New Mexico Economic Development Department Selects GIS WebTech’s GURU Technology

We are proud to announce that the New Mexico Economic Development Department (NMEDD) has selected GIS WebTech’s GURU Technology to power its statewide site selection and economic development platform.

The selection of GURU reflects NMEDD’s commitment to providing businesses, site selectors, and economic development partners with a modern, data-driven tool to explore New Mexico’s assets, identify opportunities, and make informed location decisions. The platform plays a key role in supporting New Mexico’s Site Readiness Program, a statewide initiative designed to accelerate business expansion by preparing development-ready sites and improving transparency for site selectors.

 

Why NMEDD Selected GURU

Built natively on the Esri ArcGIS platform, GURU is the most comprehensive online site selection and economic development technology available today. Its flexibility, depth of data, and intuitive user experience make it a powerful solution for statewide economic development organizations.

Key capabilities that were critical in NMEDD’s selection include:

Advanced GIS Mapping & Visualization

GURU leverages Esri’s industry-leading GIS technology to deliver interactive maps, layered infrastructure data, and real-time spatial analysis, allowing users to visualize opportunities across the entire state.

Property-Centric Storytelling & Site Readiness Visibility

GURU enables NMEDD to clearly communicate site readiness by showcasing evaluated properties with dynamic listings, on-demand brochures, attachments, and interactive maps. These tools help businesses quickly understand site conditions, infrastructure availability, and development potential, reducing uncertainty and accelerating decision-making.

Demographic & Workforce Analytics

GURU integrates live demographic, workforce, and economic data, enabling users to generate reports for communities, individual properties, drive-time areas, or custom-defined regions. These insights support smarter site selection and workforce planning decisions.

Infrastructure, Zoning & Opportunity Zone Layers

With configurable GIS layers, GURU allows NMEDD to highlight infrastructure assets, zoning data, utilities, and federal and state opportunity zones, critical inputs for evaluating site readiness and aligning projects with incentive programs.

Demographic & Workforce Analytics

GURU integrates live demographic, workforce, and economic data, enabling users to generate reports for communities, individual properties, drive-time areas, or custom-defined regions. These insights support smarter site selection and workforce planning decisions.

Infrastructure, Zoning & Opportunity Zone Layers

With configurable GIS layers, GURU allows NMEDD to highlight infrastructure assets, zoning data, and federal and state opportunity zones, helping businesses quickly identify sites aligned with incentives and development goals.

3D Virtual Buildings & Site Readiness Visualization

For high-priority sites, GURU supports 3D virtual buildings and site staging to illustrate development potential and targeted use cases for specific industries.

Flexible Configuration for Statewide Strategy

Multi-tab configurations, featured properties, and customizable filters allow NMEDD to emphasize certified sites, target industries, and strategic initiatives, while still supporting broader statewide property inventories.

GURU: The Gateway to Site-Ready Locations in New Mexico

The New Mexico Economic Development Department’s GURU site selection platform is now live and publicly accessible. Businesses, site selectors, and consultants can explore available properties, workforce and demographic data, infrastructure layers, and opportunity zones through an interactive, map-based experience.

Explore the New Mexico GURU Platform: EDD.NewMexico.gov/sites

Looking Ahead

GIS WebTech is honored to partner with the New Mexico Economic Development Department as it advances a more connected, transparent, and data-driven approach to economic development. Together, we look forward to helping NMEDD tell New Mexico’s story and attract new investment, jobs, and opportunities across the state.

Read the full press release: https://edd.newmexico.gov/pr/new-mexico-accelerates-business-expansion-with-site-readiness-program/