The Week Ahead
MONDAY FEB. 26
NAIOP (Commercial Real Estate Development Assocation New Mexico chapter) presents “Everyone Has To Live Somewhere: Why Not Here?” at its luncheon from 11:30 a.m.-1:15 p.m. at the Albuquerque Marriott at Louisiana NE and Interstate 40. Speakers are John Garcia of the Home Builders Association of Central New Mexico; Todd Clark with New Mexico Apartment Advisors ; John Covert with Metrostudy; and Bob Grassberger, University of New Mexico professor emeritus. Tickets are $35. REGISTER ONLINE at www.naiopnm.org or call the NAIOP office at 345-6976.
WEDNESDAY FEB. 28
WOMEN MAKE
A DIFFERENCE will host a social hour from 4:30-7 p.m. at the Better Business Bureau, 7007 Jefferson NE, Suite A. Tickets are $15 online, and reservations are required. To register, go to http://www.abqwomenmakeadifference.com/ upcoming/socialhour/. FOR MORE INFORMATION, contact Val Romero at 362-8546 or val@ abqwomenmake adifference.com.
WEDNESDAY FEB. 28
THE TECH NAVIGATOR
PROGRAM is offering office hours from 10 a.m.-1 p.m. at the Rainforest at InnovateABQ building, 101 Broadway NE. The program can offer assistance with business/strategic plans, investment leads, patents and licensing, mentoring, marketing, market research or pitch preparation. The Tech Navigator Program aims to help entrepreneurs, scientists and others in finding available resources.
WEDNESDAY FEB. 28
THE ALBUQUERQUE HISPANO CHAMBER
OF COMMERCE and its Small Business Committee presents “The Impact of the New Tax Laws for Businesses” as part of the February Network Alliance Series from 9-10 a.m. at the Hispano CofC campus, 1309 4th SW. The speaker is Jared Matts, CPA, and tax director and shareholder with Atkinson CPA. FOR MORE
INFORMATION, go to www.ahcnm.org/events.html.
THURSDAY MAR. 1
ABQWEST COMMUNITY
BUILDERS is holding a “lunch and learn” from 11:30 a.m.-1 p.m. at Sadie’s, 6230 4th NW. This month’s guest speaker will be Adolfo Vasquez, deputy district director for the U.S. Small Business Administration’s New Mexico District Office. Tickets are $20 for ABQWest Chamber of Commerce members and $25 for nonmembers. Registration begins at 11:30 a.m.; speaker will begin at noon, followed by a question-and-answer session. REGISTER ONLINE at https://abqwest.chambermaster.com/eventregistration/register/270.
THURSDAY MAR. 1
THE ALBUQUERQUE HISPANO CHAMBER OF COMMERCE, Wells Fargo Bank and the Get Crafty With Your Biz Group is holding a “March Going Green with Your Business” event from 5:30-7:30 p.m. at The 377 Brewery, 2027 Yale SE. Speakers will be local business owners who work to go green through technology and healthy workplaces.