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City staff formalize internal MRA committee, publish resource guide and expand pilot safety grants
Summary
Economic development staff reported progress formalizing an internal Metropolitan Redevelopment Area committee, launching an MRA resource guide and a $100,000 pilot safety grant (about $30,000 expended to seven businesses), and said the city adopted a 75% TIF increment for El Paseo while coordinating baselines with Dona Ana County.
Blair Flores of the city’s economic development department briefed the council on progress toward formalizing an internal Metropolitan Redevelopment Area (MRA) committee and related implementation tools.
Flores said the internal MRA committee will be facilitated by economic development, include leadership representatives from key departments, and will set priorities, recommend funding and track implementation through a project-management platform called Inviso. Staff completed an initial Inviso training and scheduled a second training for May 2026 to improve reporting and staff familiarity.
The department…
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