Dear Members of the County Council, Coalition members, members of the public, business owners, and friends:

In November of 2024, the Los Alamos Local Business Coalition (LALBC) was formed by a group of volunteers to address the challenges facing local businesses. Since then, we have held six public forums and spent countless hours meeting with County staff, Councilors, local stakeholders, business owners, and members of the public to advocate for local businesses. We have written reports and solicited public input. We have written articles in papers and letters to the editor. We have been open with our work and our objectives. Our activities are documented on our web page at coalition.losalamos.com.

The Coalition has gained significant insight into the problems and potential ways to improve the local business environment. Our Final Report of our “takeaways” as well as our suggestions and recommendations to the Council to consider when setting strategic priorities for the coming year have been shared with the Council and are published on our website. We have requested the opportunity to discuss our inputs with the Council in an appropriate public forum.

We recognize that the Council has numerous areas to consider in setting its strategic priorities. However, improving the local business environment has consistently been a high public priority as expressed in community-wide surveys, and we believe that adopting the Coalition’s suggestions/recommendations will move us forward.

Please read our report and recommendations and join us in advocating for the meaningful priorities and actions we are suggesting. Email us at coalition@losalamos.com.

Respectfully,

The Los Alamos Local Business Coalition Steering Team