El Raton Media Works is an innovative nonprofit Arts2Work workforce development and career opportunity hub serving Colfax County and surrounding areas. We empower the community to thrive in a technology and media-driven world by providing access to tools, training, and careers in all aspects of media arts and production. We are committed to promoting community engagement, creative self­-expression, and life and career skills for youth and adults. Our vision is to bring film, television and emerging media projects to northern New Mexico to invigorate the local economy and create a wide-range of community and workforce development opportunities through partnerships, collaborations and investments with local and regional businesses and educational institutions. Filmmaking and television production requires building entire worlds. Fully realizing these visions requires not just production crew like cinematographers, directors, actors and scriptwriters, but it also needs a complete economy of workers such as electricians, carpenters, welders, plumbers, chefs, tailors, painters, and mechanics. We believe the development of learning and media production facilities will provide educational resources and workforce development opportunities to the community to grow the regional economy in a myriad of ways including increasing demand for local businesses, youth and adult career pathway education and job opportunities.