in Cibola County

Three major laws, the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law, the Inflation Reduction Act, and the American Rescue Plan, passed during President Biden’s first two years in office, make game-changing investments in our community, tackle the pressing challenges that New Mexicans face, and build economic prosperity for all. 
Watch this space for more local news about the
Bipartisan Infrastructure Law
AIRPORTS
New Mexico’s 46 airports are key economic drivers for our state,”
~ Sen. Ben Ray Luján (D-NM)
Andrew Othole Memorial Airport (5 miles west of central business district of Zuni Pueblo)
  • ’21-’22 funding = $223,000
  • Funding to improve runways, taxiways, and other projects
Grants-Milan Municipal Airport
  •   ’21-’22 funding = $223,000
  • Funding to improve runways, taxiways, and other projects
ROADS & BRIDGES
Road projects in Cibola County funded through the Department of Transportation, Federal Highway Administration include:
  •  I-40 Concrete Wall Barrier Project Near Laguna ($1.6 million), more here
  • Bridge Project
  • Bridge Over BNSF Railroad, NM 122 ($1.4 million), more here
  • Bridge Over I-40 At Exit 81
  • I-40, milepost 126.000 To milepost 132.000
  • I-40, milepost 117 to milepost 122.5
  • Mills and Mesteño Canyon Drainage Improvements, more here
  • National Forest Service Road 225 Drainage Stabilization and Sedimentation Control
BROADBAND
  • $3.6 million for the Continental Divide Electric Cooperative Inc. serving Cibola and McKinley Counties.  See more here. 
  • ReConnect Pilot Program through the U.S. Department of Agriculture grant via its ReConnect Pilot Program to Pueblo of Acoma
    • Pueblo of Acoma will invest the $942,955 grant to help provide fixed wireless broadband.
    • Currently, the area completely lacks sufficient access to broadband service.
    • Providing broadband will fuel long-term economic development and job opportunities in the service area, which includes 771 households spread over 22 square miles in Cibola County.
 
(Zuni Pueblo will have high speed internet through funding from the state, tribe and the Continental Divide Electric Co-op. See more here.)
It really is our infrastructure moment for a generation. 
– Sen. Martin Heinrich
You can save $$ by electrifying at home thanks to the
​Inflation Reduction Act 
​Learn more here!  
MEDICARE RECIPIENTS BENEFIT
  • caps on out-of-pocket annual prescription costs,
  • expanded eligibility for premium subsidies,
  • for the first time Medicare will be able to begin negotiating pricing for some drugs.
  • a $35 monthly cap for insulin!
RURAL RESIDENTS BENEFIT
  • An improved rural electrical grid, to make sure it remains strong and resilient for decades and to avoid the kind of blackouts we’ve seen in Texas.
  • Climate-smart agricultural funding that supports farmers while reducing pollution and emissions.
  • Support for rural electrical co-ops and renewable energy projects, USDA conservation programs, and debt relief for distressed farmers.
  • New Mexico tribes will receive expanded broadband, guaranteed loans, money to mitigate drought, and funding for projects such as fish hatcheries

BUSINESSES BENEFIT
  • Support for rural electrical co-ops and renewable energy projects, USDA conservation programs, and debt relief for distressed farmers.
  • New Mexico tribes will receive expanded broadband, guaranteed loans, money to mitigate drought, and funding for projects such as fish hatcheries
ALL OF US BENEFIT
  • Wildfire prevention and protection of water sources.
  •  A rebate program to help make our homes safer and greener with insulation and windows, solar panels, heat pumps, and by replacing old fossil-fuel appliances.
  • Restoring fairness to our tax code: attending to the backlog of paperwork that’s allowed the ultra-rich to avoid paying what they owe. Plus a 15% corporate minimum tax rate that will allow us to plan for our country’s future and build an economy that works for all Americans.
The Inflation Reduction Act will provide a historic investment in a clean energy economy.
​–Rep. Gabe Vasquez (D-NM) 
You lived through the fastest recovery in three decades!
All because of the 
​​American Rescue Plan
THE ECONOMY RESCUED
The U.S. had the fastest recovery of any nation in the world.
  • New Mexico’s unemployment rate fell to 3.5% in December 2022 from 8.2% in January 2021
  • New Mexico added 70,000 jobs due to the American Rescue Plan
  • New Mexicans applied for 51,000 new Small Business Applications, the highest 2-year total on record.
  • Hispanic unemployment saw its fastest 1-year drop and reached its lowest annual rate ever in 2022 nationwide.
  • Restaurants rescued. 602 New Mexico restaurants received vital relief through the American Rescue Plan's Restaurant Revitalization Fund
FAMILIES & YOUNG PEOPLE RESCUED
  • 23 child care programs in Cibola County received money to help keep their doors open
  • Working families got tax relief: 252,000 families with 420,000 children In New Mexico benefited from the ARP’s Child Tax Credit.
  • 56,000 New Mexico students received 145,000 Internet-connected devices (including hotspots) to close the homework gap
  • Emergency Rental Assistance was provided to thousands of hard-pressed renters in New Mexico
    • 73,000 payments to help families meet their ongoing rent and utility costs
    • 60,000 payments to help families address past due rent and utility bills
  • 93,000 New Mexico college students received direct financial relief through the Higher Education Emergency Relief Program in 2021 to help them stay enrolled and cover their bills in 2021.
PEOPLE RESCUED
  • An expanded Earned Income Tax Credit provided up to $1,500 of tax relief to an estimated 134,000 New Mexico workers without dependent children
  • 41,000 more New Mexico homes and businesses will receive affordable, high-speed internet through the American Rescue Plan's Capital Project Fund
  • Over 230 million Americans are fully vaccinated, up from 3.5 million when President Biden took office.
  • 46,000 New Mexicans saved hundreds of dollars on their health premiums from the American Rescue Plan. With the Inflation Reduction Act's extension of these savings, 41,000 New Mexicans signed up for quality, affordable care in the 2023 ACA open enrollment period.
COUNTIES, CITIES AND TRIBES RESCUED
Direct pandemic recovery funds were provided to the county, cities, municipalities, and tribes to avoid cuts and to invest in public safety, housing and the workforce, e.g., 
  • Cibola County, $5 million
  • Grants, $2 million
  • Milan, $908,000
  • Zuni Pueblo, $36,000
  • Laguna Pueblo, $16,000
SCHOOL DISTRICTS RESCUED
Grants-Cibola County Schools and other school systems received recovery funds for academic recovery, student mental health and to reopen schools safely.
More jobs have been created in one year than in our nation’s history.
​– Rep. Melanie Stansbury, D-NM
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