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        Since Rio Rancho’s earliest days, the need for jobs has been                                                                     Index of Ads
        directly connected to the number of rooftops in the city.  A
        powerful  magnet  for  big-city  companies,  Rio  Rancho’s               We Serve the
        central location, access to the available labor pool, and its    Individual / Veteran / Retirement
        friendly  business  climate  have  consistently  attracted
        companies  hoping  to  reduce costs  and  and  the  need to       and Small Business Communities
        navigate red tape.  Without the problems associated with                Get the details!
        more mature areas, companies considering expansion or    Tim Meuret, Licensed Insurance Agent
        relocation find a suitable home in Rio Rancho.
           Rio Rancho’s proximity to Albuquerque offers access to              (p) 505.750.7024
        the largest labor pool in New Mexico.  Sandoval County,              5353 Wyoming Blvd. NE, Suite 7
        which encompasses most of Rio Rancho, has a labor force                  Albuquerque, NM  87109
        of approximately 52,000 workers.                                      HealthMarkets.com/tmeuret
           Manufacturing,  retail trade, educational  services, and
        accommodation and food services are among the largest
        industries in Sandoval County.  Intel Corporation’s comput-
        er chip manufacturing plant in Rio Rancho accounts for a
        large portion  of  the  manufacturing  employment.   Other
        large employers include the City of Rio Rancho, Bernalillo
        Public Schools, Hewlett-Packard, Presbyterian Rust Medi-
        cal  Center, Sandoval  County,  UNM  Sandoval  Regional
        Medical Center and Walmart.


         In December 2016, the New Mexico Economic Develop-     HealthMarkets Insurance Agency is the DBA, or assumed name of Insphere Insurance Solutions, Inc., which is licensed as an insurance agency in all
         ment Department’s Job Training Incentive Program (JTIP)   50 states and the District of Columbia.  Not all agents are licensed to sell all products.  Service and product availablility varies by state.
         board  approved  $642,460  in  funding  to  create 45 jobs
         with two New Mexico companies in Sandoval County:
        Interesting brief about Sandoval County
           Amfabsteel, Inc., a design-build structural steel fabrica-
         tor in Bernalillo $608,868 for 46 jobs; and
        goes here . . . Interesting brief about
            Safelite Solutions, LLC, an auto glass specialist in Rio
         Rancho, $33,592 for two jobs (an amendment to a previ-
        Sandoval County goes here . . . Interesting
         ous application).
        brief about Sandoval County goes here . . .                Community    Safety    Service
         Safelite AutoGlass now houses a customer contact center
         in the building formerly occupied by Sprint.  The company
        Interesting brief about Sandoval County                 Brycon is a premier general contractor in New Mexico
         plans  for approximately  900  full  and  part-time  jobs  in   providing construction services for high-technology,
         insurance and claims processing and customer scheduling
        goes here . . . Interesting brief about                      manufacturing, healthcare, education, and
         over a three-to-four year period.  The starting wage for            Native American clients.
         these jobs is $11 to $13.
        Sandoval County goes here . . .
         El Segundo, Calif.-based PCM arrived in Rio Rancho late in   Brycon performed a fast-track tenant improvement
                                                                project for Skorpios Technologies.
         2016.  The technology  solutions  provider  employs  224
         people  in  sales positions  with  annual  salaries ranging
         between $45,000 and $65,000.

         National  clothing  retailer Macy’s  announced  closure  of
         100 of its 870 stores in the next few years, including the
         Macy’s  in  Cottonwood  Mall  in  2017.    56  people  were
         employed at this Macy’s location.

         Club Rio Rancho, the 27-hole golf course in Rio Rancho,
         was closed in early 2017.  Club Rio Rancho employed 50 to
         99 people.                                                 134 Rio Rancho Blvd., Rio Rancho, NM 87124
                                                                         505.892.6163  |  www.brycon.com

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