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CCI Status report, March 2010

Economic Development Business Survey

Dear Catron County Business Owner:

This is to introduce Lif Strand, Local Economic Developer with the Catron County Citizens Group (CCCG), who will be performing a survey of Catron County businesses over the next several months. The CCCG is Catron County ’s appointed local economic development organization, and Ms. Strand is under contract with the CCCG to do the work of local economic development. This survey is funded by the NM Economic Development Department through a Certified Communities Initiative grant to Catron County .

The purpose of the survey is to gather basic information about our county businesses including areas of concern and need, in order for the CCCG and Catron County government to more adequately address local economic development. The data will be compiled to identify trends and areas needing action. The specific information you provide will be kept confidential.

While participation in this survey is optional, we hope that you will contribute to the work of economic development in Catron County . As an incentive, once your survey has been submitted, your business name and contact information will be placed free of charge in the CCCG business directory on this website. We encourage you to explore the website for useful information about economic opportunities in Catron County .

Ms. Strand will be contacting you in the near future about the survey. Alternatively, you can download the survey and email the Word document to Ms. Strand (instructions on the survey form).

Thank you!

CCI Status report March 2010

County businesses Rough count ZIP Total     87820 2 87821 45 87824 8 87827 28 87829 43 87830 87 88039 35 Other 2     Total 252	Phone book, word of mouth and physical review were used to identify businesses in Catron County, including ranches. Additionally, notices were placed on community bulletin boards, on web blogs and on the economic development website, and emails were sent to distribution lists announcing the survey and requesting participation in the survey, also providing contact information and the website URL. Although 252 possible businesses were identified (see side table), it quickly became evident that not all these businesses were currently viable, and that not all business owners were willing to participate. Furthermore, given the constraints of the short time available and the reduced funding, focus was limited to “main street” businesses; i.e. businesses with storefronts on the main streets of Catron County villages. While NMEDD CCI calls for annual follow-up surveys, and broader scale survey should be performed in the future, such wor will be dependent upon availability of funding. Note that while Catron County does not have sufficient population for US Census to perform mid-decade economic surveys and therefore no state or federal economic data is available since 2000, this year’s census will provide additional economic information for the county. Due to the extremely low number of main street businesses (67 total), findings are presented solely as percentages and ranges and are approximated in order to protect the identification of the sources. Main street businesses surveyed: 60%* Years in business:   1-5 years: 10% More than 5 years: 90% Physical/Internet business? Physical only: 90% Physical + Internet: 10% Internet only: 0% Type of business: Retail: 70% Services: 20% Manufacturing: 5% Government: 5% Supplies purchased locally: Yes: 5% No: 95% Purchasing needs for which closer sources would be desirable Office supplies, foods, animal/pet feed/supplies, fuel, automotive parts, hardware, finished lumber Local industrial services availability: Yes: 5% No: 95% Products exported out of state: Yes: 5% No: 95% Interest in exporting out of state: Yes: 15% No: 85% Number of employees, including self 0-5: 90% 5+: 10% Wages Average hourly wages above minimum wage: 90% Average starting wage above minimum wage: 25% Fringe benefits (vacation pay, sick leave) Not offered: 90% Offered: 10% Projected employee needs in future: Increase: 5% Same: 90% Decrease: 5% * Note that several of the surveyed businesses have closed their doors or radically reduced hours since this survey was conducted..
County businesses Main street ZIP Total     87820 1 87821 3 87824 3 87827 4 87829 18 87830 24 88039 14 Other 0     Total 67
87820 Aragon 87821 Datil and surrounding 87824 Luna 87827 Pie Town 87829 Quemado, Quemado Lake 87830 Reserve, Apache Creek, Cruzville, Rancho Grande 88039 Glenwood, Alma, Pleasanton, Mogollon Other Businesses operating in Catron but with non-Catron mailing addresses