Four Corners meeting brings focus to hydrogen and agriculture plans
10 Jan 2023
The quarterly Four Corners Economic Development Breakfast Briefing brought community leaders, NAPI representatives and New Mexico State officials to the Farmington Civic Center Nov. 15 to discuss energy transition, workforce development and agriculture-consumer-environmental-sciences and geographical diversity, followed by workshops on those topics.
4CED CEO Arvin Trujillo introduced Luis Cifuentes, dean of the New Mexico State University graduate school and vice president for research to about 85 attendees. One group discussed the hydrogen initiative; another, the challenges of economic development. A third group traveled to the Quality Center for Business at San Juan College to visit the Makers Space and tour the facility.
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