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UNM and STC.UNM propose the idea of the creation of an Innovation District in downtown Albuquerque Shares Facebook LinkedIn Twitter New Mexico Educators Federal Credit Union (now, Nusenda Credit Union) invests $3 Million into Innovate ABQ project Shares Facebook LinkedIn Twitter UNM wins $1.5 Million grant from the U.S. Economic Development Administration for Innovate ABQ Shares Facebook LinkedIn Twitter UNM Regents approve purchase of 7-acre site in downtown Albuquerque for Innovate ABQ Shares Facebook LinkedIn Twitter UNM regents approves Board of Directors for the Innovate ABQ Project Shares Facebook LinkedIn Twitter UNM Regents approve first design plans for Innovate ABQ and the Innovation District Shares Facebook LinkedIn Twitter County of Bernalillo invests $1 Million into Innovate ABQ Shares Facebook LinkedIn Twitter Innovate ABQ site transferred to Innovate ABQ board Shares Facebook LinkedIn Twitter Innovate ABQ reveals plans for the “Lobo Rainforest Building,” the first building at Innovate ABQ Shares Facebook LinkedIn Twitter Innovate ABQ hires project manager Shares Facebook LinkedIn Twitter Innovate ABQ breaks ground on Lobo Rainforest Building Shares Facebook LinkedIn Twitter Air Force Research Laboratories confirms plans to locate at Innovate ABQ Shares Facebook LinkedIn Twitter Plans revealed for CNM Ingenuity’s “FUSE Makerspace” at Innovate ABQ; the WK Kellogg Foundation announces $2.5 Million award for CNM Ingenuity and Innovate ABQ; Emera and New Mexico Gas Company announce $500,000 grant to Innovate ABQ Shares Facebook LinkedIn Twitter The Lobo Rainforest Building opens at Innovate ABQ Shares Facebook LinkedIn Twitter Innovate ABQ wins $1 Million grant from the US EDA for a bioscience incubator at Innovate ABQ Shares Facebook LinkedIn Twitter Sandia National Laboratories and ABQid announce their moves to Innovate ABQ Shares Facebook LinkedIn Twitter John Freisinger is announced as the new Executive Director of Innovate ABQ Shares Facebook LinkedIn Twitter The FUSE Makerspace opens at Innovate ABQ; General Atomics announces move to Innovate ABQ Shares Facebook LinkedIn Twitter UNM and Navajo Nation announce plans to locate Navajo students at Innovate ABQ Shares Facebook LinkedIn Twitter Emera Emerging Technologies Office announces move to Innovate ABQ Shares Facebook LinkedIn Twitter
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