transmit values and history, build economic and social capital, and stimulate economic development. ELIGIBILITY and EXPECTATIONS An applicant community may be an incorporated municipality under 7,500 in population. Unincorporated villages and towns may also apply if the County or the Council of Governments takes on full fiscal and financial partnership responsibilities for the proposed project. Tribal/Pueblo governments and Land Grant governments are also eligible as part of the application criteria. Applicant communities are encouraged to engage not only their local governing body, but also their county government, regional Council of Governments, and where applicable, Land Grant or Tribal/Pueblo government. Letters of support from your State Legislators are highly recommended. The applicant community cannot be currently designated as a MainStreet, Arts & Cultural District Program, or Accelerator Community. Applications are reviewed and ranked by New Mexico MainStreet professionals. The selection process is very competitive and it is highly recommended that applicants attend the Frontier Communities Initiative Pre-Application Webinar to be hosted on November 9, 2017 at 10:00 am. The pre-application webinar will include information regarding the application process to NMMS and provide an opportunity for interested communities to ask questions. Please see our website at for more info. Only one application for one project per community will be accepted. Professional technical assistance through NMMS is targeted to that one designated community economic development project. The scope of the project should be specific. Additional professional assistance on other projects and activities will not be considered until the original project is complete. Designated Frontier Communities are expected to fully participate in the program of services as a partner. A stakeholder group of volunteers is required to implement the project. The New Mexico MainStreet program, or its contractors, are not responsible for implementing or funding the community-based project. Designated Frontier Community Projects are expected to have their task group participants attend project related New Mexico MainStreet trainings and Quarterly Networking Meetings to assist with building their local capacity to reinvest in their local economy. An annual calendar of New Mexico MainStreet trainings is provided on . Access to those trainings and workshops is available to Frontier Community stakeholders at the same cost as to MainStreet and Arts & Cultural District organization affiliates. A community’s period of designation as a Frontier Community will not exceed 18 months beginning on the selection date the designation is awarded. Designated Frontier Communities demonstrating successful implementation of their awarded project and attendance at NMMS trainings during their first designation period, may apply for a second round of designation for a new economic development project.
Person Completing Application Enter Name and Title: ___________________________________________________________________ Signature Date Thank you for taking the time to complete the application. Please print the completed form and submit one original and four copies by January 31, 2018 to the Economic Development Department no later than 2:00pm. Through FedEx or UPS: New Mexico Economic Development Department New Mexico MainStreet Joseph M. Montoya Building 1100 South St. Francis Drive Santa Fe, NM 87505-4147 Through U.S. Postal Service: New Mexico Economic Development Department New Mexico MainStreet P.O. Box 20003 Santa Fe, NM 87504-5003 The Department will not take responsibility for lost or late applications.