entrepreneur David Patterson, Insight Lighting has lit dozens of projects around New Mexico, as well as high-profile locations in the United States.
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Manufacturing officials explained how their entities have succeeded and extended their reach beyond Rio Rancho during Thursday's webinar, reiterating their roles as part of Manufacturing Awareness Month. Sandoval Economic Alliance hosted the webinar.
Speaker: Collaboration, plan vital to stimulate economy
Dove-tailing on his previous talk, at the Rio Rancho Roundtable virtual NAIOP session March 4, Dale Dekker again asked a timely question: How do we diversify our economy?
Dale Dekker
Albuquerque Journal file photo.
In New Mexico, with oil and gas revenue expected to plummet, that’s not an easy question to answer.
But again, Dekker a principal in the architectural firm of Dekker-Perich-Sabatini had ideas for listeners to consider.
“New Mexico needs a strategic business plan,” Dekker said, stressing the importance of “connecting the dots.”
Those dots included critical infrastructure (pharmaceuticals, medical and personal protective equipment, aerospace, microelectronics, advanced manufacturing, critical manufacturing and defense industrial base) with economic development clusters (aerospace and defense, biosciences, cyber security, global trade, advanced manufacturing, green energy and sustainable agriculture)